Hate Crime: Feds Charge Amish Beard-Cutting Suspects With Civil Rights Violations

[MarkCharles]

The seven Amish men arrested in an early-morning FBI raid were charged with violating the Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Steven M. Dettelbach, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Northern Ohio, announced on Wednesday.

Samuel Mullet Sr., Johnny S. Mullet, Daniel S. Mullet, Levi F. Miller, Eli M. Miller, Emanuel Schrock and Lester S. Mullet are accused of attacking members of the mainstream Amish community, allegedly as retaliation for a decision to overturn a series of excommunications dealt out by Samuel Mullet, Sr."


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Of course, this is disgusting, no matter who does it to whom.


I am tempted to point out that the proper name "Mullet" has another general meaning having to do with a hairstyle.

I find only slight irony there. This is obviously NOT a funny story.