… We still have our freedom, in our country.” _ “Swim in the waters of prison,” she told Crusius. Here you can find key dates and voter information, links. Others in the courtroom applauded Thursday as she celebrated their liberty. Welcome to the Journal’s coverage of the Albuquerque city and school board races in the 2021 election. Margaret Juarez, whose 90-year-old father was slain and whose mother was wounded but survived, said she found it ironic that Crusius would spend his life in prison among inmates from racial and ethnic minorities. Two teenage girls recounted their narrow escape from Crusius’ rampage as they participated in a fundraiser for their youth soccer team outside the store, and said they are still fearful in public. They included immigrants, a retired city bus driver, teachers, tradesmen including a former iron worker, and several Mexican nationals who had crossed the U.S. The people who were killed ranged in age from a 15-year-old high school athlete to several grandparents. “In a sense justice was served today, and in another sense I don’t think anything is ever going to be the same,” he said. Tito Anchondo, whose brother Andre Anchondo was killed in the attack, called the sentence “the best it’s going to get” because it ensures that Crusius will be left to think about his actions in prison for the rest of his life. “He wanted to eliminate a class of people,” Hanna said. attorney who prosecuted the government’s case, said Crusius had embraced the “insidious lie” that America only belonged to white people. He went further in his rant posted before the attack, sounding warnings that Hispanics were going to take over the government and economy. linked to hate crimes since 2006, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.īefore the shooting, Crusius had appeared consumed by the nation’s immigration debate, tweeting #BuildtheWall and posts that praised then-President Donald Trump’s hard-line border policies. The attack was the deadliest of a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. “Patrick’s thinking is at odds with reality … resulting in delusional thinking,” Spencer said. Joe Spencer, Crusius’ attorney, told the judge before the sentencing that his client has a “broken brain.” He said Crusius had arrived in El Paso without a specific target in mind before winding up at the Walmart. Attorney General Merrick Garland said after the sentencing that “no one in this country should have to live in fear of hate-fueled violence.” government’s case, Crusius received a life sentence for each of the 90 charges against him, half of which were classified as hate crimes.
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But Texas prosecutors have said they will try to put Crusius on death row when he stands trial in state court. border as an “invasion,” waving off critics who say the rhetoric fuels anti-immigrant views and violence.Ĭrusius pleaded guilty in February after federal prosecutors took the death penalty off the table. In the years since the shooting, Republicans have described migrants crossing the southern U.S.
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