Denver – Colorado was part of the group accused of setting fire on the cross against a sign of a defeated campaign for a candidate who has become a Springs. First black mayor On Tuesday, the officials were found guilty of what was a scandal.
One of the three accused in the incident of 2023, Dina West, convicted a computation of being a part of a fire in the Denver Federal Court, and then spread false information about it in the part of Mayor Yemy Mobolade.
In turn, the complainants said they would leave additional charges related to the fire.
The complainant says that after the cross -burning stad, his photo and video were sent to the media and civilian organizations, so that he looked like an attack on Mobollade.
The complainants did not explain why the West and the other two people were charged, Derrick Bernard and Ashley BlackCloud, collecting deception.
But the lawyers of Bernard and BlackCloud said in the court filing that the government’s evidence shows that they were trying to help win the Mobilade by creating outrage. They argued that these actions were a kind of political theater, which they say is a free speech protected by the first amendment.
Both are seeking allegations to leave their customers because they say no one was seen by the cross set at midnight, no one other than the defendants.
According to the allegations, Bernard interacted with Mobled before cross-burning on April 23, 2023, and after the Mobollade won the election on May 6, 2023, the runoff election.
About a week before cross-burning, Bernard told the then candidate in a Facebook message that he collected my squadron in defense and for final pressure. Black PS PS style older brother. Clan cannot be allowed to run this city again. ”
They spoke for about five minutes on the telephone three days after the incident.
Moboled has denied any junowledge, warning or involvement in the crime.
Vanessa Zinc, a city spokesperson, refer to a video statement to a journalist on Tuesday that Mobald was posted on social media in December, and all three were immediately convicted. In it, Meyer said that he identified Bernard as a “local media personality.”
Mobalde also showed a letter from the US Department of Justice that he was identified as a victim or potential victim during a cross -burning investigation. He said that he voluntarily provided all the communications sought by the investigators.
