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April 21, 2011 in City
MLK bomb suspect indicted on new charges
A grand jury indicted Martin Luther King, Jr. march bomb suspect Kevin William Harpham on a federal hate crime charge today.
Harpham, 37, could be arraigned on the new indictment in U.S. District Court as early as Friday.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted.
Harpham, who has been in the Spokane County Jail since his arrest March 9, already has pleaded not guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and unauthorized possession of an unregistered explosive device.
The new indictment includes those charges, as well as the hate crime and a charge of use of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
The hate crime charge alleges Harpham targeted the march “because of actual or perceived race, color and national origin of any person.”
Harpham’s father, Cecil Harpham, has told The Spokesman-Review that his son was with him Jan. 17, the day the backpack bomb was discovered along the planned march route.
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Shadedmuse on April 21 at 7:06 p.m.
GOOD!!!!!! this racist tea-bagger needs to be locked away with the other racist tea-bagger from Pullman for life, may they be denied food and water and tea-baged for the rest of their lives. tea-baggers need to be tea-bagged in Federal prison in Admax Colorado. with terry nickles the unabomber and the shoe bomber and the underware bomber. now comes the pack back bomber. I say throw Glen beck and neil bortz in their as well.
jpintler on April 21 at 8:02 p.m.
Shadedmuse, you’re an idiot!
misjustice on April 21 at 8:16 p.m.
Shaded, you are on target.
If these “people” were locked up with all the implications that come with incarceration it would serve as a determent to others of a like mind; that is the rationale used to justify the death penalty, the deterrent factor. Pack it up haters, there is zero tolerance for your hate.
nslopeofw on April 21 at 10:05 p.m.
I’d say shadedmuse is packing quite a bit of hate. In fact, there is really not much difference between SM and this MLK bomber in terms of how they think of those they dont agree with (TEA party) I would call shaededmuse a bigot, because (s)he hates those that are different from her/him.
Shadedmuse=just another bigot, and SR should censor bigoted posters. If fact, they probably would if it were a TEA partier saying the same thing about a “progressive” (progressive what? Not thinker, for sure).
Patanjali on April 21 at 10:17 p.m.
I agree with nslopeofw with regards to his opinion about shadedmuse. There is no evidence that the alleged MLK bomber was a member of or associated with the TEA party in any way. There is evidence that he was associated with the white supremists but the TEA party, although they have some members who have been known to throw around racist statements, are not white supremists.
People hate for a number of reasons but generally it is because they feel hated and unloved. People give what they have to give. If they are full of hate that is what they project outward.