A Maryland man has been charged with threatening the Human Rights Campaign, referencing the Nashville school shooting, in which the shooter was said to be transgender.
The Department of Justice filed a criminal complaint Monday against Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship, Md. He is accused of making the threat by phone to HRC's Washington, D.C., headquarters on the night of March 28. A transcription of his voicemail says, “You guys going to shoot up our schools now? … We’re waiting, we’re waiting. And if you want a war, we’ll have a war. And we’ll fucking slaughter you back. We’ll cut your throats.”
The March 27 shooting at Covenant Presbyterian School took the lives of three children and three adults. The shooter, who was killed by police, was said to have been a trans man. Right-wing politicians have been using the shooter’s supposed identity to stir up hatred of trans people, although mass shooters are overwhelmingly cisgender men, mostly white.
HRC spokesperson Elizabeth Bibi put the threat in the context of other attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans. She told The Advocate, “The LGBTQ+ community is under attack in statehouses across the country and on social media platforms. This violent, hateful rhetoric leads to stigma, and stigma leads to physical violence.”
Man Charged With Threats On HRC With “We’ll Cut Your Throats
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