By adamg on Wed., 10/18/2017 - 2:42 pm
Associated Press reports a federal jury today convicted David Wright of involvement in a conspiracy to behead rightwinger Pamela Geller and others in an ISIS terror plot.
Wright was the nephew of Usaamah Rahim, who was fatally shot by an FBI agent and a BPD officer in a Roslindale parking lot in 2015 after he went after them with a large knife after deciding he couldn't wait to go after Geller and instead wanted to kill some "boys in blue" right away.
Last year, a third man pleaded guilty to his role in the plotting.
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Got em!
By anon
Wed, 10/18/2017 - 2:44pm
Got em!
[waits patiently]
By Parkwayne
Wed, 10/18/2017 - 3:28pm
...for all the free speech people who defended the Charlottesville marchers to defend this guy.
I think the proof is in the fact that he apparently radicalized his own uncle? I mean, even it was the only guy he impacted, that's still enough to warrant jail time.
More bad news for the Mets though.
Depends upon your perspective, I suppose
By Waquiot
Wed, 10/18/2017 - 10:04pm
Since his idea was to kill that Geller woman for saying that Islam was a bad religion, or expressing her free speech rights, that kind of means that this guy was just like the antifa folks.
I mean, I came away from this trial thinking this guy was a loser that was kind of responsible for his uncle’s death, but now you’ve got me thinking about the antifa.
Oh please
By Parkwayne
Thu, 10/19/2017 - 7:03am
Perhaps you've forgot which side murdered someone with car down there. Antifa is about as real a threat as voter fraud.
No, I remembered
By Waquiot
Thu, 10/19/2017 - 11:17am
I think you forget that the antifa is opposed to horrible people speaking, much like the man in this story. I mean, are you saying Pam Geller is a good person?
I admit, I bought his story
By Gary C
Wed, 10/18/2017 - 4:47pm
He DID radicalize his uncle, so he is guilty of that. I don't think he had any constitutional right to sow violence. However, I have to admit I did buy his, "I was just an unpopular guy looking for attention" argument. As such, I don't think it serves anyone to send him away for life, but maybe 10 years is sufficient.
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