Joshua Ray Van Haften, Facebook post, September 30, 2014

Date
Sep. 30, 2014
Name of Author
Joshua Ray Van Haften
Body

“If the goddam Americans and sons of satan, Israeil (sic) wanna mutilate the dead, shit, we get an eye for an eye fool. Grow a set of nuts! Climb that fuckin tree and getcha some.” (Facebook post)“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSHUA VAN HAFTEN,” United States District Court District for the Western District of Wisconsin, October 28, 2014, http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/04/09/van_haften_complaint_signed.pdf.

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