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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2019, 01:29 PM Apr 2019

New Darwin Award nominee....

Black church fires: Louisiana suspect charged with hate crimes

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47938276

(snips)
Prosecutors have filed new hate crime charges against a white man accused of burning down three African-American churches in the US state of Louisiana. Holden Matthews, 21, the son of a local sheriff deputy, learned of the new charges during a court appearance on Monday when he pleaded not guilty. During the hearing, the judge denied his bond request due to a "substantial amount of evidence" against him.
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Among evidence presented during the pre-trial appearance, in which Mr Matthews was displayed on video feed from jail, Mr Browning testified that the suspect documented his alleged crimes through videos and photos on his phone. After he was arrested, prosecutors found pictures of the flames that appeared to have been taken before firefighters arrived to extinguish them.

They also found news reports on his phone in which he had superimposed himself on those reports in order to claim responsibility while talking to a friend online. "He actually superimposed himself on those news reports, claiming responsibility for these fires," Mr Browning said. Location data from his mobile phone and surveillance footage of his vehicle also tied him to each of the crime scenes.

Has also thereby advanced his resume' for a job in Homeland Security for tRump.......
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New Darwin Award nominee.... (Original Post) KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2019 OP
Get thee to the greatest page because malaise Apr 2019 #1
A dumbass, but technically not a Darwin Award winner. java108 Apr 2019 #2
Perhaps more appropriately, an award named after tRump. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2019 #4
Killed or castrated... robbob Apr 2019 #5
If you're going to commit crimes FakeNoose Apr 2019 #3

java108

(129 posts)
2. A dumbass, but technically not a Darwin Award winner.
Tue Apr 16, 2019, 01:30 PM
Apr 2019

Now, if he killed himself after the gas can exploded, then that award is as good as his; alas, he continues to breathe our air.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
4. Perhaps more appropriately, an award named after tRump.
Tue Apr 16, 2019, 01:47 PM
Apr 2019

Something like a Golden Turd Award.

But, he would have to stand in line after those Mr. Mueller put in jail.....

Also, I expect new Deplorables Anonymous chapters starting up around the country any day now....

robbob

(3,514 posts)
5. Killed or castrated...
Tue Apr 16, 2019, 02:08 PM
Apr 2019

As per Darwin’s law of natural selection: anything that removes the recipient from the gene pool...

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