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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Sat May 16, 2015, 07:34 PM May 2015

Former Congressional Candidate And Minister Arrested For Plotting To Attack Muslims

Last edited Sat May 16, 2015, 11:02 PM - Edit history (4)

I'm pretty certain that this story will not be covered by the main stream media, nor will Christians denounce this:


Former Congressional Candidate And Minister Arrested For Plotting To Attack Muslim Community In New York, But Let Out On Bail
Robert Rankin Doggart ran for congress last year.
By Zaid Jilani / AlterNetThe and
May 16, 2015

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Robert Rankin Doggart ran for Congress in Tennessee last year as an independent, winning 6.4 percent of the vote. He is also an ordained minister in the Christian National Church.


Doggart was arrested last month after he was recorded on a wiretapped phone talking about his intention to take a private militia to Hancock and burn down a mosque and schools while using deadly force on anyone who resisted. “Our small group will soon be faced with the fight of our lives. We will offer those lives as collateral to prove our commitment to our God,” said Doggart in a Facebook post. “We shall be Warriors who will inflict horrible numbers of casualties upon the enemies of our Nation and World Peace.”

Doggart pleaded guilty to interstate communication of threats and he has been released on a $30,000 bond to home confinement and faces between 0 to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

What's particularly unusual about this case is first that the FBI chose not to publicize it and that no terror charges were brought. The second is that Doggart, despite expressing intent to commit terrorism, has been let out on bail. Can we imagine the FBI treating a would-be Muslim terrorist the same

More:
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/former-congressional-candidate-and-minister-arrested-plotting-attack-muslim

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Former Congressional Candidate And Minister Arrested For Plotting To Attack Muslims (Original Post) kpete May 2015 OP
To the greatest page for this thread malaise May 2015 #1
OMG!! The FBI got a criminal without FlatBaroque May 2015 #2
Dr. Robert Rankin Doggart criminal complaint Jefferson23 May 2015 #3
And he was let out on bail? alfredo May 2015 #4
The headline says released without bail but the story says 30K bond and uses the phrase 'let out on Bluenorthwest May 2015 #5
Here is a link to local coverage from the WaterShed Post: Shankapotomus May 2015 #6

alfredo

(60,071 posts)
4. And he was let out on bail?
Sat May 16, 2015, 10:40 PM
May 2015

“We shall be Warriors who will inflict horrible numbers of casualties upon the enemies of our Nation and World Peace.”

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
5. The headline says released without bail but the story says 30K bond and uses the phrase 'let out on
Sat May 16, 2015, 10:48 PM
May 2015

bail'.

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