Twitter Conspiracy Theorist Charged With a Felony in Lynch Threat Against Muslim Candidate
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina have filed criminal charges over an anonymous Twitter post threatening to lynch a Muslim attorney vying for a seat in the Virginia Senate, marking a rare law enforcement action targeting hate speech on social media. Joseph Cecil Vandevere, of Buncombe County, North Carolina, was indicted June 20 on a single […]
Death threat for first Muslim US mayor aspirant
A woman seeking to become the first Muslim mayor of a city in the US state of Minnesota has claimed receiving death threat online. Regina Mustafa, running for mayor in the city of Rochester, which is about 160km southeast of Minneapolis, said a threat to “execute” was made online by “Militia Movement” earlier this week.
Man with weapons cache pleads guilty to making death threats to Muslims
LOS ANGELES — An Agoura Hills man who called in death threats to the Islamic Center of Southern California and posted anti-Muslim rhetoric on its Facebook page has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors, the state attorney general’s office announced Friday. Mark Feigin, 41, called the center twice in September 2016, at one point threatening to […]