Nutball blogger arrested for threats to judges
From a previous arrest
Daylife/AP Photo used by permission
The FBI has arrested an Internet blogger from New Jersey on charges of threatening three prominent Chicago judges who authored an anti-gun rights ruling earlier this month.
Hal Turner, 47, of North Bergen, N.J., allegedly posted a headline “These judges deserve to be killed,” supplemented the next day by, “Judges official public work addresses and a map of the area are below. Their home addresses and maps will follow soon. Behold these devils.”
Below this headline, the entry listed the names, photos, phone numbers, work addresses and room numbers of the three judges involved in the handgun decision, as well as a photo of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago and a map, according to an affidavit. The photo of the building had been modified to include arrows and a label referencing “Anti-truck bomb barriers,” according to the affidavit…
“We take threats to federal judges very seriously. Period,” Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said in a written statement.
Turner is charged with threatening to assault and murder three federal judges. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, if convicted.
I’ve not read his babble or listened to it; but, if he’s fool enough to break established criminal law – he’ll probably get what he deserves. The nutballs, of course, will consider him a hero. Surely you don’t think America’s right-wing is ready to accept the Constitution or federal law as binding.
What an asinine freak/terrorist. For those living in areas heavily populated by Republicans it may not be so surprising to see (after 8 years of Bush) people like this who think they can commit crimes because their leader did (unscathed) or because, as a result, their belief systems remain in a permanent state of discombobulated non-reality.
Eric Scott
June 25, 2009 at 5:10 am