Neo-Nazi and Hate Blogger Harold "Hal" Turner, Arrested on Fugitive Warrant for Threatening to Incite Violence Against Three Connecticut Lawmakers

Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal
Hate blogger Harold "Hal" Turner nervously passes his hand
over his mouth when he appeared in a Jersey City courtroom

Harold "Hal" Turner, a neo-Nazi and "friend" of Sean Hannity, has gotten himself in a heap of trouble. He appeared in court on Friday for the first time since he was arrested last Wednesday for threatening that several lawmakers in Connecticut should be shot. Turner is on a closed circuit feed beamed in to the Hudson County (NJ) Courthouse from the Hudson County Jail. This picture is quite comical because if the truth be told, he should have covered his mouth a long time ago. His lawyer, Michael A. Orozco, vowed to fight extradition for this nutjob. Really? Such requests are rarely successful, so Hal Turner had better be ready for the "mother of all fights."

Turner was arrested Wednesday by North Bergen police on a fugitive from justice warrant based on the Connecticut charge of inciting injury. Officials say that while championing a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., Turner used his blog to incite violence against three Connecticut officials.

The three officials Turner laced into on his blog are Connecticut state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, and state Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, co-chairmen of the Judiciary Committee, and Thomas Jones, enforcement officer for the Office of State Ethics.

On his blog, Turner wrote: "It is our intent to foment direct action against these individuals personally. These beastly government officials should be made an example of as a warning to others in government: Obey the Constitution or die.

If any state attorney, police department or court thinks they're going to get uppity with us about this; I suspect we have enough bullets to put them down too," he added. Source: NJ.com

There's a big difference between freedom of speech and terroristic threats, which this amounts to. He can fight the extradition all he wants, those requests are rarely successful. He should put his money where his mouth is and face the music. Let's see if the Roman Catholic Church will come to his rescue. Hah! This picture is priceless.