Жителя США приговорили к 15 годам тюрьмы за сожжение флага ЛГБТ
Жителя США приговорили к 15 годам тюрьмы за сожжение флага ЛГБТ
20 декабря 2019, 16:06
Американца приговорили к 15 годам тюремного заключения за поджог флага ЛГБТ-сообщества. Об этом сообщает Би-би-си.
Инцидент произошел в округе Стори, штат Айова. В июне текущего года 30-летний Адольфо Мартинес пришел в стриптиз-клуб Dangerous Curves, где начал угрожать окружающим. Посетители заведения вызвали полицию, но к моменту приезда правоохранителей мужчину уже выгнали сотрудники заведения. Тогда он направился к Объединенной церкви Христа Эймса и сорвал с нее флаг ЛГБТ-сообщества, после чего сжег его. Также он угрожал сжечь бар.
В тот же день дебошира задержали. На допросе в полиции он признался в содеянном и заявил, что не раскаивается. В ноябре его приговорили к сроку за преступление на почве ненависти, оскорбление третьей степени и безответственное использование огня.
https://iz.ru/956684/2019-12-20/zhitelia-ssha-prigovorili-k-15-godam-tiurmy-za-sozhzhenie-flaga-lgbt
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Житель США получил 16 лет тюрьмы за публичное сожжение флага ЛГБТ
ЭЙМС, 20 декабря 2019, 15:52 — REGNUM
Шестнадцать лет заключения получил житель американского штата Айова Адольфо Мартинес из города Эймс за сожжение флага ЛГБТ, который он снял с местной церкви.
Об этом 20 декабря сообщает газета Des Moines Register.
По данным издания, 30-летний мужчина в июне отправился к местной церкви после конфликта с посетителями ночного клуба, снял с неё флаг ЛГБТ и после этого его сжёг.
Он сразу признался полиции в содеянном и заявил, что «было честью сделать это с благословения Господа».
Подробности: https://regnum.ru/news/society/2813679.html
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Американец сжег флаг ЛГБТ и получил 16 лет тюрьмы
13:56, 20 декабря 2019
Житель американского штата Айова получил 16 лет тюрьмы за то, что украл находившийся возле церкви флаг ЛГБТ-сообщества и сжег его. Приговор вынесли 18 декабря; Washington Examiner сообщил об этом на следующий день.
Инцидент произошел в городе Эймсе. Сообщается, что 30-летнего Адольфо Мартинеза признали виновным в преступлении на почве ненависти: он сорвал радужный флаг, вывешенный над входом в протестантскую церковь, прошел с ним по улице до стриптиз-клуба и там поджег его. По некоторым данным, он также угрожал поджечь клуб.
Преступник полностью признал вину и заявил, что его целью было унизить людей с нетрадиционной ориентацией, которую символизирует этот флаг. «Было честью это сделать. Это было благословение господа. Я совершил суд так, как это предписано, — отмщение и наказание язычникам», — цитирует его издание.
Газета также приводит слова священника этой церкви — женщины-лесбиянки Эйлин Гебби: «То, что произошло, — очень нехорошо. Но это нас не остановит. Мы не изменимся». Гебби добавила, что прощает Мартинеза и надеется, что он изменит свое отношение к сексуальным меньшинствам.
https://lenta.ru/news/2019/12/20/state_enforced_lgbt_pride/
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Американца приговорили к 16 годам тюрьмы за поджог флага ЛГБТ
14:10 20.12.2019 (обновлено: 15:44 20.12.2019)
МОСКВА, 20 дек — РИА Новости. Жителя американского штата Айова Адольфо Мартинеса приговорили более чем к 16 годам тюрьмы за поджог флага ЛГБТ местной церкви, сообщает газета Des Moines Register.
В прошлом месяце 30-летнего Мартинеса признали виновным в преступлении на почве ненависти, оскорблении третьей степени и безответственном использовании огня.
https://ria.ru/20191220/1562641584.html
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Iowa man sentenced to 16 years for setting LGBTQ flag on fire
Register Staff Reports
Published 9:53 a.m. CT Dec. 19, 2019 | Updated 9:42 p.m. CT Dec. 19, 2019
An Ames man was sentenced Wednesday to about 16 years in prison after he set fire to a church's LGBTQ flag in June.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was found guilty last month of third-degree arson in violation of individual rights — hate crime, third-degree harassment, and reckless use of fire as a habitual offender.
He was arrested after stealing a pride banner hanging at Ames United Church of Christ, 217 6th St., and burning it early June 11 outside Dangerous Curves Gentleman’s Club, 111 5th St., police said.
Martinez admitted to police that he lit the banner on fire with lighter fluid and a lighter after stealing it from the church, according to court documents.
Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said the hate crime charges were added because Martinez is suspected of criminal mischief against someone's property because of "what it represents as far as sexual orientation."
He faced a maximum of five years in prison for the hate crime and arson charge and a maximum of a year and month for the other two charges, according to Iowa sentencing guidelines. Court records list him as a habitual offender, allowing him to be sentenced to a longer prison term.
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Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag
19 December 2019
A US judge has handed down a sentence of at least 15 years to a man who stole an LGBT pride flag from a church and burned it outside a strip club.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, admitted to the media that he took the flag from Ames United Church of Christ due to his animosity towards homosexuals.
He was found guilty last month of hate crime harassment, reckless use of fire and being a habitual offender.
The incident occurred around midnight on 11 June in downtown Ames, Iowa.
Police say the crime spree began at Dangerous Curves, a strip club, when police were called because a man was making threats. By the time they arrived, he had already been kicked out by bar staff.
After leaving the club, Martinez then travelled to the church and ripped down its flag. He then returned to the strip club where he used lighter fluid to burn the flag in the street. He also threatened to burn down the bar.
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Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said Martinez was the first person in the county's history to be convicted of a hate crime.
"The hard reality is there are people who target individuals and commit crimes against individuals because of their race, gender, sexual orientation," she told the Ames Tribune.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50861259
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Iowa man sentenced to 16 years for setting LGBTQ flag on fire
Andrea May Sahouri, Gage Miskimen, Danielle Gehr
Des Moines Register
December 19, 2019
DES MOINES, Iowa – An Iowa man was sentenced to about 16 years in prison after he set fire to a church LGBTQ flag in June.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames last month was found guilty of a hate crime – a class "D" felony – third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire. Police said he stole a pride banner hanging at Ames United Church of Christ and burned it early June 11 outside the Dangerous Curves Gentleman’s Club.
Martinez admitted to police that he lit the banner on fire using lighter fluid and a lighter after stealing it from the church, according to court documents.
Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said hate crime charges were added because Martinez is suspected of criminal mischief against someone's property because of "what it represents as far as sexual orientation."
A jury convicted Martinez in November.
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Iowa man gets 16 years for stealing church’s pride flag & burning it outside STRIP CLUB
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19 Dec, 2019 22:37 / Updated 13 hours ago
Stealing a Pride banner from a church and burning it outside a local strip club has landed an Ames, Iowa resident in prison for sixteen years, on hate crime charges.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, has been found guilty of a hate crime, third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire for stealing. He was arrested after police said he stole a pride banner hanging at the Ames United Church of Christ on June 11.
Martinez later burned the purloined flag, doused with lighter fluid, outside the Dangerous Curves Gentleman’s Club, which had actually been kicked him out earlier that day. He had also threatened to burn down the club.
Martinez admitted to burning the flag and was found guilty last month. He was sentenced on Wednesday to 16 years behind bars. The harsh sentence is mostly due to the hate crime charge, which is a class D felony.
Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said the hate crime charge stemmed from the fact that authorities believe Martinez burned the flag because of “what it represents as far as sexual orientation.”
The harsh sentence elevated the local crime story to international prominence, and created quite a stir on social media.
https://www.rt.com/usa/476442-pride-flag-burned-jail-sentence/
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Iowa man who burned LGBTQ flag sentenced to 16 years
By Jessica Chasmar
The Washington Times
Thursday, December 19, 2019
An Iowa man who was found guilty of lighting a local church’s LGBTQ flag on fire was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison Wednesday.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, was found guilty last month of a hate crime, third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire after admitting to police in June that he stole a pride banner hanging outside the Ames United Church of Christ and set it on fire using lighter fluid about two blocks away outside the Dangerous Curves Gentleman’s Club, The Des Moines Register reported.
Mr. Martinez was sentenced to 15 years for the hate crime charge, one year for reckless use of fire and 30 days for harassment, all of which will be served consecutively, the Associated Press reported.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/19/adolfo-martinez-iowa-man-who-burned-lgbtq-flag-sen/
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VIOLATION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS — HATE CRIMES, §729A.2
729A.2 Violation of individual rights — hate crime.
“Hate crime” means one of the following public offenses when committed against a person
or a person’s property because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin,
political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with
a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex,
sexual orientation, age, or disability:
1. Assault in violation of individual rights under section 708.2C.
2. Violations of individual rights under section 712.9.
3. Criminal mischief in violation of individual rights under section 716.6A.
4. Trespass in violation of individual rights under section 716.8, subsections 3 and 4.
92 Acts, ch 1157, §9
Referred to in §692.15, 708.2C, 712.9, 716.6A, 716.8
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/729A.2.pdf
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HATE CRIMES
Protection for Sexual Orientation
Iowa Code § 792A.2
Hate crimes are defined as crimes committed against a person of their property “because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability.”
Protection for Gender Identity
Iowa Code § 792A.2
Iowa does not have protections against hate crimes based on gender identity.
Required Reporting – Sexual Orientation
Iowa Code § 692.15(7)
Iowa Code § 692.15(7) requires the reporting of “hate crimes listed in section 729A.2,” which include crimes committed because of the victim’s sexual orientation.
Required Reporting – Gender Identity
Iowa Code § 692.15(7)
Iowa does not have protections against hate crimes based on gender identity.
https://oneiowa.org/laws/hate-crime-laws/
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