Trump-Supporting Man Murdered by His Employee in Politically Motivated Attack: Police
By Jack Davis
Published January 23, 2020 at 7:11am
Politics turned deadly in Florida this week as a staunch Trump supporter was killed by a co-worker after an argument about politics.
Mason Toney, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of William Steven Knight on Monday, according to USA Today.
The Associated Press reported that Knight was an “outspoken American” and “pro-Donald Trump,” according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit.
Meanwhile, Toney was described as “anti-government and very outspoken in his beliefs that the government is bad and out to get him.”
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Police were told that Knight picked up Toney to drive him to a job site, but that they argued over politics on the way, WESH-TV reported.
At a Florida Turnpike job site in Orlando, co-workers said they heard Knight yelling for help.
When they reached Knight, they saw him being stabbed, and Toney was standing over him with a trowel.
The workers told police they threw things at Toney to make him stop but backed off when he appeared to brandish what they thought was a knife. As Toney drove off, the workers who spoke to police said he called them terrorists.
When the workers reached Knight’s body, they found a brand new American flag and the packaging that it had been in.
The construction workers told police that Toney had come to work with a backpack, which was not common, according to the affidavit said.
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Toney was arrested several hours later.
During a Tuesday bail hearing, he was ordered held without bond.
The two men had known each other for years, Knight’s father, also named William, told WESH.
“He was a friend of the family. My son went to elementary school with him and to middle school and high school,” Knight said.
“He would give his shirt off his back to anybody, feed anybody,” he said about his son.
Poster Comment:
Some people just go too far. Not sure when he is convicted how long he will have to be on death row.