Thursday, August 29, 2024

Man Charged in Threats to Kill Election Workers in AZ and CO

A Colorado man has been arrested in connection with multiple online threats against election officials and others in Colorado and Arizona, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

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... The big picture: Teak Brockbank, 45, was arrested Friday in his home city of Cortez and he's accused of making "detailed death threats against election officials, judges, and law enforcement officers," per a statement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, whose DOJ Election Threats Task Force is overseeing the case.

- - - "Brockbank threatened the lives of multiple public servants on social media" in 2021 and 2022, alleged Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, head of the DOJ's Criminal Division, in a statement.

Zoom in: Brockbank allegedly used the conservative-leaning sites Gab and Rumble to make online threats against election officials in Colorado and Arizona before the midterm elections under the username "Teakty4u," per a redacted complaint by an FBI agent filed Monday.

- - - "I could pick up my rifle and I could go put a bullet in this Mans head and send him to explain himself to our Creator right now," Teakty4u wrote about a Colorado state judge, according to the complaint. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-28 11:57 AM

Another cowardly blowhard MAGTARD.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-08-28 12:10 PM

MAGA is scum.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-08-28 12:14 PM

Its a strange person who wants to kill someone who's done them no harm.

#4 | Posted by Tor at 2024-08-29 06:34 PM

Hammer the guy. Make an example of him. That will not stop those who come behind him, but will let imitators know what is in store for them ...

#5 | Posted by catdog at 2024-08-29 08:10 PM

"Hammer the guy. Make an example of him."

Agreed, 100%. This is a much more heinous crime than an. extra. vote. And much MUCH more common.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-08-29 08:48 PM

There should be enough of these FrightWing lawbreakers to put them in their own penal colony. Call it MAGADome.

#7 | Posted by zarnon at 2024-08-30 07:02 AM

ZARNON

Eventually, when all the truth spills out during Trump's trials, it's going to be called MAGAGATE.

#8 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-08-30 07:16 AM

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