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A Florida man has pleaded guilty in connection with threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice.

The guilty plea from 43-year-old Neal Brij Sidhwaney of Fernandina Beach stemmed from a call he made to a Supreme Court justice in July, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday.

He faces up to five years in federal prison on one count of transmitting an interstate threat. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

Prosecutors said that Sidhwaney identified himself by name in an expletive-infused voicemail and repeatedly threatened to kill the Supreme Court justice, who is not named in court documents.

Sidhwaney warned that if the justice alerted deputy U.S. Marshals, he would talk to them and “come kill you anyway,” according to court documents, which did not indicate what prompted Sidhwaney to make the threat.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Florida AND naming himself in the threat?

Seems like a good opportunity to talk about a national mental health care plan.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Definitely this. Republicans love to blame "mental health issues" whenever a mass shooting happens or one of their base does something crazy. It's much easier to just deflect to "mental health issue" than it is to talk about gun control measures.

And yet they also don't want to boost mental health coverage.

So if we're not going to get sensible gun control legislation, can we at least get some decent mental health care coverage?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Republicans love to blame "mental health issues" ... And yet they also don't want to boost mental health coverage.

It's similar to their abortion bans and social safety net cuts.

[–] eksb 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

How I feel about this very much depends on which justice he threatened to kill.

[–] MagicShel 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I'm mildly surprised there hasn't been more reactionary stochastic terrorism from the left. I guess we still have optimism while the right has had it beaten out of them every day by the news and, well, I have to assume they make their own daily lives pretty miserable anyway.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It isn't happening as much from the left because we understand that the full power of the state will be used to crush the left violently and without remorse in a way that doesn't happen to those on the right.

Imagine if the actions on January 6 were done by leftists. What do you think we would have seen play out instead?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Imagine if the actions on January 6 were done by leftists. What do you think we would have seen play out instead

Depends if they were all white

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Left is smarter. Interpret that however you like.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

More to lose, as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe the secret ingredient is human empathy. Not that crazies are unique to the right by any means, but the organized effort to dehumanize and attack segments of the population has gone disproportionately mainstream on that side of the spectrum. So many talking points involve a vaguely-defined "enemy" of some kind. It's unfortunate that people get sucked into it, but you can't really blame the individuals when the leaders they look up to are actively working to mobilize them in that way as a political strategy.

I guess the ideological space the left fills at the moment just isn't one that requires that type of anger to support. There are certainly issues to get angry about, but in general it's just taking that low-hanging fruit of giving your fellow humans the same respect you would want for yourself and your loved ones, even if they seem different or weird to you.

[–] MagicShel 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I suspect you're right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

The problem is that the left are the good people, lmao. That's why it takes so long until they start pushing back. Everything has to really go to shit until the left are picking up the pitchforks. It's a bit tragic ngl

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it??? Anyone calling public servants with death threats I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (36 children)

When the SC publishes ethical rules legalizing bribery, they’re inviting anyone with a sense of justice to take matters into their own hands.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

We need a Batman but unfortunately its because of billionaires that cause this. Could we crowd source one?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Calling the current Supreme Court "public" servants is a stretch. 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

This guy would be advocating against killing Hitler in 1943 because he's a "public servant".

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Agreed but unfortunately they haven’t named the justice yet.

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