Black Man in Trenton, New Jersey, Charged With Threatening to Kill White People in Mass Shooting

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I saw this news story this morning on the other forum I'm on.

Black Man Charged With Threatening to Kill White People in Mass Shooting

Joshua Cobb wrote in a message posted on a social media site that he wanted to “cause mayhem on the white community,” federal prosecutors said.

May 13, 2024

According to an 11-page federal complaint filed Friday, Cobb was grilled by federal agents and admitted that he wrote the messages – and detailed sites he had chosen for the attacks.

Those included a Jersey Strong gym and an Aldi grocery store in Robbinsville in Mercer County.

A Black man from New Jersey who was until recently a U.S. Marine has been charged with threatening to kill white people — “as many as I possibly can” — in a ranting message posted online, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
The man, Joshua Cobb, acknowledged to F.B.I. agents in an interview last month that he had written the threatening message, admitted posting other ominous comments and described in detail several sites he had considered as potential targets, a criminal complaint says.

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Mr. Cobb, 23, of Trenton, was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance before a magistrate judge in Federal District Court in Trenton Monday afternoon, the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey said. It was not immediately clear whether he appeared in court.

Mr. Cobb faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Saverio Viggiano, a federal public defender representing him, declined to comment.

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