Current Events > Pro-Palestine Protester Charged for Threatening to Murder Bakersfield Lawmakers

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (TND) A Bakersfield, California protester received a $2 million bond Wednesday after making death threats directed at city councilmembers.

Officers escorted Riddhi Patel, 28, out of a Thursday meeting of the Bakersfield City Council after she repeatedly threatened death toward councilmembers who were weighing a Gaza ceasefire resolution. Patel spoke out in favor of the resolution, but expressed skepticism toward the councils willingness to pass it.

I dont have faith that youll do this, Patel said of the resolution. You guys are all horrible human beings and Jesus probably would have killed you himself.

Patel, who identifies as non-binary, then threatened a violent uprising if council members chose to oppress their constituents.

I remind you that these holidays that we practice, that other people in the global south practice, believe in violent revolution against their oppressors and I hope one day somebody brings the guillotine and kills all of you motherf ------, Patel said.

Patel later addressed the council a second time, expressing outrage over the presence of metal detectors at the meeting.

In the last five years Ive attended city council meetings theres never been metal detectors, theres never been more cops, Patel said. The only reason youre doing it is because people actually dont care if you guys dont like them and theyre actually resisting so youre trying toc criminalize them.

Well see you at your house, they added. Well murder you.

Mayor Karen Goh then rebuked Patel, saying that was a threat, what you said at the end, so officers are going to escort you out and take care of that.

Officers booked Patel on eight counts of intent to terrorize and eight counts of threatening state officials for a total of 16 felony charges. They remain in police custody on $2 million bond.

Pro-Palestinian activism group United Liberation Front condemned the behavior in a statement.

United Liberation Front unequivocally condemns any statements that threaten public officials, it wrote. The comments in question made tonight by a speaker run counter to our values and do not represent United Liberation Front.

I get the need to pressure politicians into taking action against Netanyahu's cruel government, but this is not how to go about it. Sending death threats only makes people no better than the MAGA cultists. I'm just glad the United Liberation Front is condemning Riddhi Patel for their behavior.

Imagine ruining your life because a municipal government was hestitant to pass a non-binding resolution.

"Metal detectors are racist"
*5 seconds later
"I'll fucking murder all of you!!!"

Actually lol'd at how unhinged this lady is

Shadow_Don posted...

"Metal detectors are racist"
*5 seconds later
"I'll fucking murder all of you!!!"

Actually lol'd at how unhinged this lady is

I think some people just can't control themselves emotionally. It pays to have a mental word filter more often than not.

The far-right propagandists in Twitter are having a field day with this woman.

Fair, next

Humble_Novice posted...

The far-right propagandists in Twitter are having a field day with this woman.

I mean anytime Twitter is involved it's best to just assume those people bleached their brains.

Now even the Modi stans are using her as a cudgel to attack leftists, abolitionists, and the LGBTQ+ community.

The non binary comment is a bit loaded

Tried to talk like an anonymous internet user in real life.

wanderingshade posted...

Tried to talk like an anonymous internet user in real life.

I think she was being too terminally online. That kind of talk just doesn't work in real life.

Thats your brain when youre watching news all day and also have mental health problems.

Humble_Novice posted...

global south

I've never seen anyone actually use this in anything than an unhinged rant, it comes up a lot in support of Russia's actions

Humble_Novice posted...

The far-right propagandists in Twitter are having a field day with this woman.

Of course they are.

The right wing knows that their stances are mostly lies and hyperbole, so when there's an outlier they never hesitate to go "See!? We told you LGBTQ are bad people!!"

Seems bad, imo

She got caught up in the high of her own self righteousness, its very intoxicating to feel you are part of a holy fight

Humble_Novice posted...

You guys are all horrible human beings and Jesus probably would have killed you himself.

Here it is guys, I found 'peak' America distilled into a single sentence.

BignutzisBack posted...

She got caught up in the high of her own self righteousness, its very intoxicating to feel you are part of a holy fight

And now she's regretting it. This is why more people need to keep their emotions in check.

So now it's 18 felonies instead of 16: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-13/activist-faces-18-felonies-for-threats-to-city-council-during-meeting