Texas activist who threatened to kill ICE agents and throw Kristi Noem in gulag weeps as hes ordered to stay in jail
A Texas man charged with threatening to kill ICE agents and harm DHS Secretary Kristi Noem cried in court after a judge ordered him to stay in jail.Robert King, 35, wept after US Magistrate Judge Renee Toliver ruled he was a flight risk and a risk to the community during a Dallas hearing on Wednesday afternoon, Fox News reported.King was arrested in McKinney, Texas on March 29 after allegedly posting threats toward ICE agents and Noem on Facebook.“I truly hope, and I mean this with all my heart, that Kristi Noem meets a horrible and agonizing demise I hope she is tried in a war criminal court with the rest of the Nazis when this is all over and I hope she is ripped apart in a gulag,” he reportedly wrote in his first since-deleted post, sharing a PBS NewsHour article, according to federal prosecutors.“Nothing less for a Nazi scum,” he continued.“This is America now a Nazi fascist state.
Disgusting.”He allegedly then threatened that he was “opening fire” on any ICE agents he saw, describing them as “a secret police force with no real legal authority,” in a second Facebook post.“Just wanna double down on what I said the other day: if ICE comes to your neighborhood, f–king shoot them and kill them.No mercy for the Gestapo,” he wrote in a follow-up post a couple of days later, according to prosecutors.King’s social media threats came to light following a tip-off to the national FBI tip line, a government attorney said during Wednesday’s hearing.At the time of making the threats, King was reportedly living with his sister and brother-in-law — who is currently serving as a police officer and is a former Customs and Border Protection agent.As a result of the threats coming to light, he was thrown out of the house, Fox News reported.He was charged with transmitting interstate threats and will remain in Kaufman County detention, despite his attorney arguing that he had no prior charges and no weapons.King was seeking treatment for mental hea...