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A former junior at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was sentenced to 21 months in jail after threatening to homicide Jewish college students and behead their infants.
The Department of Justice stated in a press launch that 22-year-old Patrick Dai of Pittsford, New York, was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in jail, adopted by three years of supervised launch and a particular evaluation within the quantity of $100.
“Every student has the right to pursue their education without fear of violence based on who they are, how they look, where they are from or how they worship,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division stated. “Antisemitic threats of violence, like the defendant’s vicious and graphic threats here, violate that right. Today’s sentencing reaffirms that we will hold accountable those who violently threaten and intimidate others based on their religious practice or background.”
CORNELL STUDENT ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO BEHEAD JEWISH BABIES TO REMAIN IN JAIL
Patrick Dais reserving photograph inset over Cornell’s Center for Jewish Living. (Broom County Sheriff’s Office / AP Photo/David Bauder)
Dai pleaded responsible and admitted to posting threatening messages to the Cornell University part of an internet dialogue discussion board on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29, 2023. He was finally arrested on Oct. 31.
“Watch out pig jews. jihad is coming. nowhere is safe. your synagogue will become graveyards. your women will be raped and your children will be beheaded. glory to Allah,” Dai wrote on the message board Oct. 28, a prison criticism states.
WHO IS CORNELL STUDENT PATRICK DAI ACCUSED OF VIOLENT THREATS AGAINST JEWS
A lady walks by a Cornell University signal on the Ivy League faculty’s campus in Ithaca, New York, on Jan. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Dai made the posts underneath a number of usernames, together with “kill jews,” “hamas soldier” and “sieg heil.”
The Cornell scholar additionally threatened to “shoot up 104 west,” a campus eating corridor that serves kosher meals. Dai additionally allegedly threatened in one other submit dated Oct. 29 that he would “bring an assault rifle to campus and shoot all you pig Jews,” which he described as “rats” who have to be eradicated.
“Today, former Cornell University student Patrick Dai was sentenced to serve 21 months in prison for posting anonymous threats to kill Jewish students,” U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman for the Northern District of New York stated. “Before imposing a sentence, the court found that this was a hate crime under the federal Sentencing Guidelines because Dai targeted Jewish students and substantially disrupted the university’s core function of educating its students.”
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“The defendant’s threats terrorized the Cornell campus community for days and shattered the community’s sense of safety,” she added.
