Trump supporter, 53, is charged after 'making threats to kill' Democrat senators and 'weak' Republicans if they vote against Brett Kavanaugh
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A man in Florida has been arrested after he threatened to shoot senators who don't support Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, authorities said.
James Royal Patrick Jr. was arrested at 4pm on Wednesday and charged with making written threats to kill or injure, Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
Investigators say they received an email tip at 11am that day about threatening posts Patrick, 53, made on this public Facebook page last month.
Authorities said that Patrick threatened to shoot members of Congress and their families depending on which way the confirmation vote went.
He also made threats against any local and federal law enforcement officers that might respond to his home.
Besides threatening Democrats and 'weak Republicans' who might oppose Kavanaugh, Patrick also encouraged conservatives to break into liberals' homes and kill them in their sleep.
'Getting ready if Kav is not confirmed….whoever I think is to blame may God have mercy on their soul,' he said in one post on September 22.
'I expect to be confronted and I will be ready to kill and ready to die.'
'I can tell it seems I will be sacrificing my life for my country,' he said in another post on September 27.
'But I am ready and will know who needs to be killed after the vote to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.
'I believe democrats need to be afraid to do what they are doing right now and weak republicans that do not vote for him need to pay with their lives.'
In another, he said: 'I can't do this by myself! Need more conservatives going into liberals' homes at night killing them in their sleep!'
In other posts, he claimed he was selling his house and had made arrangements for his pets because 'I know I will not be coming home.'
'I am about to accept an offer on my house just to get more money to fund my plan to kill Democrat office holders and their families,' he wrote in one post.
'It is all I think about night and day. I even wake up in the middle of the night, most nights, thinking about it. Ultimately I will be killed but hopefully I will have killed many many liberal [sic] elected in Washington.'
In another, he claimed: 'Just bought 12 boxes of hollow point 50 caliber bullets….have plenty of ammo for my sniper rifle and bought a suppressor.'
'Have made sure all my arrangements have been made and care for my dogs because I will not be coming home.
'Have made extra precautions and added more supplies in the tunnel under my house in case local or federal law enforcement tries to stop me.'
Authorities noted there are no tunnels under his house.
Patrick's Facebook page also contained photos of him, along with photos of guns and ammunition. He has also shared posts supportive of President Donald Trump.
Deputies say they found a rifle and handgun during a search of Patrick's home in Winter Haven as well as ammunition for both.
They also found numerous receipts from local gun shops and several used targets.
Patrick admitted to making the Facebook posts but denied plans to carry out the threats, investigators said.
He said he wanted to annoy liberals by making 'crazy statements' and because he didn't threaten anyone by name, he 'thought he could get away with it.'
Sheriff Grady Judd said: 'Within five hours of receiving an email tip about the posts, our detectives investigated it, obtained an arrest warrant and search warrant, and took the suspect into custody without incident.
'People need to calm down, and stop making threats of violence – we will not tolerate it.
'Anyone who threatens to kill a public officer or law enforcement officer will go to jail.'
Patrick was being held on $500,000 bail. Jail records didn't list an attorney who could comment.
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Ahhh, Florida - the gift of crazy that just keeps on giving.
NT conservatives, please remind us about the Antifa threat again.
Nuts come in all flavors, Hal, you already know that.
Just one of orange conman traitor in chief's "fine people"
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Only thing this really proves is that this guy is very socially unhinged.
Attempting to "attach it" to something other than that is simply a fools errand.
This guy sounds like a typical Rump supporter to me. Another batshit crazy Rump supporter, another day.
And i rest my case ....
No, that would be true if he followed through with his threats. This is what he said to LE:
He said he wanted to annoy liberals by making 'crazy statements' and because he didn't threaten anyone by name, he 'thought he could get away with it.'
… which makes him just plain stupid. The fact that he is a Trump supporter dovetails nicely into that fact.
O.M.G.
I swear I have heard some cons say on here that they just want to annoy liberals, too
The only common sense you see is in your own mind
Perhaps in your world that sort of thing is socially acceptable but not in mine. And thanks for providing more empirical data for my premise.
I likely speak for everyone when I say that your comment makes zero sense. Try again.
Nah, no need to.
And don't go away mad because i disagree with you like usual.
Just go away.
Well, being that it's my seed why don't you go away. That would make more sense, mmmmm?
I agree Hal. Funny how some tell you to go away on your own seed.
Someone else did that to me too Hal. Told me 'there's no conversing with you - go away'. On my own seed.
No problem .... buh bye now.
Some folks are directionally challenged*
*politically correct term for "lost"
That's what [deleted] said when he insulted you the other day, on my seed!
Buh bye now [deleted!]
Some just have to get the last word in . . . .
LOL!
The Nutz need to be put away for...… Like …….. EVER !
First thought was "geez what a lunatic," but upon further reading . . .
So . . . he's a psycho nutjob troll. A harmless idiot, but an idiot all the same. This is what the internet is bringing out in people.
Keyboard warrior that went too far.
I'm curious - do you think it would be in the public's best interest to take his guns away and deny him the ability to legally purchase more of them? If no, and since you say that he is harmless, is that where we are now as a society? We can't even attempt to stop potentially psychotic murderers when they give us the best indications that they may use guns to go on a mass murder spree?
Probably. They should be taken away at least temporarily pending an investigation into this guy's mental health. If the court decides he has made threats then yeah, he should lose his guns. Maybe not for life, but for some period of time. This is not because I think he's a serious threat now, but he does seem like someone who could easily develop into a serious threat.
Makes me think. Threaten a regular individual, well, we can't do anything unless they actually do something. Threaten an official, they are at your house in hours arresting you.
Not saying what he did should be ignored, just noticing a different standard.
These kind of people need to be removed from society permanently, whether it be prison, banishment, or a deserted island.