3 arrested on 115 charges each after hate symbols left at N.Y. church, synagogue

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Guno צְבִי

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Three people have been arrested on more than 100 charges each, accused of distributing pamphlets bearing hate symbols at a synagogue, a Black church and other locations in Hornell, New York, police said.

Hornell is a small city in southern New York, which has a population of 8,300,

Aubrey Dragonetti, 31, Dylan Henry, 30, and Ryan Mulhollen, 27, were each charged with 115 counts of aggravated harassment, the Hornell Police Department said in a news release Monday.

A leaflet bearing the words “Aryan National Army" was found at Rehoboth Deliverance Ministries, which has a predominantly Black congregation. The same kind of literature was found at the front of Temple Beth-El Synagogue, The Evening Tribune, the newspaper in Hornell, reported.

Aryan Nations “is one of the country’s best-known enclaves of anti-Semitism and white nationalism”

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guno said:
Three people have been arrested on more than 100 charges each, accused of distributing pamphlets bearing hate symbols at a synagogue, a Black church and other locations in Hornell, New York, police said....

...https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3...AAZwXTc?cvid=0eeca6142fd84b3092158ad808758ddd
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"“During the search evidence was located which depicted the crimes of Aggravated Harassment 1st, a Class E Felony,” the police department said in the release.

The charge, under New York law, is defined as “with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person," due to "such person’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, religion." The charge description also includes depictions of swastikas and nooses as symbols of intimidation."


It'll be interesting how this plays out with First Amendment issues. I can see how they may have gotten themselves into trouble by actually leaving their materials on private property.
 
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