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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Under New York law, such a charge can be brought when an alleged crime is “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.”

I don’t think the civilian population feels coerced. I think they were pretty ecstatic. Also, the intimidation was probably more directed at private companies than units of government.

It is kind of nuts how they’re trying so hard to make an example of this guy.

You can choke out a homeless guy and go about your life. Kill a CEO and you’re not just a murderer, you’re a terrorist!

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CEOs are quaking in their multi-million dollar homes with round-the-clock hired security! They're terrorized!

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

School children across the country are at higher risk than any CEO. And no one in government or law enforcement gives a fuck about them.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Very explicitly, to the word and letter and spirit of that law, all cops are terrorists.

Nice of them to point out how egregious is their hypocrisy.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn’t that Derek dude get life in prison?

I agree with everything else you said.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It took all of America to focus on the George Floyd incident for Derek Chauvin to be held accountable. But, most folks are drawing a comparison here to the Daniel Penny case that happened recently in NYC.