A man is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to execute three Chabad rabbis.
Christopher Stephen Brown of Amarillo, Texas, was charged via criminal complaint on Dec. 6, 2021 and indicted later that month. He plead guilty on Wednesday to making interstate threatening communications before U.S. Magistrate District Judge Lee Ann Reno in Amarillo.
According to plea papers, Brown admitted to placing threatening calls to Chabad Lubavitch, in which he said his name was “Madrikh Obadiah” and threatened to “execute” several rabbinical leaders, identified in court documents as L.S., Y.K., and M.K. Over the course of multiple calls, he vowed he would “tear their eyes and tongues out,” “blow their heads off,” and “kill every rabbi” he could find.
According to court documents, he also sent messages to Chabad via their website, calling for “death to all Jews” and linking to his YouTube channel, which also contained threatening content.
Brown now faces up to 5 years in prison.
“In addition to expressing disgusting anti-Semitic views, Mr. Brown made specific threats of violence against multiple individuals, which is prohibited under federal law,” said U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham. “We will not allow our citizens to be subjected to this sort of menacing conduct.”
“Mr. Brown’s statements indicated he wanted to potentially commit violent acts against members of the Jewish community; this type of behavior is not tolerated by law enforcement. This action is a criminal violation and also instills fear in a community that has long been a target of hateful rhetoric and violence,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno. “The FBI’s mission is to uphold the U.S. Constitution and to protect the American people. We will continue working with our law enforcement partners to pursue individuals who pose a threat to public safety.”
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Hatred is increasing in the USA as it looses it tolerance and respect for others. Sad.
Note that his crime was making actual credible threats against specific individuals, not his general ranting and calling for “death to all Jews”. Calling for someone’s death is protected speech, and certainly calling for the deaths of a large and vague group such as “all Jews”. Even “threatening” to kill an individual is protected speech, if the “threat” is made in such a way that a reasonable person would not seriously worry that the person may carry it out. But in this case the threats were specific, and a reasonable person would take them seriously, and that is a crime.
“”Calling for someone’s death is protected speech, and certainly calling for the deaths of a large and vague group such as “all Jews”” It wasn’t vague for Hitler yms and his comrades yms.
Brain dead white trash
Chabad Writes profusely about how gentiles have irredeemable souls, they need to update their outreach to be more kind to people who aren’t like them.