Posted on 08/16/2023 11:53:28 AM PDT by Coronal
Tyler Massengill has admitted using a homemade explosive to set a fire at the Peoria clinic in January, a few days after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law with additional legal protections for abortion procedures. No one was inside the clinic when the fire happened.
“I feel for the people who have lost their jobs. I’m not trying to play like I am victim at this. I was sincerely hurt,” Massengill, 32, said in court, apparently a reference to his belief that a former girlfriend had an abortion a few years ago.
Prosecutors, however, said the woman told the FBI that wasn't true.
U.S. District Judge James Shadid said people who typically visit the clinic for a variety of services have had to look elsewhere because of extensive damage to the building, WMBD-TV reported.
“And to add to your accomplishments, there’s the striking of fear, stress and inconvenience to thousands of patients and employees from the many other Planned Parenthood facilities who wonder if they are next on the list of misguided people like you," the judge said.
Shadid went slightly above the sentencing guidelines but below the possible maximum prison term of 20 years.
n addition to the prison sentence, the judge ordered Massengill, a Chillicothe resident, to pay $1.45 million in restitution.
Defense attorney Karl Bryning asked for a five-year prison sentence, noting Massengill's history of mental illness and alcohol abuse.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcchicago.com ...
As compared to how many years for the Antifa thugs who set fires on buildings during the St. George of Fentynal riots in the summer of 2020?
He can think about his actions for 10 years. A dead kid from girlfriend and a fire he caused.
Yikes! Just think of all the babies that could have died in that fire....
‘“And to add to your accomplishments, there’s the striking of fear, stress and inconvenience to thousands of patients and employees from the many other Planned Parenthood facilities who wonder if they are next on the list of misguided people like you,” the judge said.’
And perhaps the saving of some innocent lives... guess that doesn’t figure into the judge’s calculus though.
He is paying a stiff penalty.
His wife, who murdered her child, might feel guilty but she will pay in Hell.
Wow! Wouldn’t it be ironic if he wound up in the same jail cell as the pro-abortion activists who firebombed the crisis pregnancy centers?
what a douche!
How does a former girlfriend know what he believed?
imagine an America where justice was real and every BLM rioter was given 10 years!
Exactly, or how about the attacks on pro life pregnancy centers?!
Indeed.
Let’s make that life without parole!
This is the Left’s version of church arson.
Boy that’s true. She better be scared. Unfortunately, she’s selfish and probably doesn’t even think about it.
Church arson occurs about 100 times a year. Shhhh . . . .
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