Adolfo Martinez, 30, was found guilty of a. I don’t need weapons, I have the spirit of God on my side, bro. An Iowa man was sentenced to serve 16 years behind bars after he tore down a rainbow flag symbolizing gay pride from the front of a church and burned it. He added: “Even non-believers would agree on this matter. I burned down their pride, plain and simple.” Adolfo Martinez stole a gay pride flag flying outside a church and. Knowingly, willingly and intentionally did I do that. An incredible story out of Iowa, where an Ames man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ rainbow flag.
I wish no harm upon any individual however if you guys are going to bring and forth and address it in such a manner than by all means necessary bring it forth bro, I have God on my side.”įollowing, his sentencing, Martinez was asked if he planned to fight the charges and he replied: “No, I’m guilty, I’m guilty as charged, I say it live. “It was an honor to do that, it’s a blessing from the Lord to be able to stand for his word firmly against all odds plain and simple. Martinez said that he burned the flag because he opposes. He then carried it a gentleman's club a few blocks away where he doused it with lighter fluid and lit it on fire. Adolfo Martinez, 30, saw the flag at the Church of Christ in Ames and ripped it down. It is a blessing from the Lord, plain and simple. An Iowa man who burned an LBGTQ flying at a church was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for. NEVADA, Iowa (AP) A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa.
It is my honor to do so, and it is an honor to that. Adolfo Martinez, 30, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for burning an Iowa church's LGBTQ flag.
In November he granted an interview to a local TV channel in which he said: “It is my honor, it is written, it is a judgement and it is written to execute vengeance on the heathen and punishments upon the people. He said that he tore the flag down from the United Church of Christ in Ames and burned it because he opposes homosexuality. Martinez was arrested in June and convicted in November. Adolfo Martinez, 30, has been found guilty of a hate crime, third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire for stealing. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, Iowa, was sentenced to 15 years for the hate crime of arson, as well as 1 year for the reckless use of explosives or fire, and 30 days for harassment. Stealing a Pride banner from a church and burning it outside a local strip club has landed an Ames, Iowa resident in prison for sixteen years, on hate crime charges.