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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:32 PM Feb 2019

Arizona man pleads guilty to Harvard bomb threats

Last edited Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Associated Press

Updated 2:26 pm CST, Thursday, February 28, 2019

BOSTON (AP) — An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to threatening to bomb Harvard University's Black Commencement event in 2017.

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling says 24-year-old Nicholas Zuckerman pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of transmitting a threat to injure another person, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Zuckerman will be sentenced in Boston federal court in May.

Zuckerman was arrested last June after prosecutors say he posted comments on Harvard's Instagram account in May 2017 encouraging "violence and death" if the event for black students occurred. He was also accused of adding bombing comments to other users' posts.

Prosecutors say someone saw the posts and reported them to Harvard University Police, who then referred the case to federal authorities.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Arizona-man-pleads-guilty-Harvard-bomb-threats-13653099.php

(Short article, no more at link.)

On edit: Please disregard this photo, posted in a spasm of silliness. It appeared in the same publication as the story, didn't take time to notice THE NAME. Sorry.

Nicholas Zuckerman

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Arizona man pleads guilty to Harvard bomb threats (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP

Harvard has segregated commencements? lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #1

Not so much, does he? Not nearly enough "tats." n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #2

No. onenote Feb 2019 #3

Thank you for that link. Right-wing nut jobs will latch onto anything they can.... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #5

Oh, wait! That's the wrong photo! Ha ha ha. (Gulp.) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 #4

Doesn't seem to be a photo of this guy anywhere, Judi Lynn. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #6

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

1. Harvard has segregated commencements?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 05:52 PM

Feb 2019

That's bizarre.

And that dude does not exaclty look like a disgruntled Harvard alumnus....

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)

2. Not so much, does he? Not nearly enough "tats." n/t

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:19 PM

Feb 2019

onenote

(42,704 posts)

3. No.

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:24 PM

Feb 2019

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harvard-segregated-graduation/

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)

5. Thank you for that link. Right-wing nut jobs will latch onto anything they can....

Reply to onenote (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:42 PM

Feb 2019

to stir up more hate and division. They all need to be banned from the internet for a long time for spreading hate, racism and suggestions of violence.

This is a good example of social media insanity and abuse...........

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)

4. Oh, wait! That's the wrong photo! Ha ha ha. (Gulp.)

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 06:25 PM

Feb 2019

Arizona man pleads guilty to threatening Harvard ceremony for black students
Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:32 p.m. EST
By Nate Raymond

. . .

She said he admitted making the comments in an Federal Bureau of Investigation interview in which he also discussed the "difficulty" of being a Republican after U.S. President Donald Trump's election.

According to an indictment, Zuckerman wrote in an Instagram post 10 days before the ceremony: "If the blacks only ceremony happens, then I encourage violence and death at it. I'm thinking two automatics with extendo clips."

That same day, prosecutors said, Zuckerman posted another online comment, which read: "#bombharvard and end their pro-black agenda."

He was arrested in June. Zuckerman, a white man who prosecutors said made the online threats under the username "russian_goalkeeper94," told the court that he was receiving psychological treatment.

More:
https://whtc.com/news/articles/2019/feb/28/arizona-man-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-harvard-ceremony-for-black-students/

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)

6. Doesn't seem to be a photo of this guy anywhere, Judi Lynn.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 28, 2019, 07:07 PM

Feb 2019

Not that I even want to see one, but I have noticed that news outlets are far more prone to publish photos of people of color relating to crimes than they do with whites. Hard to prove, but I suspect there's some racial bias there for some.

Another good article explaining this particular case:

Link: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2018/06/09/arizona-man-arrested-threats-against-harvard-black-commencement/687708002/

Thanks for the OP!..........

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