Detroit Free Press Article RatingBarry Croft Jr. sentenced to 19.6 years in Whitmer kidnapping plot
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-66% Medium Left
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-67% Negative
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
47% : Jonker noted that he didn't believe that Croft and his co-defendants were entrapped -- as they had long argued -- and commended law enforcement for intervening so the plot never materialized.36% : "We were never going to experience the worst here because law enforcement intervened early," said Jonker, who also thanked a one-time-militia member who went undercover for the FBI after becoming concerned that the group was going to kill police officers.
17% : He said, 'That's gay to me,' " Kessler argued to the court, adding Croft Jr. wanted to blow up a bridge in an effort to slow down law enforcement during the Whitmer kidnap.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
