Kenneth Pilon was admitted guilty of two accusations of hate crimes, know his age and photo
He has admitted that he broke the law by calling 9 Starbucks locations in Michigan.
As per the news release from the US Department of Justice, a Michigan man named Kenneth Pilon admitted to committing a hate crime after intimidating proponents of the Black Lives Matter movement. He left handwritten notes around his community.
Who Is Kenneth Pilon Of Michigan Who Committed Hate Crimes During BLM Protests, His Age, Family And Photo
Kenneth Pilon, 61 Michigan MAGA Man threatened to kill Black people if they tried to protest the brutal murder of George Floyd pic.twitter.com/PYdd39kKYO
— Skylar (@DudleyaGiant) December 14, 2022
He instructed Starbucks staff members who answered his calls to specifically racial threats to the employees of Starbucks wearing the t-shirts of Black Lives Matter. He pleaded guilty to count 1 of the filed information and Pilon vowed to kill Black people all around.
Who Is Kenneth Pilon?
Kenneth Pilon is an optometrist from Saginaw, Michigan. Pilon was found guilty of 2 hate crimes after fostering his racist ideologiesย and also threatening to harm the individuals associated with the movement of Black Lives Matter.
Kenneth Pilon got motivated by these ideas of racism, he then spent a summer day calling several Starbucks locations for expressing his desire to see minorities murdered.
This 62-year-old, entered a guilty plea to 2 counts of violating federally protected activities which were held on Monday, 12th of December when Pilon appeared before the U.S. District Magistrate Judge Patricia T. Morris. Prosecutors agreed to drop four further charges of the similar charge in exchange.
The offense is having around one-year prison sentence, also a fine of $100,000 and one year of supervised release. Kenneth Pilon’s sentencing guidelines haven’t yet been confirmed and determined, although the prosecutors advise that Kenneth Pilon serve a 10-month term.
The method by which the officials and investigators identified Kenneth Pilon as a suspect is not confirmed or mentioned in the records of court. On the 23rd of March, at around 2 p.m. U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington will sentence him to prison. Kenneth is presently free on bond and the U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison for the Eastern District of Michigan said, โthe defendant’s acts were for threatening to the whole community. โ
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