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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:10 PM Oct 2020

A man in Maryland has been arrested and accused of threatening to kidnap and kill Biden and Harris.

Source: New York Times

A man in Maryland has been arrested on charges that he threatened to kidnap and kill Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

A criminal complaint filed by the Secret Service on Wednesday did not describe any steps taken by the man, identified as James Dale Reed, to carry out the alleged threat. It said that on Oct. 4, Mr. Reed approached a house in his hometown, Frederick, Md., northwest of Washington, that had Biden-Harris campaign signs in the yard and left a handwritten note that contained graphic threats against the candidates and their supporters.

The resident’s video doorbell had captured an image of the man who left the note, the complaint said.

We are the ones with these scary guns, we are the ones your children have nightmares about,” the note read in part. Mr. Reed, 42, was arrested last Friday and is being held without bond in Frederick County, Md., according to court records.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/elections/a-man-in-maryland-has-been-arrested-and-accused-of-threatening-to-kidnap-and-kill-biden-and-harris.html

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A man in Maryland has been arrested and accused of threatening to kidnap and kill Biden and Harris. (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Oct 2020 OP
Sure, and we should vote for the nightmare people. That's a great campaign pitch. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #1
Frederick. Naturally. Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #2
Not really sts069 Oct 2020 #15
Home to Fort Detrick.... SergeStorms Oct 2020 #16
Just doing what he can do to... kwolf68 Oct 2020 #3
This can be laid directly at the Mango Menace's feet, dware Oct 2020 #4
More from local source PSPS Oct 2020 #5
Looks like a couple of stills from "The Blair Winger Project". marble falls Oct 2020 #8
The big eye is watching. n/t Harker Oct 2020 #23
His FB page: "Self employed" and "Studied Applied Mathimatics at Frederick Community College" PSPS Oct 2020 #6
He should have enlisted in some speeling classes robbob Oct 2020 #10
Here's a great photo from his Facebook: Judi Lynn Oct 2020 #22
Probably a card carrying member of antifa. Anyone pat him down for vials of baby blood? marble falls Oct 2020 #7
The guy could use a proofreader. At least. From his FB: yonder Oct 2020 #9
The one to watch out for will not make threats NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #11
Creep edbermac Oct 2020 #12
It always comes down to the guns... SergeStorms Oct 2020 #18
Can't win with ideas. n/t Harker Oct 2020 #24
Jesus. MontanaMama Oct 2020 #19
Lock him up until 04 Nov. Grins Oct 2020 #13
This guy is a portrait of a Trump supporter and today's Republican Party. hadEnuf Oct 2020 #14
Thank goodness Biden & Harris are well protected & he's been caught!... Illumination Oct 2020 #17
Another arrest should be forthcoming for another MAGAT threatening Adam Schiff ffr Oct 2020 #20
Another one of the BHDem53 Oct 2020 #21
Oh you're so big and tough and scary you frigging loser. BlueNProud Oct 2020 #25

sts069

(9 posts)
15. Not really
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 03:02 PM
Oct 2020

While it’s often called “Fredneck”, Frederick is now as much a bedroom community for D.C. and the tech- and federal-government heavy inner suburbs as anything else. It also sports a really nice downtown with boutique shops and great restaurants.

I’ve been to WV and the middle-PA region. Frederick isn’t quite the same.

SergeStorms

(19,195 posts)
16. Home to Fort Detrick....
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 03:04 PM
Oct 2020

U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command installation supporting a multi-governmental community that conducts biomedical research and development, medical material management, worldwide communications, and the study of foreign plant pathogens, among other nasty things.

That makes me feel better. I hope they have their finger on the pulse of that place!

dware

(12,363 posts)
4. This can be laid directly at the Mango Menace's feet,
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:21 PM
Oct 2020

he is solely responsible for these acts of terrorism, and, IMHO, he should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and, if convicted, sent the the Florence ADX in Colorado for the rest of his miserable life with no chance of parole.

PSPS

(13,591 posts)
5. More from local source
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:29 PM
Oct 2020
The rest of the message is too graphic to detail, but claims that they will allegedly beat Biden and sodomize Harris before executing them on national television.

Investigators identified Reed as a suspect after getting a citizen tip. Someone who knew Reed saw the door camera footage and confirmed it was him.

The affidavit noted that Reed is known to the U.S. Secret Service for making a threatening statement against a person under USSS protection in 2014.

Reed was interviewed at his home on October 13 and denied he left the letter or being the person on camera. Two days later, however, he admitted writing and delivering the letter and was arrested.

He told investigators “This will happen,” referring to people making threatening comments due to the “political climate.”



marble falls

(57,077 posts)
7. Probably a card carrying member of antifa. Anyone pat him down for vials of baby blood?
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:40 PM
Oct 2020

It's ALWAYS a right winger.

yonder

(9,663 posts)
9. The guy could use a proofreader. At least. From his FB:
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 12:48 PM
Oct 2020

"Applied Mathimatics" and "...still involved with are church."

It sounds like he'll have plenty of time to brush up.

SergeStorms

(19,195 posts)
18. It always comes down to the guns...
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 03:10 PM
Oct 2020

with these emotionally stunted little boys, doesn't it? Without their guns they feel so impotent.

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
19. Jesus.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 03:15 PM
Oct 2020

When Biden and Harris are elected, I really hope we get a Department of Justice that will root out, prosecute and jail these terrorists.

Grins

(7,212 posts)
13. Lock him up until 04 Nov.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 02:50 PM
Oct 2020

So he doesn’t get the chance to vote for Trump.

Just to piss him off even more.

hadEnuf

(2,187 posts)
14. This guy is a portrait of a Trump supporter and today's Republican Party.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 02:52 PM
Oct 2020

And vermin terrorists like this are why some people want to take away their guns.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
20. Another arrest should be forthcoming for another MAGAT threatening Adam Schiff
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 03:25 PM
Oct 2020

after tRump's call to violence against him. And Moscow Mitch McConnell does nothing, says nothing. He's a national embarrassment!

I am so through with republicans.

BlueNProud

(1,048 posts)
25. Oh you're so big and tough and scary you frigging loser.
Wed Oct 21, 2020, 11:22 PM
Oct 2020

These people aren't scary they are pitiful and pathetic.

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