Violence for ‘tyrants’ urged in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial
By ED WHITE
Associated Press
Jurors have seen chilling social media posts written by two people charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor. They include a photo of a noose and a question: Which governor is going to be “dragged off and hung for treason first?” Another man expressed a willingness to die. Prosecutors are close to finishing their case in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They’re trying to show that four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were committed to a plan without influence by informants or undercover agents. Barry Croft Jr., a trucker from Bear, Delaware, regularly vented on Facebook about public officials while they were issuing stay-home orders and other restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.