A 24-year-old Kansas man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot Donald Trump.Authorities arrested Jaden J Read, of Clearwater, Kansas, last Saturday after he allegedly posted threats to kill the US president at his rally in the Wichita area on Monday, according to the justice department.According to federal authorities, a Crime Stoppers tip on 15 October led investigators to a Facebook post responding to a KAKE News article about Trumpās upcoming Wichita visit. Read allegedly commented: āLetās shoot Trump honestly, whereās our shooter?
Iām tired of living this money life.āImmediately afterward, he allegedly posted a second comment on the same article: āI just got a 308 and 305 round and Iām killing this pedo.āAuthorities also found two additional comments allegedly posted by Read in response to a KWCH 12 News article about Trumpās planned visit.āCan we shoot him in Kansas please I will myself,ā Read allegedly wrote. A minute later, he allegedly posted another comment, saying: āIK where your speech will be.
Already mapped out roofs around. Finna get kirked since yall couldnāt help him.āRead was arrested in Clearwater last Saturday and taken into federal custody, where he will remain pending a detention hearing.
The district of Kansas filed a criminal complaint against Read for making threats against the president.āPolitical violence and threats of political violence will not be tolerated,ā US attorney Ryan A Kriegshauser said, adding: āThe first amendment allows for robust disagreement but there are constraints. I caution people to stay within the bounds of constitutionally protected speech.āThe Secret Service, the US Marshals Service, the Kansas bureau of investigation, the Kansas highway patrol and the Wichita police department investigated the case.Trump held his 6,000-person rally in Park City on Monday, a city about 10 minutes from downtown Wichita.
According to local reports and the Sedgwick county sheriffās office, one person was arrested near the designated free-speech area for failing to comply with a lawful order to regulate traffic, while 11 other āuninvited individualsā were escorted out of the Heartland Credit Union Arena for causing disruptions.