U.S. district court document image of Patrik Mathews, left, and Brian Lemley leaving a store in Delaware after purchasing approximately 150 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition and paper shooting targets.Prosecutors in the United States who argue a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist intended to start a civil war by killing on a large scale are recommending he be sentenced to 25 years in prison.
U.S. army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr. also pleaded guilty to weapons charges and is to be sentenced along with Mathews on Oct. 28. William Bilbrough IV was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in bringing Mathews into the U.S.Prosecutors wrote that The Base used encrypted chat rooms to plan out acts of violence against minority communities, including African Americans and Jewish communities, to create a white ethno-state.
Prosecutors allege that once in the U.S., Mathews began building a functioning assault rifle, took part in military training exercises, screened new members for The Base and made numerous videos espousing violent, anti-Semitic and racist language.“They want bad guys so bad, they can have it. We’ll give them bad guys,” Mathews said in a video submitted to court and included in the sentencing memo. “We will give them white supremacist terrorists, if that’s what they want.
RobCurrieMusic Prosecute in the US. End of story. Sucks to be him.