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Prosecution for Threats to Kill Muslims (and Blacks, Immigrants, and People from India) Can Go to Jury

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23.04.2026

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Prosecution for Threats to Kill Muslims (and Blacks, Immigrants, and People from India) Can Go to Jury

Eugene Volokh | 4.23.2026 8:35 AM

From U.S. v. Demeo, decided Tuesday by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell (M.D. Fla.); compare the recent "See MAGA, Shoot MAGA" case, which reached the same result:

… Defendant commented on twenty-two different YouTube videos with death threats to various ethnic groups, including Muslims, "American blacks," immigrants, and "people from India." … [T]he Government charged Defendant by criminal complaint with violating 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), which prohibits the transmission, in interstate or foreign commerce, of any communication containing any threat to injure the person of another. … The indictment … includes a chart listing the count, a summary of the communication, the communication date, and the YouTube comment ID number. The communications are listed for each count as follows:

Threat to kill and eradicate Muslims off the face of the earth Threat to slaughter, eradicate, and kill every Muslim man, woman, and child Threat to kill and genocide all Muslim men, women, and children Threat to kill and genocide Muslims in their homes Threat to kill and genocide all Muslims Threat to slaughter and kill all Muslims Threat to kill all Muslim men, women, and children Threat to kill immigrants, Muslims, "American blacks," and "people from India" Threat to genocide and slaughter every Muslim Threat to slaughter and genocide Muslims and politicians Threat to genocide, kill, and exterminate Muslim men, women, and children Threat to kidnap and kill entire towns of Muslim men, women, and children by loading them on buses to a location where they will be shot in the head and sent through a woodchipper Threat to genocide and kill every Muslim in America Threat to slaughter and kill illegal immigrants Threat to kill and genocide Muslims on US soil Threat to kill and eradicate Muslims Threat to kill any Muslim found on US soil Threat........

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