Does anyone else find it a bit insane that this guy gets charged under the terrorism act, but Alton Nolen who actually beheaded Mrs. Hufford and stabbed Traci Jordan has, according to this same news agency, just committed “workplace violence”, and has not been charged with terrorism?
This article also doesn’t mention that other media did report the coworker did say that she thought he was joking at first, but only reported it to the police after hearing about the other beheading stories in media. Murriithi wasn’t a Muslim, much less ISIS.
Via News OK:
A fired Oklahoma City nursing home worker admitted after his arrest that he told a co-worker he was going to cut her head off, a police detective reported.
The fired worker, Jacob Mugambi Muriithi, 30, was charged Thursday with the crime of terrorism hoax, a violation of the state’s anti-terrorism act.
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater personally approved the filing of the felony charge. If convicted, Muriithi faces up to 10 years in prison.
Muriithi claims he and the co-worker were both joking around.
“It appears to be a case that the parties were mutually having a conversation and mutually joking,” defense attorney Christian Zeaman said.
“It sounds just like they were mutually having fun with each other. They were both joking. I think the (police) report really indicates that. …I’m investigating this hot and heavy. …He is a Catholic, he goes to church, he has the support of the community. It was never a terrorist hoax,” the attorney said.