[ April 28, 2024 ]
“The judge noted Hendricks’ crimes but also said Hendricks’ actions in court were respectful and that he carried himself with ‘a certain quiet dignity.'”
Seriously? Erick Jamal Hendricks plotted to kill me and hundreds of others at AFDI’s free speech event in Garland, Texas in 2015. He was found guilty of aiding and abetting ISIS. On April 23, 2015, Hendricks used social media to contact Elton Simpson, who, along with Nadir Hamid Soofi, was inspired by ISIS and launched the attack on our event. But Judge John Adams gave him half the sentence that the feds had requested, and was impressed with his “quiet dignity.” He should have been impressed with his aiding in a plot to murder Americans for exercising their freedom of speech.
“Man who tried to create ISIS-inspired terror cell in U.S. gets 15 years in prison, half of what feds sought,” by Eric Heisig, Cleveland.com, February 4, 2019:
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AKRON, Ohio — A man who tried to create a terrorist cell to carry out attacks in the U.S. in the name of the Islamic State was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison, half the amount sought by federal prosecutors.
Erick Jamal Hendricks, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was convicted by a jury in March of trying to recruit and train ISIS sympathizers. He vetted people to see if they were suitable to join him, espoused radical views, and instructed others to vet additional possible recruits through social media.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office asked U.S. District Judge John Adams to sentence Hendricks, 38, to 30 years in prison, the maximum amount of time allowed for the two charges for which the jury found him guilty. However, Adams said a lesser sentence was warranted….
The judge noted Hendricks’ crimes but also said Hendricks’ actions in court were respectful and that he carried himself with “a certain quiet dignity.”…
Hendricks’ federal public defender Ed Bryan asked Adams for a 10-year prison sentence. Hendricks maintains his innocence and is expected to appeal his convictions.
“I’m not the person that my accusers accused me of being,” said Hendricks, who wore an orange jail jumpsuit with his hands shackled at the waist. He asked the judge for mercy, but said nothing of the crimes of which a jury found him guilty.
Adams said Hendricks will be on probation for life, which he reasoned will allow the government to closely monitor his activities once released. He also barred Hendricks from having any terrorist literature.
Hendricks’ crimes
Hendricks was arrested in North Carolina in August 2016. His trial was one of the more interesting to take place in federal court in Akron in some time, and included an undercover agent testifying to a courtroom closed to the public.
Prosecutors said Hendricks did much of his work through Twitter and various encrypted chat apps, though the FBI tracked him in Baltimore as he met in person with someone he believed to be a recruit. That man was an FBI agent.
Hendricks exhibited a sense of paranoia and used counter-surveillance measures, often changing social media handles and breaking up words related to the Islamic faith with spaces when using chat apps on his phone, authorities said.
Justice Department attorney Rebecca Magnone said at trial that Hendricks had plans to buy land off the grid in rural areas in California and New Mexico to train recruits.
A large part of the government’s case against Hendricks centered on his connection to one of two gunmen who opened fire at “The First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest” in Garland, Texas in May 2015. Elton Simpson and Nadir Hamid Soofi drove from Phoenix to Garland, which is outside Dallas. They wounded a security guard before a police officer and killed them.
Hendricks was not in Texas but was chatting with an undercover FBI agent before and after Simpson and Soofi opened fire. The agent testified that he was in Garland at the time and saw Simpson and Soofi open fire, but he was not aware of the pair’s plan before it was executed….
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36 Comments
5 years ago
Must be another Left/Liberal pro-jihadi scumbag judge
And Left/Libs have been bringing jihad right into America.
somali jihadis attack American citizens while police make excuses https://tinyurl.com/ycymp8wv
Its happening in Demonrat run counties/states .
5 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
Their going to convert to Islam, as it fits their nature. A switch goes off and their shooting congress men at the ball field.
5 years ago
Akron, Nohio … That’s how they roll in Nohio.
5 years ago
More sympathy for radical jihadists, eh?
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
Their demeanor has an appeal, calm and quiet until the switch goes off.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
LOL, a “radical jihadist” as opposed to what? A moderate jihadist? Your word salad of obfuscation doesn’t hide the fact this rodent is a f’ing MUSLUM.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
Obviously the Judges were bought with threats against THEM. They will no longer protect America.
5 years ago
Nothing about FBI not protecting Pamela et al even though knew about him.
5 years ago
Reply to
CanadaGoose1
The FBI is a French owned corporation, not part of US government. Their just following the orders that come from the deep state without question.
5 years ago
Reply to
CanadaGoose1
The probable information that the “fbi” assisted the attempted killers was BURIED by the “fbi”.
5 years ago
It was the “certain quiet dignity” of a mass murder conspirator.
One can be sure that Eichmann, Mengele, and others had a certain quiet dignity when needed.
5 years ago
Reply to
Michael Copeland
That’s how John derek described miles o Keefe from Tarzan movie made back in ’79 starting his late wife B.O. pfffttttt quiet dignity pfffttttt
5 years ago
adolph eichmann had a certain quiet dignity, too
5 years ago
Just one of many internet items on this loony judge: https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/08/committee_orders_akron_federal.html
5 years ago
What happened to fed sentencing guidelines?
5 years ago
Ah a well mannered killer…
5 years ago
Reply to
MAS
German death camp guards were ‘well mannered’ when they handed Jewish women and children a bar of soap before ushering them into the gas chamber.
5 years ago
What about unjust Muhammad. Did he also had some sort of dignity according to the judge?
Maybe the Muhammadist was uplifted by Trump’s scolding of Pamela Geller who said of her “Why is she insulting everybody?”.
The victims of the unjust Muhammad-law, war & tyranny have a dignity we must protect.
I don’t care about people that don’t care about Muhammadists enslaving Africans, torturing atheists & forcibly declitorizing & raping girls.
Those that don’t care about the victims of Muhammadist tyranny also wouldn’t care about you if you would be a victim of Muhammadist tyranny.
Just think, today Africans are enslaved, castrated, divorced, beaten & killed in Saudi Arabia & enslaved in the UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, Iraq, North-Sudan, Libya (surge), Algeria (surge), Mauritania (20 percent), Niger, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria in emulation of unjust Muhammad who started the global African slave-trade by saying his unproven deity had turned Africans black so Africans’ descendants would be slaves to Arabs & Turks (see Wikiislam).
5 years ago
Maybe the Judge was Bernie Farber? Bernic Farber also likes to describe Muslims who make threats against Jews as having “a Certain Quiet Dignity”..
Ted Bundy and Hitler were also described as some by having “A Certain Quiet Dignity?
You can’t expect much from lawyers and judges both are liars.
5 years ago
Another bleeding-heart liberal who thinks pandering to terrorists will save him from beheading.
5 years ago
Seems
U.S. District Judge John Adams is protecting that wannabe murderer, need to dig into U.S. District Judge John Adams past, see what he has.
5 years ago
Reply to
Liniborn
Get rid of judge Adams and his traitorous rulings , and all liberal, commie , democrat , islamofacist, muzzie , globalist, neo, politicians, political appointees, supporters, lobbies, Ban all Muslims, deport all immigrants, vote out all Democrats, recall traitors tlaib, Cortez, pelosi and all Democrats. Build the wall to keep muzzie terrorists, ms13 , and illegals out. Maga.
5 years ago
planet of apes
5 years ago
The Muslim if they were able would kill all of us.our crazy leftist are aiding them.
5 years ago
15 years equates to about 10 years in prison during which you can be sure he will recruit and train a whole new group of potential jihadists. They see prison as a recruiting and training opportunity,not as punishment,and definitely not as rehabilitative.
5 years ago
District SO-CALLED judge john adams MUST be REMOVED from the BENCH and his BARR credentials MUST be REVOKED – – PERMANENTLY!!!!!!!
There MUST NOT be any allowances made for individuals who BROKE the Constitutional SUPREME LAWS of the LAND of America!
The conviction was due to be PROVEN BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT.
The JURY convicted him of TWO actions.
Each action requires 15 years behind bars.
The only other alternative would be to surrender his American Citizenship with the DEPORTATION of this THUG.
5 years ago
this judge Adams has been censured time and again for his inappropriate actions and he was mandated to get treatment for his mental health problems. the guy is completely crazy. he’s still on the bench after years of judicial reviews that found him guilty in every instance of misconduct. there should be a re sentancing of this muslim.
5 years ago
Reply to
JGray1
They should take judges like this , and let them serve the other 15 years in prison then kick them out of the country .
5 years ago
That is one hideous visage of this Islamist Marxist Predator. Who is this IMBECILE adjudicating in this case of this Islamist Marxist Predator and who shopped for the IMBECILE to be judge?
5 years ago
Sympathy for the devil.
Hang him,terrorist scum.
5 years ago
Impeach john adams!
5 years ago
Judge doesn’t want his head chopped off.
