WTH? I personally have been called a white piece of shit-that's a hate crime-
Jury found man guilty of a ‘hate crime’
An Iowa man who was arrested after tearing down and burning an LGBTQ flag that was hanging at a church will spend at least 15 years behind bars, according to reports.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced 15 years for the “hate crime of arson,” a year for “reckless use of explosives or fire,” and 30 days for “harassment” Wednesday.
“He is very much opposed to our support of queer people,” said Church of Christ’s pastor Eileen Gebbie after Martinez’s arrest in June. “[Martinez’s actions & words] reveal the depth of homo-, trans-, and queerphobia in our ‘Iowa nice’ community.”
https://www.infowars.com/iowa-man-gets-15-years-in-prison-over-burning-lgbtq-flag/
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a jury of his peers found him guilty of a hate crime ; Sentencing. If the verdict is guilty, the judge determines the defendant's sentence. ... A sentence may include time in prison, a fine to be paid to the government, and restitution to be paid to crime victims. The court's probation officers enforce conditions imposed by the court part of a criminal sentence
activist judges have been using the courts for social engineering in the US for decades
Burn the American flag?\
The text of the law reads: (a)(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
he probably has a court appointed lawyer for an appeal-unless he's got a lot of money to burn