Navy vet who toppled satanic display slapped with 'hate crime' charge, felony mischief
By Jon Brown - Posted at The Christian Post:
Published January 31, 2024
The charges against him have since escalated, with the Polk County Attorney's Office charging Cassidy with felony third-degree mischief and a hate crime under Iowa state law, according to a charging document made public Tuesday and reported by The Des Moines Register.A U.S. Navy veteran who toppled a satanic display in the Iowa state Capitol shortly before Christmas has been charged with felony mischief and a hate crime.
Michael Cassidy, 35, made headlines in December when he traveled from Mississippi to Des Moines and pushed over a red-cloaked statue of Baphomet where it stood near a Nativity scene.
The statue, which had been erected by the Iowa chapter of The Satanic Temple, was in front of a candle-lit altar adorned with the seven "Fundamental Tenets" of the organization, which claims not to believe in a personal devil.
Cassidy, a former GOP candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives, tossed the statue's silver ram's head in the trash before turning himself in to authorities, who issued him a citation for fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor.
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