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Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Cincinnati resident accused of threatening to kill 30K Black people days after megaviral attack video
An Ohio resident who nearly decapitated a woman during a confrontation last year is now facing federal charges over a post on X, the Elon Musk-owned social network formerly known as Twitter, where he vowed to 'cleanse' an entire city of Black people, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit. Scott Hanna, 30, was arrested Friday morning on one count of making interstate communications with a threat to injure, after the Cincinnati Police Department sent screenshots of the July 31 post to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. 'Organizing mobs to kill all the apes in Cincinnati Since @GovMikeDeWine and the @OSHP won't do anything about this nonsense,' the post read. 'We the people need to paint the town red and KILL THEM ALL. Fill the morgues and cleanse this city of blacks. By Sunday we are aiming to have killed 30k[.]' Cincinnati has a Black population of about 120,000. The affidavit doesn't specify how Hanna allegedly planned to carry out his threat, or what it was that set him off, but video of an interracial brawl in downtown Cincinnati earlier this week went megaviral, and appears to be, based on the timeline, what could have inspired it. Hanna lives in Dayton with his grandfather, a retired judge, according to public records. In an initial appearance on Friday afternoon in Dayton federal court, prosecutors asked for Hanna to remain detained pending trial, arguing he was too dangerous to be released. Hanna does not yet have an attorney listed in public filings, and was unable to be reached. When the FBI received word of the offending message posted Thursday to Hanna's X account, agents immediately submitted an emergency disclosure request to the company for the identity of the user behind @generalquinny, according to the FBI affidavit. X responded with an email address consisting of the first three letters of Hanna's first name, plus his entire last name, the affidavit states. It says the FBI then reviewed @generalquinny's X account, which included at least one photograph that appeared to match Hanna's official Ohio driver's license photo, and agents had AT&T trace the IP address from where the post threatening mass murder originated. The account was in Hanna's name, at an address in Dayton matching the one listed in state motor vehicle records, the affidavit says. Next, investigators submitted an emergency disclosure request to Google for the email address associated with the X account in question, which was soon identified as belonging to Hanna, and listed his personal cell as a recovery number and his Google Pay account as having been set up under his name and address, according to the affidavit. FBI agents brought their findings to local law enforcement, who told agents they were familiar with Hanna from a past encounter. On September 11, 2024, police responded to the home where Hanna lives for a reported menacing in progress, the affidavit goes on. While officers were en route, Hanna called dispatch and asked to speak with a detective, it says. '[Hanna] told them if they were not going to charge a specified individual then he was going to cut off her head,' the affidavit continues. 'He stated, 'If you don't want an incident then you better send cops to [my address] because I'm f***ing done with this s***.'' Hanna subsequently 'swung a full-sized sword at her neck, resulting in a serious physical injury and what appeared to be a partial decapitation,' according to the affidavit. State court records do not provide further details, and it is unclear if Hanna ever faced any serious charges over the situation. What is known, however, is that Hanna called a police officer the 'N-word' in the aftermath, having become 'extremely irate' once cops showed up on the scene, the affidavit says. 'Local law enforcement noted that they had previous contact with Hanna when he claimed the same specified individual had broken into his residence,' according to the affidavit. In a statement issued Friday, FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge Elena Iatarola said the bureau 'aggressively investigates those who threaten our communities with violence.' 'Threats like this impact the entire community and have serious consequences,' Iatarola said. If convicted, Hanna faces up to five years in federal prison.
USA Today
3 hours ago
- USA Today
ICE is recruiting agents with incentives, massive ad campaigns. Sheriffs aren't happy.
ICE just made it more attractive to become an immigration agent, with a $50k signing bonus. But are they hurting local law enforcement in the process? Get ready for ICE to flood your social media feeds. Dangling bonuses of up to $50,000, federal officials are launching a massive recruitment campaign to hire more than 14,000 immigration agents, attorneys and other workers to help execute President Donald Trump's border crackdown. The president is newly flush with billions in funding and wants to deport 1 million people annually with the help of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. "America needs you," reads one of the ICE recruiting ads, featuring a finger-pointing Uncle Sam, evoking WWI recruiting posters. "America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out." The federal spending plan funds the hiring of 10,000 new ICE agents, making ICE the single-largest law enforcement agency in the country, larger than the FBI, DEA, ATF and other agencies combined. For comparison, the FBI only has about 13,700 special agents, according to the Department of Justice. Even before the new hires take their posts, the dramatic expansion of public ICE operations has upset communities from coast to coast, and raised questions about the tactics agents have used as they've chased suspects across Home Depot parking lots, farm fields and into medical buildings. The aggressive recruitment efforts have also angered local sheriffs worried that deputies in already understaffed offices will be lured away by the big bonuses and higher pay. "It is tone deaf and reflects a total lack of judgment and character on their part," Jonathan Thompson, the executive director and CEO of the National Sheriff's Association, said of a recruiting offer emailed to local deputies nationwide. "This is either galactically stupid or purposefully malicious. You're just robbing Peter to pay Paul. And in this case, you're robbing the poorest of Peter to pay the richest of Paul." Massive media blitz, incentives and job offers Bolstered by new staffing, federal officials have promised to further flood Democrat-run cities with deportation officers in response to a lack of cooperation in executing Trump's get-tough approach that has targeted undocumented immigrations with or without criminal records. The Department of Homeland Security has already begun hiring for the new jobs. Federal officials are planning a massive social media blitz to reach recruits, potentially advertising on YouTube and SnapChat, but also on connected TVs via Hulu and Amazon Prime. In addition to the signing bonuses, ICE is offering up to $60,000 in student loan forgiveness, although applicants don't need to have college degrees to be considered for some of the jobs. ICE officials on July 31 announced they've made 1,000 job offers since Trump signed the funding law. Among those receiving job offers are retired ICE agents who quit during the Biden administration, said acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons in a statement. "They couldn't do the jobs they signed up to do," Lyons said. "Now, people are lining up to work with us because they know our officers and agents are allowed to enforce immigration law fairly and across the board, and that's a cause people really believe in." Applicants 'should expect a certain level of risk' White House officials say there's been an 830% increase in assaults against agents through July 14th, compared with the same period last year, and the recruiting materials say applicants "should expect a certain level of risk," but that they will be trained to take "every precaution" in remaining safe. How quickly ICE can bring aboard the new employees remains uncertain. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has long struggled to hire Border Patrol agents, who typically take more than 300 days to bring aboard, according to a 2024 GAO study. Joe Gamaldi, the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police union, said he suspects ICE will face the same recruiting challenges as local departments. He said years of demonizing law enforcement by some politicians, activists and media has created a "toxic cocktail" that will make hiring challenging. "Truth be told, all police agencies are competing for a small pool of people who are still willing to serve and literally die for their communities," he said. "Bonuses and better pay will help, but ultimately police officers, and those interested in police work, want to serve for an agency and communities that appreciate them and don't treat them like scum." Local sheriffs furious about ICE recruitment efforts The aggressive hiring efforts have frustrated local law enforcement leaders who worry their officers will flock to better-paying federal jobs. Without telling local sheriffs in advance, ICE officials directly emailed recruitment offers to hundreds of deputies across the country. Thompson, of the National Sheriff's Association, said sheriffs feel betrayed by the move. Thompson said sheriffs agreed to send deputies to special immigration enforcement training designed for local police, only to then have ICE try to simply poach them away. "It's become a wildfire of discontent, and not how partners treat partners," he said. "This is an embarrassment to this president, and it's sad." Thompson said some sheriff's offices currently have vacancies of 40% and predicted the ICE hiring spree could further winnow the ranks of local law enforcement. Other policing experts have raised concerns about the risks of hiring so quickly. National-security expert and commentator Garrett Graf, who investigated Border Patrol hiring surges after 9/11, said in a Substack post that ICE risks a surge of applications from Americans "specifically attracted by the rough-em-up, masked secret police tactics, no-holds-barred lawlessness that ICE has pursued since January." Graff added: "If you're excited to dress up like you're taking Fallujah for a raid of hard-working roofers in the Home Depot parking lot, working for ICE or CBP shouldn't be for you."
Fox News
4 hours ago
- Fox News
Montana city on lockdown after gunman kills four
Former FBI TEDAC Director Scott Sweetow discusses the search for suspect Michael Paul Brown, who is accused of shooting and killing four at a bar in Anaconda, Montana.
