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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:55 PM Feb 2016

Bigot Pulls Gun On Muslim Couple — Guess What The Judge Made Her Do?

http://reverbpress.com/justice/bigot-must-study-islam-after-pointing-gun-at-muslim-couple/

Nancy Kay Knoble thought she was perfectly within her rights as a white American citizen to walk over to a parked car and aim a rifle at the couple inside. That’s because Adly Ohalley and his wife Worood Abumayaleh were Muslims. As reported by MPR, Ohalley and Abumayaleh were sitting in their car waiting to pick up their son from a friend’s house when they were confronted by Knoble — and her rifle....

Speaking of which, Nancy proceeded to interrogate the horrified couple, demanding to know what Muslims were doing in HER neighborhood....

Yep, you read that correctly. This Dudley Do-Wrong, a woman who was high on hate and bad action movies, thought nothing of marching an unarmed man to a house so he could prove he wasn’t a Muslim terrorist. The couple’s son came out as the pair approached the garage, and his father had to calmly explain that they were being held at gunpoint by this woman.

Finally, and most importantly, Koch ordered Knoble to take part in “a cultural awareness program to learn more about the Islamic faith.” In short, she must study Islam, learn its history, and about the people who practice it. Knoble will likely have to interact with REAL Muslims, and not the versions of them fed to her by hate mongers like Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
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Bigot Pulls Gun On Muslim Couple — Guess What The Judge Made Her Do? (Original Post) KamaAina Feb 2016 OP
The statute is not nearly strong enough exboyfil Feb 2016 #1
Oh.....she'll fuck it up. I see prison when she violates probation. nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #6
We can only hope... Jeffersons Ghost Feb 2016 #13
No word on having this bigot's guns taken away from her. Warpy Feb 2016 #2
Terroristic threats. Tha should have been the charge. MineralMan Feb 2016 #3
Can they AT LEAST take away her right to own a firearm? basselope Feb 2016 #4
I probably would have been shot exboyfil Feb 2016 #5
Isn't this Kidnapping? McKim Feb 2016 #7
I believe this would be false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies. ohnoyoudidnt Feb 2016 #10
no guantanamo for the terrorist? tk2kewl Feb 2016 #8
I hope they took her gun too jpak Feb 2016 #9
I appreciate the sentiment, but I'd much prefer to see a far stiffer and more petronius Feb 2016 #11
I would prefer a lengthy jai sentence SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2016 #12

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
1. The statute is not nearly strong enough
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:01 PM
Feb 2016

Nancy Kay Knoble, 49, pleaded guilty to threatening to commit a crime of violence with the purpose of terrorizing another. She will be sentenced on Feb. 18. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines call for three years’ probation and up to 60 days in the workhouse.

Pulling a gun on an individual and forcing them to move should be a minimum of 3-5 years in prison. It borders on kidnapping.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
13. We can only hope...
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 11:16 PM
Feb 2016

Assault with a deadly weapon usually carries a stiffer penalty. This is also a "hate crime" isn't it?

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
5. I probably would have been shot
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:27 PM
Feb 2016

because no way am I moving towards my kid with a nut with a gun. How is this woman not going to prison????

ohnoyoudidnt

(1,858 posts)
10. I believe this would be false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 07:44 PM
Feb 2016

And yes, I would definitely call this a slap on the wrist.

petronius

(26,602 posts)
11. I appreciate the sentiment, but I'd much prefer to see a far stiffer and more
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:23 PM
Feb 2016

punitive sentence than 45 days in jail (with maybe at-home monitoring after just 15?) and probation.

It seems like this is the law she was charged under: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=609.713 *

So given that the maximum sentences are longer than a year she should lose her right to possess firearms under the federal law. Minnesota seems to have a provision for restoring RKBA fairly quickly, but it doesn't apply to crimes of violence. *

It also seems a little unfair to dump a chunk of her 'punishment' on the providers of whatever cultural awareness program agrees to include her. I'd imagine that such programs prefer willing participants...


* I am not a lawyer, just a googler.

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)
12. I would prefer a lengthy jai sentence
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:31 PM
Feb 2016

No one, no matter how ignorant, should be forced by the government to learn about a religion, any religion.

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