Cornell student who allegedly made antisemitic threats to appear in court [View all]

A Cornell student who allegedly made threats to his university’s Jewish community is expected in federal court in Syracuse, New York, on Wednesday.

In the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israelis on 7 October and Israel’s subsequent retaliation on Palestinians in Gaza, concerns of a rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia persist, especially on college campuses.

Patrick Dai, 21, a junior at Cornell, has been charged with threatening to kill or injure using interstate communications, according to federal prosecutors in New York’s northern district. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Prosecutors claimed Dai said he would “bring an assault rifle to campus and shoot all you”, threatened to “stab” and “slit the throat” of Jewish men, rape Jewish women and throw their bodies off a cliff, and behead Jewish babies. He allegedly specifically targeted the campus’s Center for Jewish Living.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/01/cornell-university-student-alleged-antisemitic-jewish-threats-court
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Glad this scumbag is seeing some consequences.