A hair stylist from Massachusetts has been taken into custody after expressing approval of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and making threats against federal immigration officers.
On Wednesday, 37-year-old Bethany Abigail Terrill was arrested as part of a broader initiative to address threats directed at law enforcement officials.
Prosecutors announced on Thursday that Terrill, who sports a forehead tattoo and a septum piercing, has been charged with issuing threats against a U.S. official. If found guilty, she could face a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Terrill is accused of confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers near a Medford, Massachusetts courthouse on September 29. The officers were there to detain an individual scheduled for arraignment.
Reports indicate that as the agents were placing the individual in handcuffs, Terrill approached them, shouting “ICE is here, ICE is here” and “you guys are monsters, this is insane,” while trying to push through the officers and recording the incident on her phone.
According to court documents, as the agents escorted the detained person to a vehicle, Terrill yelled, “Charlie Kirk died, and we love it… we’re coming for you, gonna kill you.”
Terrill failed to comply with commands from agents to back up and addressed them as ‘Nazis’ and ‘disgusting,’ authorities alleged.
Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was shot on September 10 while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.
Authorities after hearing Terrill’s comments detained her and seized her phone, which contained video of the incident
Bethany Abigail Terrill, 37, was arrested on Wednesday amid an ongoing effort to crack down on individuals making threats against authorities
Authorities after hearing Terrill’s comments detained her and seized her phone, which contained video of the incident.
According to court papers, after the video was replayed for Terrill, she then said: ‘We are coming for you. We don’t like Nazis in America.’
Kirk’s death sparked a political firestorm and ignited debates about the dangers of divisive rhetoric.
MAGA figures blamed the left’s insistence on referring to right-wing figures as ‘Nazis’ or ‘fascists’ for contributing to the uptick in political violence.
The Trump administration revoked the visas of six foreigners who were also accused of mocking Kirk’s death.
The State Department on Tuesday revealed it has reviewed online social media posts and clips of Kirk following his death and would continue to take action against foreigners inciting or celebrating violence.
In light of the disturbing content they found, officials recommended six foreign nationals should lose their visas.
Among those targeted was an Argentine who said Kirk ‘devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric’ and deserves to burn in hell, as well as a South African who said those grieving Kirk were ‘hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom.’
Terrill allegedly confronted Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers near a courthouse in Medford, Massachusetts, on September 29 as they were carrying out an arrest of an individual who was there to face arraignment
The Trump administration revoked the visas of six foreigners who were also accused of mocking Kirk’s death
According to court papers, as agents led the arrested individual to a car, Terrill yelled: ‘Charlie Kirk died, and we love it… we’re coming for you, gonna kill you’
The State Department shared several posts made by the foreign nationals who have now had their visas revoked
A Mexican national who has also had his visa revoked said Kirk ‘died being a racist, he died being a misogynist… there are people who deserve to die.’
A Brazilian national said Kirk ‘died too late’ and blamed the conservative activist for ‘a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him’.
The final two foreigners were a German national and Paraguayan national. The former said ‘when fascists die, democrats don’t complain’ and the latter called Kirk a ‘son of a b**** [who] he died by his own rules’.
