KKK member charged with plot to build Anti-Muslim death ray too poor to be a terrorist, lawyer claims
An admitted member of the KKK is fighting against charges for crimes that he says were actually created by the government in an attempt to ensnare him.
The attorney for Glendon Scott Crawford filed claims of “outrageous government conduct” after Crawford was charged with attempting to build a death ray capable of killing people with high amounts of radiation.
Initially, Crawford had contacted U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, area Jewish organizations and the Israeli Embassy, among others, “with what he believed was a never-before-considered idea – and idea only – to use on Islamic terrorists.” The motion continued, saying, “Until his path crossed that of the government, he had never had a device or money or motivation to become involved in an actual device.”
Attorney Kevin Luibrand said that the only reason the alleged crimes went as far as they did was a sting operation set up by the government which basically pushed Crawford into acting on his plans to create such a weapon.
“When the government first had contact with Crawford, he was not committing a criminal offense. From that beginning to his indictment, the plot alleged against [the] defendant was instigated, planned, funded, supplied, and maintained by the government,” Luibrand wrote. “This wholesale government fabrication of a crime – aimed at ensnaring Crawford, who was neither previously engaged in nor was planning a similar offense – violates Crawford’s due process, shocks the universal sense of justice, and demands dismissal of the indictment.”
Crawford, 50, and Eric Feight, 56, were both charged in the plot to create the device, which Crawford intended to use specifically against Muslims.
