'Whites and Jews shall die'- Man arrested after UCLA mass shooting threat
Aformer philosophy lecturer who made mass shooting threats against the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and released an 803-page manifesto full of antisemitic, racist and misogynist rants was arrested in Colorado on Monday.
Boulder police confirmed his identity as Matthew Harris, a former staff member of UCLA.
"Upon reviewing parts of the manifesto, we identified thousands of references to violence, stating things such as killing, death, murder, shootings, bombs, schoolyard massacre in Boulder, and phrases like 'burn and attack Boulder,'" said Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold. Herold revealed that Harris had "attempted to buy an unknown handgun at a store located in Jefferson County on November 2nd, he was denied this purchase."
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Harris's manifesto espoused hatred, anger, and designs of great violence against Jews, Caucasians, Asians and Women, among other groups. Throughout the document, he outlined an erratic black supremacist ideology and claims of his own messianic divinity. He criticized Black Lives Matter saying that it "should have been a terrorist army, not a hip trend." He called on black Americans to rise up in revolution and dominate the world. African Americans "who support terrorism and genocide support themselves," proclaimed one chapter title.
"Violence against Jews should happen. Retaliation and retribution for what they have stolen is legitimate and a good thing," Harris wrote of Jews.
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UCLA cancels all in-person classes after email 'threats' to philosophy department, person in custody
A man suspected of sending a threatening email and post that prompted UCLA to cancel all in-person classes Tuesday was in custody in Colorado, according to the school.
"I am greatly relieved to share that law enforcement officers in Colorado have taken into custody the individual who made threats against some members of our UCLA community yesterday," Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.
"While we will continue with our plans to keep instruction remote today, with this development, we will return to in-person instruction tomorrow."
A tweet from UCLA late Monday said the “UCLA Police Department is aware of a concerning email and posting sent to some members of the UCLA community today and actively engaged with out-of-state law enforcement and federal agencies.”
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