ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoFirst Misogynist Incel Sentenced on Federal Hate Crime Chargeswww.splcenter.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down118
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down19·11 months agoNot the first, maybe the first to get sentenced before doing something stupid. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings
minus-squareZeroCool@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-211 months agoFederal. The Atlanta Spa shooter was charged under Georgia’s hate crime law. I can assure you, the SPLC knows what they’re talking about. Studying and reporting on hate crimes/groups is their whole “thing.”
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoHe wasn’t sentenced under hate crime laws though. He plead guilty to simple murder charges. N.B. it might still happen in Fulton.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-211 months agoYeah, I thought the same thing but my brain skipped the “federal” part on first read of the title.
Not the first, maybe the first to get sentenced before doing something stupid.
See:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings
Federal. The Atlanta Spa shooter was charged under Georgia’s hate crime law. I can assure you, the SPLC knows what they’re talking about. Studying and reporting on hate crimes/groups is their whole “thing.”
He wasn’t sentenced under hate crime laws though. He plead guilty to simple murder charges.
N.B. it might still happen in Fulton.
Yeah, I thought the same thing but my brain skipped the “federal” part on first read of the title.