[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Man who shared video of New Zealand mosque shooting gets 21 months in prison (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 6/24/2019 1:24:50 AM EDT
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/06/18/new-zealand-mosque-shooting-philip-arps-gets-21-months-sharing-video/1485091001/
A Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque was sentenced on Tuesday to 21 months in prison. Philip Arps had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video, which was livestreamed on Facebook by a gunman on March 15 as he began killing 51 people at two mosques. Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen O’Driscoll said that when questioned about the video, Arps had described it as “awesome” and had shown no empathy toward the victims. The judge said Arps had strong and unrepentant views about the Muslim community and had, in effect, committed a hate crime. The judge said Arps had compared himself to Rudolf Hess, a Nazi leader under Adolf Hitler. “Your offending glorifies and encourages the mass murder carried out under the pretext of religious and racial hatred,” the judge said. O’Driscoll said Arps had sent the video to 30 associates. The judge said Arps also asked somebody to insert crosshairs and include a kill count in order to create an internet meme, although there was no evidence he’d shared the meme. Under New Zealand laws aimed at preventing the distribution of objectionable material, Arps faced up to 14 years imprisonment on each count. In other cases, at least five other people were also charged with illegally sharing the shooting video. An 18-year-old was jailed in March while the others weren’t kept in custody. The teen is accused of sharing the video and an image of the Al Noor mosque with the words “target acquired.” He is next due to appear in court on July 31. The judge said Arps had argued he had a right to distribute the video under the banner of freedom to pursue his political beliefs. Arps’ lawyer Anselm Williams told the judge that Arps should not be sent to prison. “It’s my submission that this court needs to be very careful to sentence Mr. Arps based on what it is that he has actually done, and what he accepts he has done, not on the basis of the views that he holds,” Williams said. After the hearing, Williams said Arps had filed an appeal against his sentence at the High Court, but declined to comment further. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, last week pleaded not guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in the mosque shooting case. His trial has been scheduled for next May. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has helped lead a global pledge named the “Christchurch Call,” aimed at boosting efforts to keep internet platforms from being used to spread hate, organize extremist groups and broadcast attacks. New Zealand has also tightened its gun laws and banned certain types of semi-automatic weapons since the attack. |
| It would be great if we could say we don't have to worry about such blatant communism in this country but I vividly remember The Obama immediately arresting and throwing in jail the guy who made the video about Muhammad that was fake blamed for the murder of 4 Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2011. A bunch of terrorists in a country we were throwing support to raid our embassy, kill the Ambassador and 3 other American servicemen and the only person to pay a price was a completely innocent YouTuber here in the USA. To this day NO ONE has been brought to justice (that I know of) for Benghazi. Especially the evil America hating communist bitch Hitlery. |
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Well they certainly found the most unsympathetic evil peckerhead they could to prosecute over this stupid law. I’m guessing just like most gun laws the intent is to hang a potential huge sentence over someone’s head to make sure everyone shuts up. That’ll guarantee no public dissent in the future. |
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The article says another 88 was jailed. Sounds like they incarcerate the white supremacists who share the video but "only" arrest other people and let them out on bail if they share the video. |
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The article says another 88 was jailed. Sounds like they incarcerate the white supremacists who share the video but "only" arrest other people and let them out on bail if they share the video. |
| If people would just follow the narrative put forth by the government with an agenda, opposed to following a constitution, nobody would end up loosing things like freedom of speech and end up in jail. Of course freedom of speech in this case is what the gov says it is. Bet if it was a Catholic church the video would be out there. |
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Which let's be honest, today in NZ and the US, is any white guy with a gun. Quoted:
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The article says another 88 was jailed. Sounds like they incarcerate the white supremacists who share the video but "only" arrest other people and let them out on bail if they share the video. Also shows that the Anglophone Speaking World isn't exactly freedom loving. Look at how Authoritarian New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the UK are. No freedom of speech, no right to bear arms, no right to privacy, and an overbearing oligarchy of Labour Parties pushing Fabian Socialism. The Kiwis have over a century of history electing Socialists into power. |
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Well they certainly found the most unsympathetic evil peckerhead they could to prosecute over this stupid law. Soldier calls Sargent Quincanan a Chowder Headed Mick Sargent Sargent ask him Did you say that? Yes sir. Did you mean it? Yes sir. At least he was honest 
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Well they certainly found the most unsympathetic evil peckerhead they could to prosecute over this stupid law. True, but freedom has to apply to even the most unsympathetic evil peckerheads or it isn't really a freedom if it is only selectively granted to only those "favored few"... |
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I’m guessing just like most gun laws the intent is to hang a potential huge sentence over someone’s head to make sure everyone shuts up. That’ll guarantee no public dissent in the future. |
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Orwellian You want Orwellian; read what their chief censor has said about prohibiting the possession of the shooter's manifesto. Key quote below (punchline in bold): Those who have the publication for legitimate purposes, such as reporters, researchers and academics to analyse and educate can apply for an exception.
To those people Mr Shanks (chief censor) would say: "Destroy and delete copies that they currently hold, but to apply to us immediately for an exemption that will allow exactly those sorts of individuals who have a right to have access to this publication and have a genuine public interest in reviewing and assessing it." For how long the copies can be held will be decided on a case by case basis. He said those who were upset about the document being classified as objectionable could appeal the decision. "We live in a free society." |
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Quoted: NZ has a "Chief Censor". You want Orwellian; read what their chief censor has said about prohibiting the possession of the shooter's manifesto. Key quote below (punchline in bold): So, war IS peace... It is antithetical to our Constitution. |
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It would be great if we could say we don't have to worry about such blatant communism in this country but I vividly remember The Obama immediately arresting and throwing in jail the guy who made the video about Muhammad that was fake blamed for the murder of 4 Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2011. A bunch of terrorists in a country we were throwing support to raid our embassy, kill the Ambassador and 3 other American servicemen and the only person to pay a price was a completely innocent YouTuber here in the USA. To this day NO ONE has been brought to justice (that I know of) for Benghazi. Especially the evil America hating communist bitch Hitlery. |
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Is this not similar to the prosecution of individuals that share child pornography? Quoted:
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Well they certainly found the most unsympathetic evil peckerhead they could to prosecute over this stupid law. |