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Last Modified on Feb 08, 2019
Making threats is a good way to end up under arrest. Threatening to kill a police officer is an even faster way to find yourself locked up behind bars.
Take for example a situation that started in Oregon and ended with threats against several Pennsylvanian police officers and federal charges for a defendant. According to the news, a 43-year-old man sent an email that threatened to kill a police chief in Pennsylvania. He also threatened to kill other officers who he allegedly believed were leaders of “terrorist organizations.”
The man was arrested without incident and charged with sending threatening communications, a federal offense. The email that he sent to the police chief allegedly stated that he swore an oath to defend the United States and would kill the chief and all of his subordinates. He also alleged that authorities in Pennsylvania had hired skinhead gang members to assault him, causing him to flee the state.
The defendant then reportedly sent an email to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tell them to “do their jobs.” Otherwise, he claimed, he could be obliged to take matters into his own hands and kill the police chief and his subordinates “on sight.” Agents went to the man’s home and advised him not to threaten other people.
