Trump Fan Caught Plotting To “Kill Muslims” With A Bomb. Guess How Much Jail Time He Got?

In December, Trump supporter William Celli was arrested in Richmond, California, for plotting to bomb a mosque and murder the innocent worshipers. The police arrested him after he yelled “I’m going to kill you all” at the Islamic Society of West Contra Costa County. A bomb team had to be brought in to detonate a mysterious explosive found at his house.

In other circumstances – like if Mr. Celli was of a different race, or perhaps religion – it’s hard to see this not being treated as terrorism, with a trip to a federal interrogation room involved. But Mr. Celli took a plea deal – for violating the free exercise of civil rights – and received a paltry 90 days in prison. The charges of making criminal threats and a hate crime were dropped.

Since Donald Trump began playing the ethnonationalist card and openly consorting with white supremacist groups, Islamophobic attacks against Muslims, or anyone of a questionable ethnicity that happens to be unlucky enough to befall an ignorant Trump supporter, have skyrocketed. The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office could have sent a message that would have resonated around the nation, warning others that domestic terrorism against Muslim-Americans will not be tolerated; that every citizen, regardless of race or religion, deserves the equal protection of the law – and will receive equal punishment for their transgressions.

But no; a domestic terrorist receives a slap on the wrist for threatening to bomb a holy site because, let’s face it, he’s an old and crazy white man.

h/t the Raw Story