U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert sentenced him after six victims addressed the Court & described the fear his threats instilled in them
The hate crime enhancement makes the crime a class A misdemeanor, which could include jail time police explained to media outlets
“I am deeply troubled by the empowerment of extremism we’re experiencing at this moment in history,” Pritzker told The Blade
False accusations of LGBTQ people abusing children remain on YouTube, one of the few major platforms refusing to address the problem
"What I won’t accept are personal attacks about me- And by the way the word faggot has two G’s," Bernard noted
Boston Police say that a group of counter-protestors had shown up as officers ushered the children out of the book reading
There had been a family-friendly drag show for all ages scheduled for later on Saturday, but UpRising Bakery & Cafe cancelled the event
TikTok & Meta, parent company to Facebook/Instagram, also say that calling LGBTQ people “groomers” is a violation of their existing policies
In his letter of resignation, he wrote that some of the alleged harassment stemmed from an incident between himself and Nichols Hills police
“You show people that you can do something like this, and you can get away with it, it encourages other people to do something”