Man accused of destroying Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol is now charged with hate crime - eviltoast
A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.
  • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    I honestly doubt it. This kinda stuff always takes forever to make its way through the courts.

    The very fact that it is being considered a hate crime should tell you this is being taken seriously. They could have just prosecuted for vandalism and hand waved the hate crime aspect.