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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts) Sat May 3, 2014, 07:17 PM May 2014

Terrorism Charges Possible in Seattle New Years Eve Gay Bar Arson

Terrorism Charges Possible in Seattle New Years Eve Gay Bar Arson
TowleRoad
May 3, 2014

Musab Mohammed Masmari — the 30-year-old suspect arrested for New Year’s Eve arson at Seattle's Neighbours gay nightclub — has pleaded guilty. His plea agreement could get him anywhere from five to 20 years in prison...

...Police say that Masmari avoided a security check at Neighbours by entering an adjacent bar called Therapy Lounge. He then passed through an interior door between the bars into the two-floor dance club and was seen on surveillance footage walking around with an object that appeared large enough to contain a 1-gallon gas can, according to the state charging documents.

Masmari allegedly fled the club within seconds of flames first appearing on the footage, the papers say. Club patrons and a bartender quickly doused the blaze with a fire extinguisher.

There were more than 750 people inside the club that night, authorities said....

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/#ixzz30hIVqun2

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Terrorism Charges Possible in Seattle New Years Eve Gay Bar Arson (Original Post) theHandpuppet May 2014 OP

K & R nt okaawhatever May 2014 #1

Admittedly I haven't watched much news today... theHandpuppet May 2014 #2

No kidding. I don't watch news on TV only get it online, but I looked at Reuters and BBC earlier and okaawhatever May 2014 #4

Well he did plead guilty to whatever he was charged with theHandpuppet May 2014 #5

A hate crime is federal. If he is pleading at the state level to 5 to 20 then he will face a okaawhatever May 2014 #6

Good! We need to treat terrorists as terrorists no matter the circumstance JJChambers May 2014 #3

Good. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #7

"Possible"? What the hell else was it? Recursion May 2014 #8

okaawhatever

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1. K & R nt

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2014, 08:07 PM

May 2014

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)

2. Admittedly I haven't watched much news today...

Reply to okaawhatever (Reply #1)

Sat May 3, 2014, 09:27 PM

May 2014

But you would think that a case involving trying to trap and burn 750 gay folks alive in an act of terrorism would be headline news.

okaawhatever

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4. No kidding. I don't watch news on TV only get it online, but I looked at Reuters and BBC earlier and

Reply to theHandpuppet (Reply #2)

Sat May 3, 2014, 09:38 PM

May 2014

didn't see the story. Maybe when they actually charge this guy we'll see some interest.

theHandpuppet

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5. Well he did plead guilty to whatever he was charged with

Reply to okaawhatever (Reply #4)

Sat May 3, 2014, 09:48 PM

May 2014

The article didn't specify and I did some searching but couldn't get any more details. Don't know whether he was charged with arson or attempted murder. The scumbag took a plea to get his sentence reduced to from 5 to 20 years. If he gets charged with a hate crime or terrorism I assume that would involve a separate trial?