Manhattan terrorist pleads not guilty

Arutz Sheva ^ | 29/11/17 | Elad Benari

[Eleutheria5]

Manhattan terrorist pleads not guilty Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of killing eight people in New York City on Halloween, pleads not guilty to federal terrorism charges.

Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of killing eight people in the terror attack in New York City on Halloween, pleaded not guilty to federal terrorism charges Tuesday, reports Fox News.

Saipov, 29, faces eight counts of murder in aid of racketeering, 12 counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering, one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS) and one count of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle.

The Uzbekistan-born resident of Paterson, N.J., is accused of driving a rented Home Depot truck onto a Lower Manhattan bike path that was packed with pedestrians. In addition to the eight people killed, 12 others were injured.

ISIS later claimed responsibility for the truck attack, which was the deadliest assault on New York City since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda.

According to court documents, Saipov planned the attack for a year and selected Halloween to carry it out because he felt there would be more civilians on the street that day.

Prosecutors say Saipov exited the truck holding a paintball gun and a pellet gun and yelled "Allahu Akbar" before he was shot by police. Saipov also originally planned to drive the truck all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge.

During interviews in his hospital room, Saipov waived his Miranda rights and told law enforcement "he felt good about what he had done." He also asked to display an ISIS flag in his room.

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[Eleutheria5]

Too bad he got to be interviewed in the hospital. I'm sure he'd have had considerably less to say if he were in the morgue.

[EvilCapitalist]

I like that we have fair trials in this country, but once in a while, for scumbags like this, I wouldn’t mind a little mob justice.

[Paladin2]

Jihad is Legal in the US?

[jazusamo]

The scumbag should plead not guilty because of jihad, then convict him and execute him.

[artichokegrower]

Light his freaking beard on fire.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

12 counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering

What is the "in aid of racketeering" enhancement on the attempted murder charge? Is the islam cult "racketeering"? "Racketeering" is defined as dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.

From the Legal Information Institute:
18 U.S. Code § 1959 - Violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity
(a) Whoever, as consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value from an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity, or for the purpose of gaining entrance to or maintaining or increasing position in an enterprise engaged in racketeering activity, murders, kidnaps, maims, assaults with a dangerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury upon, or threatens to commit a crime of violence against any individual in violation of the laws of any State or the United States, or attempts or conspires so to do, shall be punished—
(1) for murder, by death or life imprisonment, or a fine under this title, or both; and for kidnapping, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or a fine under this title, or both;
(5) for attempting or conspiring to commit murder or kidnapping, by imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine under this title, or both;

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Sentence him to death, and then turn him over to the families of those he killed.

[Sasparilla]

Fast trial, fast appeals, fast execution

[Vaquero]

We don’t have to have fair trials for enemy combatants. He should have never made it out alive.

[Lurkinanloomin]

“he felt good about what he had done.”
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This is why the proper response to jihad is to shoot to kill.

[EvilCapitalist]

If it were up to me, after he was stopped, he would have been taken to the nearest tree, and hanged.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Fast trial, fast appeals, fast execution
‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

None of that is going to happen.
We will be taking care of him for many years.

[Lurkinanloomin]

and yelled “Allahu Akbar” before he was shot by police
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There is the statement of jihad, Spanish police shoot them dead, we should too.

[Bogie]

He decided, since a plea is out of the question, that he could do a little more harm, with the cost of a trial.

It will be interesting to see what the Latin Kings do with him in prison.

[kiryandil]

I’d bail him out, and arrange a “hot date” with the nearest curb, and his melon....

[Eleutheria5]

Sounds like they’re charging ISIS and laughing boy with RICO to go after its assets. Good.

[Eleutheria5]

Start a special cable channel just for convicted Jihadis in jail. They can see Innocence of Islam, videos of Hillary cackling, and Israelis dancing the Hora, not to mention the several movies made of the Entebbe rescue, as well as the 700 Club and lots of cooking shows with instructions on how to cook up pork and ham.

[ronnie raygun]

Kill Americans become famous and live out your life, write a book, a movie, do interviews with liberal media, the good life.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I respect Andrew McCarthy a lot. In "Willful Blindness," he says he considered using RICO in the 1993 prosecution of the "blind sheikh" but decided against it. It is normally used against Mafia whose motivations are financial gain, not ideology.

[Eleutheria5]

They ought to also apply it to terrorists. They need money to get their operatives to where they can kill and maim, and provide them with the equipment and escape routes, and pay the family something if they die on their mission. You take their assets, all that’s left is the regime that backs them, which has to give them more cash and get it to them.