Last year, during the Labor Day weekend, social media stormed with worry that was shared thousands and thousands of times. Threats of a real life Purge was initiated by one person, and it grew into national panic. Parents kept their kids from attending schools, police cars took to the streets in pairs, and many sat on edge as the days approached. Viral Global News covered the news extensively. In the end, the threats were shallow, and eventually a teen was pulled in by police for stirring what he called, a prank gone wild.
The threat was based on the series of movies: The Purge, where lawlessness reigns once a year for 12 hours. Fear hitched in the millions as concerns about gangs and threats of shots being fired swept through police radios.
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Once the Labor Day weekend and three weeks passed by, police shared nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Is this threat which occurred on and after Labor Day, comparable to the most recent threats? Reportedly, a follower of the #BlackLivesMatter activist group, Maryland resident, Carlos Anthony Hollins, tweeted to kill all white people. The 20-year-old was arrested and charged with threats of mass violence for inciting the threat and panic. He currently remains in jail on a $250,000 bond.
This followed another recent threat, reportedly from a militant group, against cops, and further escalated when schools started receiving threats against white students and teachers. The South Carolina school district was one of the many targeted with initial threats. The Charleston County Sheriff’s department said the threats are not “substantiated” and remain a “social media rumor.”
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Those offering panic-inciting death threats can face numerous charges when a bad prank gets out of hand.
Threatening the lives of others via social media is monitored fiercely by law enforcement channels. These departments communicate via Fusion centers or additional points of communications to pass the information rapidly.
At this time, it appears the threats may follow the same pattern as The Purge threats of 2014. If any one encounters such a threat on social media, it is recommended to screenshot the status, and immediately contact law enforcement officials to relay the information.
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Police are still investigating the threats against whites from a man who calls himself “King Noble,” (pictured at top) a black supremacist. He took to YouTube to release a hate-filled tirade against white people, and said “It’s real, it’s an open season on killing whites and white police officers,” and “killing cops period.”
It appears a site reportedly run by King Noble was acquired by a group called “I’ll Write It” which can reviewed here. Below is a screenshot of the takeover. A representative of the group advised they purchased the site legally due to King Noble’s alleged ties to child pornography, and approved request to freeze Noble’s PayPal account. Viral Global News will continue to investigate this story.
