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Pittsburgh local terrorist charged with 44 counts

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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect charged with 44 counts

Robert Bowers, who has been charged with 44 counts, regularly made anti-Semitic comments on social media.

Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-charged-44-counts-181031174612815.html

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The suspect in a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshipers has been charged on a total of 44 counts, up from 29 counts previously, according to a federal indictment filed on Wednesday.

The charges against Robert Bowers, the suspect in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in the United States in recent history, include religious hate crimes, firearms charges and causing injury to police officers. Bowers is due to appear at a second hearing in federal court in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Bowers reportedly made anti-Semitic remarks as he opened fire on worshipers inside the building, killing 11 and wounding several others, including police officers responding at the scene.

 

“The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some
of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”

Audre Lorde

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Aaaaaand guess what, he pleaded NOT GUILTY. 😒

 

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The anti-Semitic truck driver accused of gunning down 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges that could put him on death row, as funerals for the victims of the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history continued for a third day.

 

Robert Bowers, 46, was arraigned one day after a grand jury issued a 44-count indictment charging him with murder, hate crimes, obstructing the practice of religion and other crimes. 

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“Yes!” Bowers said in a loud voice when asked if he understood the charges.

 

Authorities say Bowers raged against Jews during and after the massacre. He remains jailed without bail.

 

Bowers, who was shot and wounded during a gun battle that injured four police officers, walked into court under his own power, his left arm heavily bandaged. He was in a wheelchair at his first court appearance Monday.

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Complete link: https://www.apnews.com/7893b842a9b841b08806ef7dca30257a

 

 

“The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some
of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”

Audre Lorde

 

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