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The Des Moines Register reports:
A Mississippi man accused of vandalizing a display from the Satanic Temple of Iowa in the state Capitol last December is pleading guilty to criminal mischief in exchange for a felony charge being dropped.
Michael Cassidy, a former Republican congressional candidate, was charged with a felony under under Iowa’s hate crime statute for destroying the display, which depicted the horned deity Baphomet.
The agreement calls for Cassidy to receive a deferred judgment with two years probation, an $855 civil penalty, and to pay restitution in an amount to be determined. He would also be required to participate in a victim-offender dialogue with representatives of the Satanic Temple if requested.
Read the full article. A money beg launched on Cassidy’s behalf by avowed Christian nationalists has so far raised over $134,000.
Well, well, well…
The campaign website for Michael Cassidy, the Christian who vandalized The Satanic Temple’s display in the Iowa Capitol, called for a 10-year mandatory jail sentence for anyone who destroyed a statue.https://t.co/wUhoY4A6Wb https://t.co/wH9G3J2Ohh pic.twitter.com/OPCJ9tsCyE
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) December 15, 2023
NEW: The Mississippi man charged with destroying the Satanic Temple display at the Iowa Capitol Building over Christmas time, agrees to a plea deal.https://t.co/6EnUs0VVxN
— Iowa’s News Now (@iowasnewsnow) May 24, 2024
DeSantis: I’ll Donate To The Satanic Temple’s Attackerhttps://t.co/fdqXYNKIcH pic.twitter.com/BjzasTWdPx
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) December 15, 2023
Man Who Destroyed Satanic Temple Display Speaks At Kirk’s Convention: “Satan Is Real, We Can’t Ignore Him” https://t.co/lr6a7S5zKz pic.twitter.com/i0RoDkIxih
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) December 19, 2023
Satanic Temple Attacker: I Went To Iowa “On The Spur Of The Moment” To Do “Christian Civil Disobedience” https://t.co/YIYFX5RJvE pic.twitter.com/xHas0mShE6
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) December 16, 2023