Just yesterday, NBC News released an article talking about two men in Missouri posting TikToks detailing their plans of attacking the government in Washington D.C. and also against U.S. Border Patrol Agents. As we saw with the January 6 capitol riots, we know that threats like these are not to be taken lightly. Both men were charged with counts of making threats and unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Through an anonymous tip, the FBI was alerted that Byan Perry, 37, was using a TikTok account to make threats about physically taking back the government with his rifle. He also had videos that were also posted in attempt to "recruit six likeminded individuals", who also possess guns.
The second man, Jonathan O'Dell, 32, also used TikTok to highlight his plans of "secring the southern border". Perry also revealed plans he had to "shoot migrants" at the U.S. border and publicly accused Border Patrol of treason, claiming that undocumented immigrants were being allowed into the U.S.
Once the FBI was able to find their identities through TikTok, they were able to find their address and discovered that the men were living together. When the FBI showed up to their home with a search warrant, Perry began shooting at the agents.
I attempted to go on Twitter and typed in "Missouri" in the search bar to see if any traction on this story would show up, but the results were full of talk about who is running for Senate from Missouri, which makes sense being that elections are approaching, and attack ads have been all we've been seeing all throughout the media. However, I think it's truly frightening how threats against the government have surged ever since the storming of the capitol and how deadly it was. It's a relief that this one was shut down before the individuals were able to go completely through with their plans, but what they did was enough to be scared of.
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