{"id":281582,"date":"2011-02-24T19:38:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T19:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/24\/man-who-threatened-south-park-creators-gets-25-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2011-02-24T19:38:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T19:38:46","slug":"man-who-threatened-south-park-creators-gets-25-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/man-who-threatened-south-park-creators-gets-25-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who threatened &#8220;South Park&#8221; creators gets 25 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"65.8028747433\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"40.9561403509\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/CRIME\/02\/24\/virginia.terror.sentence\/story.chesser.site.afp.gi.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"6.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\"><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<p>This undated picture released by the SITE Institute shows Zachary Chesser standing in front of the White House.<\/p>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/CRIME\/02\/24\/virginia.terror.sentence\/story.chesser.site.afp.gi.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li><b><b>NEW:<\/b><\/b> A &#8220;South Park&#8221; episode depicting Mohammed in a bear suit upset Chesser, documents say<\/li>\n<li><b><b>NEW:<\/b><\/b> Chesser admitted posting show writers&#8217; addresses and urging readers to &#8220;pay them a visit&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Chesser tried to join a militant group in Somalia<\/li>\n<li>He faced a maximum of 30 years <\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>Washington (CNN)<\/b> &#8212; A 21-year-old man who admitted posting online threats against the creators of the animated TV series &#8220;South Park&#8221; was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Adam Chesser encouraged violent jihadists to attack &#8220;South Park&#8221; writers for an episode that depicted the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit, court documents said.<\/p>\n<p>He posted online messages that included the writers&#8217; home addresses and urged online readers to &#8220;pay them a visit,&#8221; the documents said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His actions caused people throughout the country to fear speaking out &#8212; even in jest &#8212; to avoid being labeled as enemies who deserved to be killed,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said. &#8220;The fact that a young man from Northern Virginia could support such violence and terror is a sobering reminder of the serious threat that homegrown jihadists pose to this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chesser pleaded guilty in October to providing material support to terrorists, communicating threats and soliciting others to threaten violence. The three charges carried a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I accept full responsibility for all of my actions, and I would like to take the opportunity to express remorse,&#8221; he said in court.<\/p>\n<p>Chesser, who was born in the United States, converted to Islam in high school. U.S. District Court Judge Liam O&#8217;Grady told Chesser he had made a big leap from being a high school athlete to a traitor.<\/p>\n<p>Chesser also admitted that he tried to go to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant group that the United States considers a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_showbiz\/~3\/8k4JlLNpUK8\/index.html\" title=\"Man who threatened &quot;South Park&quot; creators gets 25 years in prison\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man who threatened &quot;South Park&quot; creators gets 25 years in prison<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> This undated picture released by the SITE Institute shows Zachary Chesser standing in front of the White House. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: A &#8220;South Park&#8221; episode depicting Mohammed in a bear suit upset Chesser, documents say NEW: Chesser admitted posting show writers&#8217; addresses and urging readers to &#8220;pay them a visit&#8221; Chesser tried to join a militant group in Somalia He faced a maximum of 30 years Washington (CNN) &#8212; A 21-year-old man who admitted posting online threats against the creators of the animated TV series &#8220;South Park&#8221; was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man who threatened &quot;South Park&quot; creators gets 25 years in prison - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/man-who-threatened-south-park-creators-gets-25-years-in-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Man who threatened &quot;South Park&quot; creators gets 25 years in prison - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"This undated picture released by the SITE Institute shows Zachary Chesser standing in front of the White House. 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