Racists Charged In Terror Plot Against Somali Refugees Get A Nearly All White Jury
Source: Huffington Post
03/22/2018 08:04 pm ET
The sole African-American on the final jury panel was struck.
WICHITA, Kansas ― An overwhelmingly white jury will decide the fate of three white militiamen facing federal charges for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack that targeted a community of Somali Muslim refugees.
Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen were arrested and charged in connection with a FBI domestic terrorism sting that wrapped up a few weeks ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Theyll be on trial in a quiet federal courthouse in downtown Wichita over the next six weeks.
The federal government says they intended to slaughter Muslim refugees living in an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas, whom they considered cockroaches and a threat to the United States. The trio allegedly planned their attack for the day after the election because they didnt want to hurt President Donald Trumps chances of victory.
There were only a handful of African-Americans in the jury pool called to the federal courthouse. Just one black individual, the daughter of refugees from Eritrea, made the final panel of 40 potential jurors. But she was ultimately struck from the jury ― almost certainly by the defense attorneys, who had questioned the woman about whether she could be fair to a group of defendants who thought refugees needed to be exterminated and referred to President Barack Obama as the nigger in the White House.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-kansas-militiamen-terrorism-trial-jury_us_5ab1230fe4b05825ccb12be6
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)maxrandb
(15,335 posts)until they get off, or are found not guilty.
If that happens, we will know how far our country has fallen.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)In a pic when they were arrested. The evidence is there and that group of NAZI's were infiltrated by the FBI. Plain and simple they were ready to blow up and entire apt complex full of Mooslims,children included. They weren't just joking about maybe doing it or just kidding around with "locker room" talk,it was a PLAN.