Man posts video saying he wants to kill gay people before trying to run over two women

[Behind the Aegis]

An Idaho man accused of burning a Pride flag and trying to kill two women won’t be charged with hate crimes despite his use of homophobic slurs during his alleged attack. He also allegedly threatened to kill LGBTQ people in YouTube videos he posted before his arrest.

Police in Boise, Idaho arrested 31-year-old Matthew Lehigh last Wednesday after he allegedly shouted a threat and a homophobic slur at two women who were standing next to their vehicle.

Lehigh then intentionally drove his car, aiming to hit the two women, the Boise Police said in a statement. The women ran as he allegedly rammed his car into their vehicle. It’s unclear whether the women identify as LGBTQ. Lehigh then fled the scene, police said. Officers found him and his car in a parking lot later that afternoon.

The man allegedly posted over 25 videos on a YouTube channel, many which included verbal attacks on the LGBTQ community. One included his pledge to kill a gay person, the East Idaho News reported.

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[Mariana]

1. The story should have told us which church he attends.

“If I go to church and I find there’s a homosexual in there, I will fight them,” he said in one video. “I might fight them with a weapon, I might kill them in the church if that’s what that takes.”

[Meadowoak]

2. Mentally ill, I hope he gets help before he hurts someone.

[LakeArenal]

3. Or gets a gun....

[Walleye]

4. I wouldn't be surprised if he already had some guns

[Meadowoak]

5. I'd bet he has a whole arsenal at home. If mother allows it.

[Walleye]

6. I always knew there were terrible people in the world, I just never knew there are so damn many

[Meadowoak]

7. there didn't used to be, then Trump happened.

[chowder66]

8. Idaho needs to change their damn laws.

from the article...

Because Idaho’s malicious harassment statute doesn’t cover sexual orientation or gender identity, Lehigh will not be given with state hate crime charges.

[sakabatou]

10. It definitely needs to be updated.

[roamer65]

9. Just imagine if a gay man treated a straight people this way.

It would be all over the news and the FBI would be circling his house.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Only if not a repentant, NatC Republican Talibornagin. They would get special dispensation.

[keithbvadu2]

12. How about divorced people in his church?

How about divorced people in his church?

Jesus had some strong words about divorce and adultery.

https://cslr.law.emory.edu/news/releases/2012/02/what-jesus-said-marriage-and-divorce.html#.Y1XOA-TMLyQ

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Wonder what MTG thinks about adultery and divorce in her Christianity?