War Veteran Takes Aim at Westboro Baptist Church

[Nebor]

I'm surprised I couldn't find an existing thread about this (Searched newell and westboro.) Please let me know if it's a repost.

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This young man seems to have been plotting to attack the members of the Westboro Baptist church. I found this particularly ironic since only a month ago a number of people were saying they wouldn't mind if the WBC people turned up dead: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2120022&highlight=westboro

 

[irishScott]

They're an inbred bunch of radical morons who exploit loopholes and lawyers to desecrate the funerals of the soldiers who died for them and traumatize their families. I'm not saying they should be murdered and whoever does so should be appropriately punished, but to be frank, as long as they the kids aren't killed and they aren't tortured or anything I wouldn't exactly be passionate about punishing the killer. Kids would probably be better off in foster care anyway.

WBO has been asking for it for a long time, and ironically the only reason they aren't dead is the American law they claim to hate. If they pulled their shit in over half the countries on the globe they'd have been dead long ago with no repercussions for anyone involved.

 

[Nebor]

It's a tough spot for the county prosecutor to be in. The amount of local support behind Ryan Newell is tremendous. She's almost guaranteed to lose the next election. But if she hadn't indicted and pressed charges, the feds would almost certainly have gotten involved, possibly causing her to be disbarred or imprisoned.

 

[PeshakJang]

It's a tough spot for the county prosecutor to be in. The amount of local support behind Ryan Newell is tremendous. She's almost guaranteed to lose the next election. But if she hadn't indicted and pressed charges, the feds would almost certainly have gotten involved, possibly causing her to be disbarred or imprisoned.

Take it to trial, claim extreme emotional distress/PTSD, jury is either deadlocked or acquits, case is thrown out.