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hookaleft

(1,093 posts)
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 10:22 PM Nov 2022

Ashli Babbitt's brother convicted of hate crime against SDG&E worker

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The brother of Ashli Babbitt the San Diego woman fatally shot during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, has been convicted after he assaulted and hurled racial slurs at an SDG&E worker in Point Loma Heights.

San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announced Wednesday, 33-year-old Roger Stefan Witthoeft Jr. was convicted of all charges including a hate crime, for allegedly slapping a Latino worker last year and telling him to "talk in English you (expletive) immigrant" and "go back to your country."

“This jury has sent a clear message that violent, abusive, and racist conduct like this has no place in our community,” San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott said. “My Office will continue to prosecute and hold accountable people who commit hate crimes, and I urge victims and witnesses to report all such activity.”

Prosecutors say, in Sept. 2021 the worker was diverting traffic at a Point Loma intersection where SDG&E workers were repairing a utility box, causing Witthoeft to become "enraged" because the worker's truck was stopped in the intersection.

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https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/ashli-babbitts-brother-convicted-of-hate-crime-against-sdg-e-worker

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Ashli Babbitt's brother convicted of hate crime against SDG&E worker (Original Post) hookaleft Nov 2022 OP
Nice family. JenniferJuniper Nov 2022 #1
he worked for his brother in laws pool cleaning business lol grantcart Nov 2022 #6
Between Babbitt's crazy parents and this jagoff, it's almost as if they are a family of assholes Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2022 #2
I like it republianmushroom Nov 2022 #3
Was that action caused by "economic anxiety" too? RockRaven Nov 2022 #4
Refused to take her second shot. Weak. Kennah Nov 2022 #5
Reichwing fuckheads still insist that Ashli the traitor was an innocent martyr Orrex Nov 2022 #7
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #8
Here's big mouth CurtEastPoint Nov 2022 #9

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
6. he worked for his brother in laws pool cleaning business lol
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 10:37 PM
Nov 2022

His brother in law and employer said that he had been estranged from Babbitt for some times

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,495 posts)
2. Between Babbitt's crazy parents and this jagoff, it's almost as if they are a family of assholes
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 10:30 PM
Nov 2022

Orrex

(67,385 posts)
7. Reichwing fuckheads still insist that Ashli the traitor was an innocent martyr
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 10:39 PM
Nov 2022

Makes sense. I can't tell you how many times I've innocently forced my way through a broken window in order to trespass on government property with the intent of overturning a legitimate presidential election.


Glass houses, amirite?

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