Protester who threatened city council facing 18 felony counts
Source: KGET-TV
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) A pro-Palestinian protester arrested after telling the Bakersfield City Council, Well see you at your house, well murder you, has been charged with 18 felony counts.
Riddhi Patel, 28, is charged with eight counts of threatening a public official and 10 counts of making terroristic threats, according to court records. Held on $1 million bail, shes due in court at 3 p.m.
Patel made the threat, which was captured on video, during the public comment section of Wednesdays city council meeting.
She first railed against council members for not passing a resolution condemning Israels actions in its war against Hamas. Later, she harangued them for the recently implemented security measures, saying they were put in place to retaliate against protesters.
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republianmushroom
(13,653 posts)marble falls
(57,145 posts)... actually makes unprotected speech. No prior restraint is all it is.
ms liberty
(8,591 posts)Not.
LeftInTX
(25,497 posts)sarisataka
(18,733 posts)There seems to be quite a few willing to do violence and threaten killing.
LeftInTX
(25,497 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,423 posts)Bakersfield is a very conservative city, threatening the City Council members was definitely not one of her brightest moments, I mean, what the fuck did she expect?
This is a teaching moment for her on the actual meaning of the 1A, hope she learns from it while spending time in the cross bar hotel.
LeftInTX
(25,497 posts)for the same reasons.
City council had a ceasefire resolution on the agenda (Mainly because a council member who wants to be mayor was pandering to the Muslim community), then he found out that the Jewish community was very upset over it, so then he withdrew his support and it's been non-stop since.
Barry Markson
(220 posts)Or perhaps even rewarded?
That makes little to no sense.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,423 posts)That's the sound of you not understanding my post at all.
I never said it would be ok in a liberal city, so, please stop putting your words in my mouth, I've no idea where they've been.
LiberalFighter
(51,020 posts)MistakenLamb
(534 posts)these murder loving pro hamas ceasefire thugs need a hard case of FAFO
Skittles
(153,174 posts)so sick of them all
EllieBC
(3,031 posts)life as a felon.