A Mississippi House candidate is charged after a Satanic Temple display is destroyed at Iowa Capitol
A Mississippi House candidate is charged after a Satanic Temple display is destroyed at Iowa Capitol
A former candidate who ran unsuccessfully for the Mississippi House of Representatives is accused of destroying a Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa Capital in Des Moines.
A Satanic Temple display inside the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines was destroyed, and a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot who was recently defeated in a statehouse election in Mississippi is accused of causing the damage.
The display is permitted by rules that govern religious installations inside the Capitol but has drawn criticism from many conservatives, including presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. A Facebook posting by The Satanic Temple on Thursday said the display, known as a Baphomet statue, “was destroyed beyond repair,” though part of it remains.
Michael Cassidy, 35, of Lauderdale, Mississippi, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said Friday. He was released after his arrest.
Cassidy is a Republican who was defeated by Democrat Keith Jackson in Mississippi State House District 45 in November.
Is this the cancel culture I’ve been hearing so much about? Oh well guess it’s time to make an even bigger display!
Can we add a fog machine this time?
A giant bender with horns shouting "REMEMBER ME"
Cassidy is a Republican
because only a criminal piece of shit would do.
charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief
a misdemeanor. of course, had it been the display of any other religion, they would have been charged with a felony and a hate crime.
IANAL but it looks like the Mississippi hate crime law only covers crimes against people, not property. Guess they didn't want it to disrupt their cross burnings.
EDIT: I totally failed at reading comprehension and missed that it occurred in Iowa, not Mississippi. Looks like Iowa hate crime law DOES include " criminal mischief" which covers damage to property.
Good thing he traveled to Iowa to destroy it, not like those in power in Iowa will do anything
Mississippi law has no bearing in Iowa, IIRC...
republicans are violent fascist criminals
If you ran for office and didn't win you are no longer a "candidate." In this case you're just a schmuck.
It's definitely "I was the highschool quarterback in 1997" vibes.
Except he never even made varsity.
You know what? I'm just gonna hail Satan even harder.
Desecrated*
A harmless sculpture is 100% what a legislator FROM MISSISSIPPI should be worrying about over anything else.
Literally the consensus shittiest state in the US.
Failed legislator hopeful*
Eh, hell end up desantis' VP pick after this
I thought they wanted to be accepting of all Religions? After all FORCING your religion onto others is what Terrorists do!
For a religion that has that whole no idols rule, they sure do love/hate them some statues and symbols.
All hail the dark lord satan lmfaooooo!
Haha thoughts and prayers
If only we were in a dictatorship that would put an end to this religious bullshit. /s
Clearly Satan is on the side of the government. :)
Well well we'll, look who resents the democratic process. "If I can't have what I want, no one gets democracy!" What a bunch of blow hard babies.