{"id":1751,"date":"2020-04-09T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T14:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2020-04-09T17:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:04:59","slug":"charges-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/charges-filed\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges Filed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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CAIR Pittsburgh Welcomes Charges<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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(PITTSBURGH<\/span>, PA, 3\/31\/2020)\u00a0<\/span><\/b>—\u00a0The\u00a0Pittsburgh<\/span>\u00a0chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR<\/span>–Pittsburgh<\/span>)\u00a0today\u00a0welcomed charges brought against a man accused of posting anti-Semitic,\u00a0<\/span>racist and anti-Muslim messages and threats on social\u00a0<\/span>media.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Corbin Kauffman, 31, of Lehighton, Pa., was charged by the United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for allegedly making hate threats over the internet “by a criminal information with interstate transmission of threats to injure the person of another.”<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span>Kauffman\u2019s posts\u00a0reportedly expressed a desire to commit genocide and \u201chate crimes\u201d and called for or depicted images of the killing of Jews, African-Americans and Muslims. If found guilty, Kauffman could face a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment for each violation.<\/span><\/p>

SEE:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Pennsylvania man charged with making anti-Semitic and other threats online<\/span><\/p>

https:\/\/www.northcentralpa.com\/news\/crime\/pennsylvania-man-charged-with-making-anti-semitic-and-other-threats\/article_931753b8-72b8-11ea-84b4-1387b7e25e62.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


<\/span>In a statement,\u00a0CAIR<\/span>–Pittsburgh<\/span>\u00a0Executive Director Christine Mohamed<\/b>\u00a0said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>

“<\/span>During this time of national and international crisis, solidarity and compassion are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>essential<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0Pittsburgh<\/span>\u00a0has seen this type of hatred before. It is disgusting<\/span><\/i>, un-American<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>and unacceptable.\u00a0We welcome these charges and commend law enforcement authorities for their diligence in protecting our communities”\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Washington-based civil rights organization has recently issued a number of statements against the rising level of bigotry nationwide.<\/span><\/p>

SEE:\u00a0CAIR<\/span>-Florida Calls for Hate Crime Probe of 2nd Neo-Nazi Vandalism, This Time Targeting Bernie Sander\u2019s Campaign Office in Florida<\/span><\/b><\/p>

https:\/\/www.cair<\/span>.com\/press_releases\/cair<\/span>-florida-calls-for-hate-crime-probe-of-2nd-neo-nazi-vandalism-this-time-targeting-bernie-sanders-campaign-office-in-florida\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>

CAIR<\/span>-Minnesota Condemns Racist COVID-19 Note Left on an Asian-American Couple\u2019s Door<\/span><\/b><\/p>

https:\/\/www.cair<\/span>.com\/press_releases\/cair<\/span>-minnesota-condemns-racist-covid-19-note-left-on-an-asian-american-couples-door\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>

CAIR<\/span>\u00a0is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>La misi\u00f3n de\u00a0CAIR<\/span>\u00a0es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensi\u00f3n del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>END<\/span><\/span><\/p>

<\/span>CONTACT:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>CAIR<\/span>–Pittsburgh<\/span>\u00a0Executive Director\u00a0Christine Mohamed,\u00a0<\/span>cmohamed@cair<\/span>.com<\/a><\/span>;\u00a0CAIR<\/span>\u00a0National Communications Director\u00a0Ibrahim\u00a0Hooper, 202-744-7726,\u00a0<\/span>ihooper@cair<\/span>.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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CAIR Pittsburgh Welcomes Charges (PITTSBURGH, PA, 3\/31\/2020)\u00a0—\u00a0The\u00a0Pittsburgh\u00a0chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Pittsburgh)\u00a0today\u00a0welcomed charges brought against a man accused of posting anti-Semitic,\u00a0racist and anti-Muslim messages and threats on social\u00a0media. Corbin Kauffman, 31, of Lehighton, Pa., was charged by the United States Attorney\u2019s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1792,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions\/1792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pa.cair.com\/pitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}