In New York City, a man with a past involving sexual assault charges has been indicted after allegedly making violent threats online. These threats targeted Jews, members of the New York City Police Department, and federal officials, according to prosecutors.
Nathan White, aged 54, faced arraignment on Monday in Queens Supreme Court. He faces charges of making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, making a terroristic threat, and second-degree aggravated harassment, as stated by Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
The accusations arise from a series of menacing posts that White allegedly published on his X account last November.
One post read, “Imma kill ALL you FILTHY Zionist!!! I CURSE ALL of YOU, and DEATH will come to YOU soon by ME MF!!!”
Nathan White, 54, was arraigned on charges of making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, making a terroristic threat, and aggravated harassment in the second degree. (Division of Criminal Justice Services/Getty Images)
In yet another post, White boasted about having attacked an Israeli individual on a New York City subway.
“I BEAT THE SH??!! Out of an Israeli on the NYC subway, how REAL is THAT, HUH??? Jews, SMD!!!” he said.
“And THAT includes the FEDS & NYPD. I WILL KILL ALL YOU MF!!!” White wrote.
White also wrote: “If I RUN into ANOTHER Israeli in NYC ALONE in the DARK, YOU ARE DEAD MF!!! FACTS!!!”
“Israel, the Zionist, the Jews MUST pay with their LIVES for their BARBARISM people, FACTS!!!” he said.
The charges stem from threatening posts made in November on X. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The posts have since been deleted.
White was arrested by the NYPD on Nov. 10, according to Katz. White was homeless and living in a men’s shelter when he was taken into custody, the New York Post reported.
“As alleged, the defendant used his social media accounts to issue explicit threats targeting Jewish and Israeli New Yorkers, in addition to members of the NYPD and federal law enforcement,” Katz said in a statement.
“At a time when antisemitic vitriol is rising at an alarming rate, we know that words of hate often escalate into real-world violence. This defendant has now been indicted on felony hate crime charges and I thank our law enforcement partners in the NYPD for their work on this case,” the district attorney added.
The threatening social media posts have since been deleted. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
If convicted on the top charge, White faces up to 15 years behind bars. His next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 19.
White has a prior criminal history that includes a conviction for a 1987 sexual assault, according to the New York Post.
He was arrested several more times after his release, including for choking a woman before dragging her to an ATM, where he forced her to give him more than $800 in cash in 2015.
