Atlanta Spa Killings

[RVInit]

So, the Atlanta spa shooter is going to be charged with hate crimes after all. And prosecutors are going for the death penalty.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pr ... a-n1267019

The Fulton County indictment charges Long with four counts of murder, four counts of felony murder, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and one count of domestic terrorism, according to online records.

The domestic terrorism charge says Long committed a series of illegal acts "which were interrelated by distinguishing characteristics, with the intent to cause serious bodily harm and to kill individuals and groups of individuals, and with the intent to intimidate the civilian population of this state and of its political subdivisions."

Four of the aggravated assault charges have to do with the shootings of the four victims who died. For the fifth, the indictment says Long pointed a gun at another woman, causing her “reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.” Willis’ notice of intent to seek hate crimes charges says she was targeted based on her actual or perceived sex and gender.

The charges in the Cherokee County indictment are related to the shooting at a spa near suburban Woodstock in which four were killed and one person was wounded. Those charges include four counts of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, one count of criminal attempt to commit murder, 11 counts of aggravated assault, one count of aggravated battery, one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and one count of criminal damage to property.

[Lani]

While that is good, I also am sad because of his cult. He was interested in sex (of course), enjoyed pornography, but was damned by his church. He was sent to some sort of christian therapy. He was going to hell and struck out to kill the people (females) who "enticed" him. See also, Josh Duggar.

[RVInit]

While that is good, I also am sad because of his cult. He was interested in sex (of course), enjoyed pornography, but was damned by his church. He was sent to some sort of christian therapy. He was going to hell and struck out to kill the people (females) who "enticed" him. See also, Josh Duggar.

Yeah. I try to stay away from commenting on religion here, my being an atheist and all. There are some members here that I know have strong feelings about their faith, and there are several that actually walk the walk as far as I can see, and that is impressive and I have no desire to offend them. I think so many (not here) are only "so-called Christians" (or other faiths) and not really put into practice what they claim to believe. Or they seem to make up their own version of Christianity, and that leads to the kind of tragedy we see in this situation.