Online Threat to Kill Obama Leads to Arrest

[kristopher]

Online Threat to Kill Obama Leads to Arrest
By Kevin Poulsen

A Southern California man was charged Thursday with threatening a presidential candidate, for posting a racist note to a Yahoo message board in October expressing displeasure over Barack Obama's candidacy, and predicting "he will have a 50 cal in the head soon."

Walter Edward Bagdasarian, 47, was found with an arsenal of six weapons when Secret Service agents raided his La Mesa home in November, according to court records. He had three handguns and three rifles, including a 30.06 with a telescopic sight and a Remington .50 caliber muzzle-loading rifle.

Bagdasarian is not accused of actually plotting against Obama, and he was released last month on a $100,000 real estate bond. Bagdasarian's attorney did not return a phone call Friday.

The post in question showed up on a Yahoo Finance board on Oct. 22, about two weeks before the election, under the handle "californiaradial." The message was titled "Shoot the nig."

"County fkd for another 4+ years, what nig has ...

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/threat.html

[geckosfeet]

1. 50cal muzzle loader? WTF - probably as accurate as throwing a rock.

[tularetom]

9. You'd be surprised - modern black powder firearms with tight rifling are extremely accurate

However it still takes at least 30 seconds to load fire and clean the weapon.

[geckosfeet]

11. I would be surprised.

[cbayer]

2. This should give some a reason to step back before posting anything threatening

towards a major public figure.

[anonymous171]

3. What is with California? First that welfare check BS and now this.

I thought it was a blue state?

[ColbertWatcher]

5. It is, but the cultists in the desert are breeding like Palins. n/t

[Realityhack]

6. It is a BIG state. Lots of people of all persuasions. n/t

[Deja Q]

4. Going around saying "shoot ___" and hoarding a bunch of posh rifles, he's not to plan a BBQ picnic!

Glad the vicious little doorknob was caught.

Put him in the same cell as OJ Simpson. Everybody loves the Orange Juice in jail right now, so a little Lemon Juice won't hurt.

[flvegan]

7. californiaradial? As opposed to californiaradiCal?

I'm in California, and I'm a tire!

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. You were expecting a Freeper to know how to spell his own name?

Why do you think they voted for Chimpy? Only because they already knew how to spell "Bush".

[jmg257]

8. Screw him, the scumbag. But 6 guns is an "arsenal"?? WTF? At least there was no mention

of an "assault weapon".

[samplegirl]

10. He better learn how to spell the word

country first....maybe some prison time could get him some learning.

[Redneck Socialist]

13. Good. But if six weapons constitutes an "arsenal" then I know lots of folks...

with multiple arsenals.

[MsTryska]

14. i'm sorry but if your name is "bagdasarian"

you are not allowed to spout off like a bloody klansman.

My fellow immigrants are so disappointing sometimes.