Police Find And Detonate Explosive Device At Trump Supporter’s Home After He Threatened Muslims

[malaise]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/26/3763714/california-man-90-days-2/
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William Celli, a 55-year-old man from California, will spend 90 days in jail after being caught in possession of an explosive device and threatening to kill Muslims. Celli took a plea deal that places him on probation for a further three years and bans him from operating an active Facebook profile.

Celli was arrested on Dec. 20, 2015 after yelling “I’m going to kill you all” outside the Islamic Society of West Contra Costa County in Richmond, California. Police later found and detonated an explosive device at Celli’s residence after receiving tips that he was constructing homemade explosives.

Celli had taken to social media in the past to express his admiration of Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. “Donald trumps on again I’m happy leaders okay but this guys a great point man I’ll follow this MAN to the end of the world,” Celli wrote on Facebook in October.

Despite political rhetoric demonizing Muslims worldwide, radical rightwing activists are a greater threat to Americans than jihadists, according to recent studies.

Some people took to social media to decry the sentence as too lenient. Nonetheless, American-Muslim groups welcomed the development.

[tomm2thumbs]

1. headline gave me the impression someone planted it in HIS home, not that he fabricated it

glad I read it further

[malaise]

2. It is misleading - Think Progress should have thought longer on this one

Police discovered that the man who threatened Muslims had explosive devices at his home.

That sentence was light

[tomm2thumbs]

3. yes, much better

but maybe it'll get some more eyes on the story than would usually take note

[Thor_MN]

4. Hope they just remotely detonated it in his house,

instead of using a bomb proof trailer...

[malaise]

5. LOL

the neighbors wouldn't have liked that

[AllyCat]

6. 90 days in jail and 3 years without FaceBook?

Had the tables been turned, we would have had 24/7 news coverage and demands for the POTUS to "do something ".

[malaise]

8. Meanwhile this has not been mentioned by the Cable morons

or the networks

[L. Coyote]

9. YUGE DO'H!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Not only is there RW terrorism, but often they are lots stupider than their targets. . nt

[DetlefK]

10. Say it. SAY IT! "Rightwing-terrorist caught plotting bomb-attack."

[Orrex]

11. 90 days? That'll teach him!

I'm sure that a Muslim man who'd announced a similar intent and built bombs would get a 90-day slap as well.

[edhopper]

12. 90 days and 3 years probation

let me guess, White and Christian?

[malaise]

13. Let me ask you a question

Is the pope catholic?????

[edhopper]

14. Very

as catholic as a woods full of bear shit.

[malaise]

15. So 90 days it is

Meanwhile were he Muslim, the RWs would want him to be sent to Gitmo and many of the rest would be attacking his religion

[edhopper]

16. exactly

[bonniebgood]

17. I believe thant any sentence over 1 year would be a felony. cant take away

the right wing white terrorist right to vote. take away his facebook instead. want to be the judge is a trump supporter himself.

[malaise]

18. Interesting take but not even six to nine months???

[Takket]

19. 90 days for actively plotting a terrorist attack on

American soil????? Are you kidding me???? People get longer than that for possessing an ounce of pot!

[malaise]

20. Which people???

OK that's a rhetorical question

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. 90 days is lax; and I hope the 'Facebook' ban means 'all social media'

Banning him from one company's sites is not exactly onerous. He should have his internet activity monitored and not be allowed to post on anything you can call social media, a forum, group, etc. His message is not fit to be heard in public. He needs to learn basic civics like a 5 year old child does.

In fact, that's a way of looking at it: if you say children can't post on social media until they're 12, maybe you should say people convicted of hate crimes like that shouldn't be able to post for 12 years either.

[malaise]

22. Excellent idea