Kalvinn Garcia, 26, was sentenced to 4 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for committing a hate crime in connection with an arson at Queer/Bar, a nightclub and event space in Seattle. https://twitter.com/CivilRights/status/1709288080299962855 From the Justice Department:
According to facts admitted in his guilty plea, on Feb. 24, 2020, Garcia set fire to the contents of a dumpster in the alley directly behind Queer/Bar. Garcia was arrested only minutes after setting the fire.
Garcia admitted to law enforcement that he set the fire and that he targeted Queer/Bar because it angered him to see a sign that said “queer.” Garcia also told officers, “I think it’s wrong that we have a bunch of queers in our society.”
A few weeks after the incident, Garcia told a stranger that his intent in setting the fire was to trap and hurt the people inside. Garcia admitted that, through the use of fire, he willfully attempted to cause bodily injury to the occupants of Queer/Bar because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
Read the full press release here. Records show Garcia has previously been a defendant in eight criminal felony cases in southwestern Washington dating back to 2015. https://twitter.com/KIRO7Seattle/status/1709331263050432873 (lead image via Wikimedia Commons/Another Believer – CC license – cropped)
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