The arson as a hate crime charge carries a maximum prison sentence of five years. It is difficult to see how a 16-year prison sentence accomplishes any of those goals,” Reyes added. “That said, true justice should always strive to be about rehabilitation, reconciliation and healing communities. For the past three years, James Woods has displayed a colorful gay pride flag outside his Adams Morgan restaurant in Washington ahead of the annual June festivities celebrating gay. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate. On Sunday, a 29-year-old Islamic terrorist named Omar Mateen shot 102 people at a gay club known as Pulse in the heart of Orlando, Florida. NEVADA, Iowa A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. To a lot of people, Steve Brady was a crank. And here we are, 17 years later, with Cardinal Ted McCarrick exposed at last, and people saying yeah, everybody knew. This was about four months before the scandal broke big out of Boston. “Hate crimes against the LGBTQ community are a serious matter as they inflict distinct emotional harms on their victims, and strike fear into the communities they target,” Reyes said. Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, America is in shock. Stephen Brady said those words in a September 17, 2001, article in Catholic World Report. He was sentenced to 15 years for arson as a hate crime, one year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment, according to the report.Ĭourtney Reyes, executive director of the statewide LGBTQ group One Iowa, told the network she appreciates how seriously the case was handled, but added the imposed sentence might actually be taking things too far. “I burned down their pride, plain and simple,” Martinez told local outlet KCCI back in June.
Martinez admitted he did it because he opposes homosexuality, and a jury convicted him last month, according to NBC News. Hatemongers, alleged cop attackers among those busted at Washington Square ParkĪn Iowa man will spend up to 16 years behind bars for stealing a pride flag from an Iowa church and setting it on fire - a sentence that even a local LGBTQ group says might be excessive, according to a new report.Īdolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday for stealing the pride banner hanging at Ames Church of Christ back in June - and then burning it with lighter fluid and a lighter outside the Dangerous Curves Gentleman’s Club, The Des Moines Register reported.
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