But the asshat that travels across state lines to deface the statute of baphomet gets nothing? Not saying this dude should get nothing, but the other dude, that I think was a member of his state’s Congress should face punishment.
ETA: he only ran for office, but it appears he was never elected.
Wait, that fucker got off? His defacing of a statue was eligible to be charged as a hate crime, which it absolutely was. This dude just had an addiction to feed. God fucking damn these christofascists.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mississippi man who damaged a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa's state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return for prosecutors dropping a felony hate crime count.
Michael Cassidy, a former congressional and legislative candidate, was set for trial June 3, but his attorney filed a guilty plea on his behalf to an aggravated misdemeanor count of third-degree criminal mischief, the Des Moines Register reported.
Fucking probation! Asshole. Prosecutors should have made an example of him. This just tells other christofascists that his behavior is acceptable.
Btw, I bought a Baphomet statue to sit on my bookshelf looking over me. They're plentiful online if anyone wants to spice up their decorations.
Fuck these people.
Why did he steal the statue if he didn't sell it as scrap metal?
I have a connection to this case as my cousin is the person whose house he broke into. He stole it and tried to melt it down in a garbage can, thinking it would be easier to sell in non-statue form.
I wonder if he mistook bronze for copper in a meth haze.
You think he's a metallurgical genius when he's sober?
Bronze should contain copper.
Holy fuck that's brilliant, thank you
Well great, now they have to either fix the statue, or rededicate it to The Flash.
Jackie Robinson: Fastest Man Alive
Also-
The bronze cleats that were left behind when the original statue was stolen are now on display at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kansas tryin to flawda up in here.
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