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Kinnard can be reached atDENVER (AP) — A couple who staged
to generate voter sympathy for the man who became Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor was convicted Friday of conspiring to set the fire and spread false information about it.Prosecutors argued that Ashley Blackcloud, who is indigenous and Black, and Derrick Bernard, who is Black, orchestrated and then broadcast the hoax to aid the candidate. However their actions still amounted to a criminal threat, prosecutors said.The cross burning happened in 2023 during the run-up to a mayoral election in the state’s second-largest city. Images and video of the cross, which was burned in front of a campaign sign defaced with a racial slur, were emailed to local news outlets to boost the campaign of
A jury found Blackcloud and Bernard guilty of using interstate commerce — the internet and email — to make a threat or convey false information about an attempt to intimidate Mobolade with a fire. They were also found guilty of conspiring to do that.Blackcloud’s attorney did not deny at this week’s trial that Blackcloud participated in setting up the cross burning and sign defacement. Bernard denied participating but acknowledged during testimony that he disseminated the images even though he knew it was a hoax.
Because cross burning is protected by the First Amendment, the case came down to whether the act was a threat.
The jury came up with a verdict after about four hours of deliberation. Blackcloud and Bernard each face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the most serious charge.Here’s what to know about auroras and how to spot them.
The sun is at the maximum phase of its, making the light displays more common and widespread. Colorful northern lights have decorated night skies in unexpected places and space weather experts say there are more auroras still to come.
“This is going to kind of continue off and on throughout the year,” Dahl said.Last spring, the strongest geomagnetic storm in two decades slammed Earth,