Somalian immigrants get a much needed lesson in American-style free speech

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MINNEAPOLIS – Two Minnesota prosecutors say they won't file charges against a man who investigators say admitted posting anti-Muslim images in front of a mosque, a Somali-owned store and other spots.

They say the cartoons are protected under the First Amendment.

The posters put up last month in the St. Cloud area depicted images such as the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality and an Islamic crescent with a swastika inside it.

Some in the community say there should be legal consequences. But the chief prosecutors in both counties where the cartoons were found said they must be considered free speech.

Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall called it a "classic First Amendment case." Benton County Attorney Robert Raupp says religious criticism is protected speech, even if it is offensive.

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MINNEAPOLIS – Two Minnesota prosecutors say they won't file charges against a man who investigators say admitted posting anti-Muslim images in front of a mosque, a Somali-owned store and other spots.

The posters put up last month in the St. Cloud area depicted images such as the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality and an Islamic crescent with a swastika inside it.

Isn't that vandalism? Can I post any stuff anywhere?

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Isn't that vandalism? Can I post any stuff anywhere?

Vandalism if its on the building. The cartoons were posted on a telephone poles.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Police say they've determined the person responsible for putting up anti-Islamic posters in the central Minnesota city of St. Cloud.

Sgt. Mark Sayre says the suspect has not been arrested or charged yet, but police determined who he is on Friday and are continuing to investigate. The suspect's identity is not being released.

Graphic, sexually explicit cartoons were found Tuesday on a telephone pole in front of a clothing store that caters to Somalis, and on another pole near a mosque.

St. Cloud police are asking anyone who's found similar material or has additional information to call.

The city attorney's office had said it was planning gross misdemeanor obscenity charges once a suspect was arrested, and that it may categorize the matter as a bias crime.

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If only these insults were Christian based images, the guy could have received Grant money from the Gov.