Man who fired rifle at mosque after Paris attacks apologizes
Source: Associated Press
Man who fired rifle at mosque after Paris attacks apologizes
Updated 12:03 pm, Sunday, April 3, 2016
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) A Connecticut man who fired a rifle at a mosque next to his home shortly after the deadly attacks in Paris has apologized, saying he acted out of fear.
The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/1ZUKMKe) Ted Hakey Jr. made the comments during Saturday's symposium at the Baitul Aman Mosque in Meriden.
Hakey told mosque members that fear is "always when you don't know something," adding that he wished he'd taken the time to understand them before acting.
The mosque was empty and no one was hurt when Hakey opened fire hours after the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Prosecutors say Hakey's Facebook account contained evidence of animus toward Muslims.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Man-who-fired-rifle-at-Connecticut-mosque-7225316.php
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SFnomad
(3,473 posts)patsimp
(915 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)I believe in long sentences for hate crimes.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 3, 2016, 10:59 PM - Edit history (1)
And after reading your transparency page, you're not one to talk about "nasty attitudes".
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)patsimp
(915 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)nothing to see here...
yup
Blandocyte
(1,231 posts)not as loud as your rifle, but less troublesome for all.
ish of the hammer
(444 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)ish of the hammer
(444 posts)because, now that he faces just retribution, he's crying forgiveness.
AND because he's got a ton of eagle tattoos all over him. the last is snark cause you, odin, seem like someone that has a hard time seeing the difference, unlike the true odin who could see very well with only one eye.
JI7
(89,260 posts)Have forgiven him
ish of the hammer
(444 posts)I'm not a Muslim nor a Christian or have any religious affiliation. Forgive all you want, I don't have to and neither does the justice system.
It's attempted murder.
JI7
(89,260 posts)That's what matters
ish of the hammer
(444 posts)What matters is that every time one of these assholes gets away with saying sooorrryyyy, it encourages the next one.
"tirer un pour encourager les autres"
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ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)And that he will tell Faux News and hate radio to take their hatred and shove it up where the sun doesn't shine.
winstars
(4,220 posts)elleng
(131,031 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I am glad to see that this mosque was able to change the mind and heart of this man. Hatred comes from fear and fear comes from not knowing. Perhaps he might be able to change someone else's heart and that person change another's heart and so on and so on.