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Violence for 'tyrants' urged in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial
Source: Politico
Jurors on Tuesday saw chilling social media posts by two people charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, including references to hanging public officials and attacking authorities, even if it might end in death.
“The government has stolen enough from me,” Brandon Caserta said on Facebook in late March 2020, a few weeks after Covid-19 hit the state and around the same time that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer began a series of economic restrictions to fight the spread.
“They’ve claimed ownership over my body and my property,” he said. “Now they take away my place to live and source of income because of this?”
In the months that followed, Caserta and others trained to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home, according to evidence, before the FBI arrested the antigovernment extremists in October 2020.
“The government has stolen enough from me,” Brandon Caserta said on Facebook in late March 2020, a few weeks after Covid-19 hit the state and around the same time that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer began a series of economic restrictions to fight the spread.
“They’ve claimed ownership over my body and my property,” he said. “Now they take away my place to live and source of income because of this?”
In the months that followed, Caserta and others trained to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home, according to evidence, before the FBI arrested the antigovernment extremists in October 2020.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/29/violence-tyrants-whitmer-trial-michigan-00021475