Philadelphia Resident Charged for Election-Related Threat to State Party Representative.
Philadelphia Resident Charged for Election-Related Threat to State Party Representative.
An indictment was unsealed today charging a Pennsylvania man with threatening to kill a representative of a state political party who was recruiting official poll watchers. Pollard was arrested today and appeared in federal court in Philadelphia.
According to the indictment, on Sept. 6, John Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, sent threatening text messages to Victim 1.
Victim 1 had previously posted online, in Victim 1’s capacity as an employee of a state political party, that Victim 1 was recruiting volunteers to “help[] observe at the polls on Election Day” and included Victim 1’s phone number.
Pollard allegedly texted Victim 1 that he was “interested in being a poll watcher” and included Victim 1’s first name. Pollard then allegedly texted three threats to Victim 1:
I will KILL YOU IF YOU DON’T ANSWER ME!Your days are numbered, B****!GONNA F***ING FIND YOU AND SKIN YOU ALIVE AND USE YOUR SKIN FOR F***ING TOILET PAPER, YOU F***ING KKK**T!
Pollard was arrested today and appeared in federal court in Philadelphia. He is charged with one count of transmitting interstate threats. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
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Well, I'll be. I was going to assume that this was a Republican whack job but I did a little research on Facebook and I'm 90% sure I found him. If I'm right, he's a Harris/Walz supporter. I hate the rare occasion when the crazies are on the blue side.
(Not posting any details because I don't want to risk doxxing an innocent person if I'm wrong)
Edit: Yeah, this inquirer.com article has details from the subject's LinkedIn profile that match the Facebook profile that I found. Bummer. I was still hoping it was just another conservative loon. Well, it's possible that the inquirer.com article and I both have the wrong guy.
Yea... there are assholes everywhere.
There's a key difference though, Harris won't applaud or defend this asshole and most democrats won't either. That's important.
That's what it sounded like from the last insult ("KKK**T"). Maybe "poll watcher" was code for intimidation? (not that it justifies death threats)
You'd be wrong to assume not every village is riddled with its own idiots. The social division isn't there because of one side; it doesn't work that way.