Current Events > Man who threatened to kill Ilhan Omar sentenced to 1 year + 1 day in prison

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/politics/llhan-omar-patrick-carlineo-sentencing.html

A New York man who threatened to kill Representative Ilhan Omar in a hate-filled call to her office was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, the authorities said.

The man, Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., 56, of Addison, N.Y., pleaded guilty last November to threatening to assault and murder a U.S. official, and to being a felon in possession of firearms. He was sentenced on Friday, according to a statement from the U.S. attorneys office in the Western District of New York.

Mr. Carlineo was also ordered to forfeit six firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

In the call, which was made to the representatives office in Washington at about 12:20 p.m. on March 21, 2019, Mr. Carlineo repeatedly spoke about violence against Ms. Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota who is one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress and wears a hijab on the House floor.

A leading voice in the Democrats progressive wing, Ms. Omar is also a prominent critic of President Trump, and in July 2019, she was one of four congresswomen who he said should go back to the countries they came from.

Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood? Mr. Carlineo asked a member of her staff in the call, according to the criminal complaint.

Why are you working for her, he asked, using an obscenity and calling her a terrorist. He continued: Somebody ought to put a bullet in her skull. Back in the day, our forefathers would have put a bullet in her [expletive].

The staff member also recalled Mr. Carlineo saying, Ill put a bullet in her [expletive] skull, according to the complaint.

The threat was referred to the United States Capitol Police, which investigated with the F.B.I.

Days after the phone call, the authorities found a loaded .45-caliber handgun, three rifles, two shotguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at Mr. Carlineos home in western New York, prosecutors said. He had been legally prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a 1998 felony conviction.

During an interview with the F.B.I. at his residence, Mr. Carlineo admitted to making the threatening call, and described himself as a patriot who loved Mr. Trump and hated radical Muslims in our government, according to the criminal complaint. He also said that he believed that Ms. Omar supported Islamic militant groups and that her 2018 election to Congress was illegitimate, according to the authorities.

After Mr. Carlineo pleaded guilty last November, Ms. Omar wrote a letter to the judge who was to sentence him, asking for leniency and for a system of compassion to be applied.

The answer to hate is not more hate; it is compassion, Ms. Omar wrote in the letter. He should understand the consequences of his actions, be given the opportunity to make amends and seek redemption.

Sonya A. Zoghlin, the public defender who represented Mr. Carlineo, said in an email that a prison sentence is contrary to the spirit of Congresswoman Omars letter (and to the views shes expressed more generally about criminal justice).

Its clear she views incarceration as a last resort a punishment to be used sparingly and only when necessary to protect the community, Ms. Zoghlin said. This is not one of those cases."

She added, It certainly doesnt seem fair that a simple guy with no money or connections should pay this heavy a price.

Jeremy Slevin, a spokesman for Ms. Omars office, declined to comment on the sentencing Tuesday.

Mr. Carlineos sentencing follows two other recent convictions of people who phoned or mailed threats to prominent public officials.

In November, a man from western New York, Carlos Bayon, was sentenced in federal court to five years in prison after he was found guilty of making interstate threats to the state offices of two Republican representatives, Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington State. In the messages, which were left in June 2018, Mr. Bayon alluded to revenge against the prominent Republicans over the Trump administrations immigration policies, according to court filings.

And a few months before that, Cesar A. Sayoc Jr., a supporter of Mr. Trump from Florida who mailed homemade pipe bombs to the presidents critics, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Mr. Sayoc had pleaded guilty to mailing 16 bombs in the fall of 2018 to people he considered to be Mr. Trumps enemies, including former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other prominent Democrats.

Big oof.
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Just because he did something
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Someone will be mad at this

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I think 5 years is the max for threatening a government official in America? I may be wrong

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Freedom of speech

That guy is such a trump supporter.
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Who cares, and who cares about the Congress people. They're all liars and cheaters.

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WashYourHands posted...

I think 5 years is the max for threatening a government official in America? I may be wrong

He was a convicted felon in possession of multiple guns he wasn't supposed to have.

Omar did ask for leniency herself but this is pretty fucking extreme.
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Omar asked for leniency

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yes, give him the extra day so he can get early release. *eye roll* must be a trump judge.

Odoylerules posted...

yes, give him the extra day so he can get early release. *eye roll* must be a trump judge.

You have to be sentenced to 366 days to go to prison, anything less is county jail

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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

Freedom of speech

Freedom to be thrown in jail for using your freedom of speech.
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

Freedom of speech

Id love to see your response to someone threatening to kill Trump. God knows it wouldnt be this

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That is all?

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Lol wrong topic >_>
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The catch - he has to do his time in an Islamic prison.

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I disagree with Omar. People like that are unworthy of compassion

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KillerKhan420 posted...

Who cares, and who cares about the Congress people. They're all liars and cheaters.

So it's okay to murder them?

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DarkChozoGhost posted...

I disagree with Omar. People like that are unworthy of compassion

Same lol. Literally threatening to kill people because of their political and religious beliefs. THAT'S terrorism.

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I wish they would prosecute more of these. Political discourse has gotten way too out of hand.

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Nomadic View posted...

I wish they would prosecute more of these. Political discourse has gotten way too out of hand.

Youre literally an admitted Stormfronter

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1NfamousACE_2 posted...

You have to be sentenced to 366 days to go to prison, anything less is county jail

To be fair there will be more for him to do in the Joint than some boring old local Jail.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Someone will be mad at this

The guy above your post is......

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