By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-15 12:38:47 | Updated at 2024-11-28 09:41:44
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Three Activists Charged with Burning-Cross KKK Hoax to Benefit Black Mayoral Candidate
National Review ^ | 14 Nov, 2024 | Ryan Mills
Posted on 11/15/2024 4:16:22 AM PST by MtnClimber
Local news outlets in Colorado Springs received a shocking email in late April of last year: A photo and video of a burning cross and a campaign sign of mayoral candidate Yemi Mobolade, a native of Nigeria, defaced with the N-word in red spray paint.
“What has this city come to?!” read the email, signed only by “Citizens of Colorado Springs.” This, according to the email, was “another one of their tactics to keep Yemi out.”
The writer then opined on who was likely behind the racist message: supporters of Mobolade’s opponent, center-right Republican Wayne Williams. “Candidate Wayne Williams is pushing hard to win this candidacy and I’m completely appalled by how his following and members are carrying out this nonsense.”
Local TV news ran with the story the next day. “Some of the video in this story may be difficult to watch,” one anchor warned viewers.
“What’s going on in Colorado Springs?” asked a Rocky Mountain NAACP spokesman. “Why is an African American who is running for mayor receiving these types of threats. It’s 2023.”
The Colorado Springs NAACP president said she viewed the racist messaging as an attempt to intimidate voters. “We don’t take this as a hoax,” she told a local Fox reporter.
It was a hoax, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, which charged three local activists this week with using instruments of interstate commerce to convey false information and “to intimidate someone by means of fire,” according to charging documents.
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: hoaxes; leftism
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1 posted on 11/15/2024 4:16:22 AM PST by MtnClimber
To: MtnClimber
The news media and the activist politicians never seem to apologize to the people they initially accused falsely. It happens so often that I wonder if they knew it was likely a hoax all along and wanted the political hit anyway.
2 posted on 11/15/2024 4:16:32 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
To: MtnClimber
The good thing is almost no one believes or cares anymore...who is sane.
The insane were gonna vote for the dems anyway.
3 posted on 11/15/2024 4:20:15 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
To: MtnClimber
We know that 90%+ of all racist actions are perpetrated by leftists.
I am more concerned about the charges, which seem to be fabricated in a way that it could apply to anyone.
4 posted on 11/15/2024 4:20:47 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (This is the end of the Republic....because we could not keep it.)
To: Erik Latranyi
We know that 90%+ of all racist actions are perpetrated by leftists.
Did the feebs ever figure out who was sending all those racist/slavery messages to blacks right before the election?
Just as with the J6 pipe bomber(s), they suddenly don't know how to trace cell phones.
5 posted on 11/15/2024 4:24:32 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
To: MtnClimber
Fake “racial attack” wasn't it?
Jossie Smollett acolytes. The black candidate still won, benefiting from this hoax.
6 posted on 11/15/2024 4:25:57 AM PST by SmokingJoe
To: MtnClimber
The charges can be used against anyone’s right to free speech.
7 posted on 11/15/2024 4:27:01 AM PST by Raycpa
To: MtnClimber
8 posted on 11/15/2024 4:31:06 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (I have zero tolerance and zero empathy for the left)
To: MtnClimber
I’ve lost count. What is it now - 446,237 fake “hate crimes” and 11 actual “hate crimes”?
9 posted on 11/15/2024 4:33:41 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
To: SharpRightTurn
10 posted on 11/15/2024 4:37:49 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (I have zero tolerance and zero empathy for the left)
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