10-28-2018, 09:21 AM
Federal prosecutors filed 29 charges in all against Squirrel Hlll Synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, including 11 counts of using a firearm to commit murder and multiple counts of two specific hates crimes.
One is the obstruction of exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death. The other is obstruction of exercise of religious beliefs resulting in injury.
“The crimes of violence are based upon the federal civil rights laws prohibiting hate crimes,” US Attorney Scott Brady and Bob Jones, the FBI special agent in charge of the investigation, explained in a statement.
Bowers reportedly walked into the synagogue on Saturday morning yelling: “All Jews must die." (His social media posts show that he was particularly pissed off about Jewish organizations helping refugees of political persecution resettle in the United States.)
The suspected shooter had been armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, police said. Six people were wounded in the attack, including four police officers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...05156.html
One is the obstruction of exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death. The other is obstruction of exercise of religious beliefs resulting in injury.
“The crimes of violence are based upon the federal civil rights laws prohibiting hate crimes,” US Attorney Scott Brady and Bob Jones, the FBI special agent in charge of the investigation, explained in a statement.
Bowers reportedly walked into the synagogue on Saturday morning yelling: “All Jews must die." (His social media posts show that he was particularly pissed off about Jewish organizations helping refugees of political persecution resettle in the United States.)
The suspected shooter had been armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, police said. Six people were wounded in the attack, including four police officers.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...05156.html