Tag Archives: terrorism

The CBC reports: The man who killed six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 received a “cruel and unusual” punishment when he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 years, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday. In a unanimous decision, the court reduced Alexandre Bissonnette’s life sentence to 25 years without …

NBC News reports: Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was released from the Kenosha County Jail Monday after posting $2 million bond, according to authorities. Rittenhouse’s bond was posted at 2 p.m. Friday, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s office. In a tweet Friday, Rittenhouse’s attorney Lin Wood said “God bless ALL …

NBC News reports: Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager charged with killing two men during the Jacob Blake protests in Wisconsin this summer, made bail on Friday and walked out of jail, officials said. “Kyle Rittenhouse’s bond was posted this afternoon at about 2:00 pm which was set up through his attorney,” Kenosha County Sheriff’s Sgt. David Wright said in a …

ABC News reports: There is new and disturbing information in the alleged militia plot against the governor of Michigan. The 14 men charged had far more violent plans than just a kidnapping, according to federal and state authorities. New filings claim there was a Plan B the militiamen had drawn up, that involved a takeover of the Michigan capitol building …

The New York Daily News reports: The teenage gunman charged with killing two Wisconsin protesters this summer paid for the assault-style rifle used in the shooting with money he got from a taxpayer-funded stimulus program, he said in a jailhouse interview published Thursday. Kyle Rittenhouse, who is too young to legally carry a firearm in the state unless he’s hunting, …

“This time we’re going to meet you in the streets. Come on left. We’re gonna meet you in the streets this time. You know what they’re doing here in Florida? “The governor wants a bill passed in Florida to empower citizens to shoot and kill looters and rioters. Yes, sir. Get it done, governor. The people are with you. “We’re …

The Washington Post reports: Hate-crime killings reached a record last year in the United States, due in large part to the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso that officials say was motivated by anti-immigrant bias, according to figures released Monday by the FBI. There were 51 hate-crime killings in 2019, the highest number since the FBI began tabulating …

The New York Times reports: On Sunday, as votes were still being tallied in one of the most hotly contested elections in United States history, Brian Maiorana took to social media with a dark and violent message, prosecutors say. Citing the anti-government novel “The Turner Diaries,” in which Jews and nonwhites are exterminated, Mr. Maiorana wrote that he wanted to …

The Daily Beast reports: Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, Wendy, has blamed protesters and law enforcement for a deadly night in Kenosha, Wisconsin that ended with her 17-year-old son fatally shooting two protesters. Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, the 45-year-old said that the protesters shouldn’t have been there the night they were shot by her son, she blamed Kenosha police and state …

ABC News reports: Charges have been filed against the person who illegally gave a gun to the teenager who used the weapon in three shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August. Kenosha County states 19-year-old Dominick David Black, from Kenosha, faces two counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a person under age 18, causing death. According to the criminal …

The Los Angeles Times reports: A Los Angeles-area man who took to social media to threaten a mass shooting if Joe Biden won the presidential election has been taken into custody, law enforcement sources confirmed to The Times. The man was detained after being stopped in a vehicle and handcuffed Friday by members of a task force of federal and …

Media Matters reports: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said he spoke at a November 5 rally against Arizona election officials and ballot counters after receiving encouragement from people at the White House and from a former Trump administration official. During his deranged speech outside the Maricopa County Elections Department, Jones issued several threats and hyped the prospect of violence against …

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: A Kenosha County court commissioner set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse at his first Wisconsin court appearance Monday, after being extradited from Lake County, Illinois, on Friday afternoon. Rittenhouse, 17, faces homicide charges from the Aug. 25 shootings during the civil unrest that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed, …

Miami’s CBS News reports: President Donald Trump is defending supporters who were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there and suggested the FBI should stop investigating the incident. Florida Senator Marco Rubio also announced his support of the incident. “I saw yesterday a video of these people in Texas,” Rubio said …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Floyd County Democrats abruptly canceled plans Sunday to rally for Joe Biden in downtown Rome ahead of President Donald Trump’s event, after an organizer said there were safety concerns over a “large militia presence” drawn to the Republican’s visit. Ruth Demeter, the local party’s chairwoman, said in a statement on its website that the event was …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump tweeted that the FBI should not investigate an incident of his supporters swarming a campaign bus of Joe Biden, calling them “patriots” who did “nothing wrong.” This isn’t the first time Trump has tweeted his support of the incident that occurred earlier this weekend; he tweeted a video of the scene on Saturday night with …

The Independent reports: A Biden campaign event was cancelled in Texas on Friday after reportedly coming under threat from armed Trump supporters, days after the president’s eldest son called on his father’s supporters to “get out there, have some fun”. Don Jr posted a video earlier this week ahead of Democratic VP candidate, Kamala Harris, holding an event in Texas …

The Guardian reports: Trucks with Trump signs and flags surrounded a Biden campaign bus on a Texas highway on Friday and attempted to slow the vehicle down and run it off the road, the Biden campaign said on Saturday. Several video clips posted on social media by both Biden and Trump supporters showed the trucks surrounding the bus. The trucks …

The Chicago Tribune reports: Kyle Rittenhouse cried, vomited and worried about negative social media comments after turning himself into a far north suburban police department following the fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, according to newly released documents. Rittenhouse, 17, and his mother appeared in the lobby of the Antioch police station around 1:20 a.m. Aug. …

The Daily Beast reports: When the Biden campaign bus drove to Austin, it was greeted by a blockade of pro-Trump demonstrators, leading to what one Texas House representative described as an escalation “well beyond safe limits.” The stop’s cancelation comes amid national anxiety about voter intimidation, a tactic the Trump campaign has implicitly endorsed. Historian Dr. Eric Cervini was driving …