Here’s a lesson at a fraught time — and at any time.
Don’t post a direct threat against someone and assume nothing will be done about it.
Better yet, don’t post a direct threat, period.
An Ohio man who wrote on Facebook that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) “should be shot” was arrested this past Thursday on weapons charges, federal officials said and Fox Newsreported.
Ohio man busted for writing AOC ‘should be shot’ on Facebook https://t.co/UcS27m7yUL pic.twitter.com/ktYBJFYnGL
— New York Post (@nypost) August 9, 2019
Timothy James Ireland Jr, 41, of Toledo, has been charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, one count of being a fugitive in possession of a firearm and one count of making interstate threats, the Justice Department said in a statement on Friday. – READ MORE