Oregon White Supremacist Pleads Guilty for Threatening ... Civil Rights Leader by Mailing Noose

[LeighAnn]

Source: Washington Business Journals

Daniel Lee Jones, a Portland, Ore., white supremacist, pleaded guilty to using the Postal Service to send a threatening communication to the president of the Lima, Ohio, chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Justice Department announced today.

In the plea agreement, Jones admits to mailing F.M. Jason Upthegrove a hangman's noose, which arrived at Mr. Upthegrove's home on or about Feb. 14, 2008. Jones further states in the plea agreement that he mailed the communication containing the hangman's noose in order to convey a threat to injure Mr. Upthegrove because he was an African-American who publicly advocated for better police services for African-Americans in Lima, Ohio. The indictment indicates that Mr. Upthegrove also spoke out in the media against Jones's white supremacist group's mailing of hate flyers related to the shooting of an African-American woman by a member of the Lima Police Department.


Jones faces a maximum prison sentence of five years and a potential fine of up to $250,000 for his conviction.

"A noose is an unmistakable symbol of hate in our nation, and it was used in this case to intimidate an individual for exercising his right to speak out and advocate on behalf of others," said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division. "The Department of Justice will vigorously prosecute those who resort to violent threats to silence such advocates, especially when that threat is motivated by hate."



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[Plucketeer]

2. Too bad he's plead out.

The ultimate justice would be to sentence him to wearing that noose around his neck, 24 hours a day. Wear it where it can be easily seen.

[Jkid]

3. K and R

[roguevalley]

4. today, I was doing my usual walk around the inside of U-haul when

I came upon the card board cut out of the security guard they use to advertise the level of protection they give our u-haul. some dimwad had taken it, a black man in security clothing, and hung it on the wall by a silver chain. the people who ran it took pictures, had a good idea who did it and were going after it. Made my stomach turn over. them too. what a bunch of cowards are racists.