A Massachusetts man named David Wright has been convicted of plotting to kill conservative blogger Pamela Geller after she organized a draw the Prophet Muhammad contest in Texas in 2015.
Wright, 28, is facing life in prison after being found guilty on all charges, including conspiracy to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, after prosecutors said Wright, his uncle and a third man conspired to kill Geller because they were outraged that she organized the contest. The contest, which took place in 2015, was interrupted when two men opened fire outside the event, wounding a security guard before they were killed ina shootout with law enforcement. But the attackers had no connection to Wright or his family members.
Wright’s uncle, Ussamah Rahim, told Wright on a recorded phone call that took place after Geller’s event that he couldn’t wait to attack Geller and decided instead to go after ‘those boys in blue,’ referring to the police. Wright told his uncle that he thought this was ‘beautiful’ and encouraged him to delete all the data from his computer before carrying out his attack, the Associated Press reported. Hours later, Rahim was shot and killed by authorities after he lunged at them with a knife when they approached him in Boston. The group never carried out their planned attack on Geller.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 18, 2017.
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