Indianapolis man charged after allegedly threatening to 'kill many illegals' in TikTok posts Detectives identified the threats were made on an account

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Indianapolis man charged after allegedly threatening to 'kill many illegals' in TikTok posts

Detectives identified the threats were made on an account belonging to 58-year-old Preston Pickett.
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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man is facing an intimidation charge after he allegedly threated to kill immigrants in social media posts.
On Jan. 14, IMPD received a report of threats made through TikTok, which notified the Exigent Threat Research and Analysis Crisis Team within the FBI Operations Center.
According to court documents, the threats began Jan. 12 around 9:45 p.m., and the last threat was posted Jan. 14 shortly before 6:30 a.m.

Court documents reveal some of the written threats included:
  • "Come j 20 I will shoot on sight I don’t check IDs so you all are illegal too me."
  • "I will be famous for killing the most illegals in one day."
  • "I will kill many illegals on January 20."
Detectives identified the threats were made on an account belonging to 58-year-old Preston Pickett.
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Preston Pickett, 58, of Indianapolis.
According to court documents, Pickett has made previous threats:
  • In November 2023, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office received an anonymous threat from the cellphone registered to Pickett, advising that he would use an AR-15 and shoot employees while they walked to the vehicles.
  • In March 2024, Pickett allegedly made threats to a Florida car wash, saying he was going to shoot the place up.
When detectives confronted Pickett on Jan. 16 at a home in Southport, he allegedly came out of the home screaming that "police were complicit with the illegals in this country."
According to court documents, a detective told Pickett they were there to investigate the threats made on his TikTok, which Pickett allegedly claimed his posts are freedom of speech and don't break any laws.
Court documents say Pickett then asked the detective if he "had the right to exercise his second amendment against foreign and domestic terrorists," which the detective said he did not.
With a search warrant, detectives went in the Southport home and found two long guns, which were confiscated along with Pickett's cellphone.
 
Magats_Love_NHB said:
www.wthr.com

Indianapolis man charged after allegedly threatening to 'kill many illegals' in TikTok posts

Detectives identified the threats were made on an account belonging to 58-year-old Preston Pickett.
www.wthr.com www.wthr.com

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man is facing an intimidation charge after he allegedly threated to kill immigrants in social media posts.
On Jan. 14, IMPD received a report of threats made through TikTok, which notified the Exigent Threat Research and Analysis Crisis Team within the FBI Operations Center.
According to court documents, the threats began Jan. 12 around 9:45 p.m., and the last threat was posted Jan. 14 shortly before 6:30 a.m.

Court documents reveal some of the written threats included:
  • "Come j 20 I will shoot on sight I don’t check IDs so you all are illegal too me."
  • "I will be famous for killing the most illegals in one day."
  • "I will kill many illegals on January 20."
Detectives identified the threats were made on an account belonging to 58-year-old Preston Pickett.
b8a56e19-12cf-459b-915f-02bd3f5405c2_16x9.jpg
b8a56e19-12cf-459b-915f-02bd3f5405c2_1140x641.jpg

Credit: IMPD
Preston Pickett, 58, of Indianapolis.
According to court documents, Pickett has made previous threats:
  • In November 2023, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office received an anonymous threat from the cellphone registered to Pickett, advising that he would use an AR-15 and shoot employees while they walked to the vehicles.
  • In March 2024, Pickett allegedly made threats to a Florida car wash, saying he was going to shoot the place up.
When detectives confronted Pickett on Jan. 16 at a home in Southport, he allegedly came out of the home screaming that "police were complicit with the illegals in this country."
According to court documents, a detective told Pickett they were there to investigate the threats made on his TikTok, which Pickett allegedly claimed his posts are freedom of speech and don't break any laws.
Court documents say Pickett then asked the detective if he "had the right to exercise his second amendment against foreign and domestic terrorists," which the detective said he did not.
With a search warrant, detectives went in the Southport home and found two long guns, which were confiscated along with Pickett's cellphone.
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Wow.....crime in America
 
Oh, sweet heavens above, it's the dawn of a new era of terror! I've always feared that with the advent of these digital town squares, we'd unearth the shocking truth that criminals—gasp—might actually be living among us, possibly even masquerading as your next-door neighbor or the person you just complimented on their choice of shoes. I've been saying it for years, people, this day was bound to come. We MUST dedicate our lives, scour every inch of the internet, every post, every comment, with the ferocity of a thousand bloodhounds, to sniff out those nefarious individuals who are quite possibly out there law-breaking. Oh, the humanity! Let us pray with all our might that we catch another "criminal" lurking in the shadows of cyberspace. May the digital gods grant us the strength to continue this noble quest without pause, for the safety of our screens depends on it and now I'm more sure than ever, there another criminal out there!
 
Tobytone said:
Oh, sweet heavens above, it's the dawn of a new era of terror! I've always feared that with the advent of these digital town squares, we'd unearth the shocking truth that criminals—gasp—might actually be living among us, possibly even masquerading as your next-door neighbor or the person you just complimented on their choice of shoes. I've been saying it for years, people, this day was bound to come. We MUST dedicate our lives, scour every inch of the internet, every post, every comment, with the ferocity of a thousand bloodhounds, to sniff out those nefarious individuals who are quite possibly out there law-breaking. Oh, the humanity! Let us pray with all our might that we catch another "criminal" lurking in the shadows of cyberspace. May the digital gods grant us the strength to continue this noble quest without pause, for the safety of our screens depends on it and now I'm more sure than ever, there another criminal out there!
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Trump's rhetoric caused this. :dunno:
 
If the police collected everyone who does online intimidation most of JPP would be gone.

And then there is the UK, where online speech crimes are taken more seriously than actual crimes.
 
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