Jurors have seen chilling social media posts written by two people charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.
FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Kent County Sheriff and the Delaware Department of Justice shows, top row from left, Brandon Caserta and Barry Croft; and bottom row from left, Adam Dean Fox and Daniel Harris. The four members of anti-government groups are facing trial in March 2022 on federal charges accusing them in a plot to abduct Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Jury selection begins Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in a trial the presiding judge at the U.S.
“They've claimed ownership over my body and my property,” he said. “Now they take away my place to live and source of income because of this?” Barry Croft Jr., a 46-year-old trucker from Bear, Delaware, regularly vented on Facebook about government and public officials in 2020 when governors were issuing stay-home orders, requiring masks and making other rules during the early leg of the pandemic.
Defense lawyers deny there was an actual plan to snatch Whitmer, claiming the men were induced by agents and informants and exchanged wild talk while smoking marijuana. Three months later, Caserta said he would shoot “tyrants” after beating them with his hands and feet, letting them"beg til they couldn't beg any more because their mouth is so full of blood.”“There is no remorse for immoral cowards,” Caserta said. “Empathy is only reserved for the good.”
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