{"id":23898,"date":"2011-01-28T23:13:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T13:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=23898"},"modified":"2011-01-31T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T06:13:31","slug":"brendon-lee-oconnell-found-guilty-of-racial-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=23898","title":{"rendered":"Brendon Lee O&#8217;Connell found guilty of racial hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><strong>Update<\/strong>, January 31, 2011. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2011\/01\/31\/3125998.htm\">Brendon O&#8217;Connell has been sentenced to three years jail for his crimes.<\/a><\/em> O&#8217;Connell has the distinction of being the first person to be successfully prosecuted under WA&#8217;s laws against racial and religious vilification, legislation introduced following the racist violence of the neo-Nazi &#8216;Australian Nationalists Movement&#8217; under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aijac.org.au\/review\/2002\/2711\/jack-jim.html\">Jack Van Tongeren<\/a>. Van Tongeren&#8217;s former arch-nemesis is Dr James Saleam, leader of the Australia First Party. AF has urged its followers to support O&#8217;Connell, whom the party denies is anti-Semitic and argues is instead merely a good Christian.<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/trollcats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/911_the_jews_did_it_trollcat.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Israeli oranges + Jewish yoof + Labor Party + Multicultural Industry + the very model of a KGB\/Gestapo operation + a treasonous judge + a kangaroo court + King James Bible + the Constitution = <strike>Jews did WTC!<\/strike> guilty verdict on six counts of racial hatred + remand + court on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Brendon Lee O&#8217;Connell found guilty of racial hatred<br \/>\nAAP<br \/>\nJanuary 28, 2011<\/p>\n<p>A PERTH man who posted a video online showing him arguing with a Jewish man and calling him a &#8220;racist, homicidal maniac&#8221; has been found guilty of racial hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan [sic] Lee O&#8217;Connell, 38, <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=23579\">represented himself<\/a> before a jury in the Perth District Court after firing the lawyer who had been defending him against an accusation that he posted an anti-[S]emitic video online.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connell faced seven charges related to the posting of a verbal altercation he had with Stanley Keyser and Timothy Peach, who are Jewish, and was found guilty on six.<\/p>\n<p>An argument broke out between the three men at an IGA supermarket in South Perth on May 2, 2009, where a Friends of Palestine group was holding a protest against Israeli oranges.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Peach, 19, told the court during the trial that he was a member of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students at the time and had attended the rally to &#8220;observe&#8221; and hand out flyers to educate the protesters about Israel.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was &#8220;angry&#8221;, &#8220;confused&#8221; and &#8220;offended&#8221; by O&#8217;Connell when he started to film the two Jewish men and argue with them about their religion.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, O&#8217;Connell refused to acknowledge Judge Henry Wisbey when he entered the court and, instead, rose to bow to the jury.<\/p>\n<p>About a dozen supporters in the court cheered when O&#8217;Connell labelled the proceedings &#8220;a kangaroo court&#8221; and gave a long, repetitive rant about the King James Bible and the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The video that O&#8217;Connell posted online was shown on the first day of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have a religion of racism, hate, homicide and ethnic cleansing,&#8221; O&#8217;Connell says to the men on the video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are a racist, homicidal maniac.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the jury found O&#8217;Connell guilty on Friday, he shouted: &#8220;Free Palestine! Free Iraq!&#8221; before being taken away.<\/p>\n<p>Outside court, Mr Keyser&#8217;s mother Shelley said it was &#8220;a big relief&#8221; for the &#8220;terrible&#8221; ordeal to be over.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connell was remanded in custody and is due to reappear in court on Monday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>See also<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/thewest\/a\/-\/wa\/8735356\/man-found-guilty-over-race-hate-video\/\">Man found guilty over race hate video<\/a>, Belle Taylor, <em>The West Australian<\/em>, January 28, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update, January 31, 2011. Brendon O&#8217;Connell has been sentenced to three years jail for his crimes. 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