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An Oklahoma man received 21 months in prison for threatening to shoot, kill, and gun down federal agents. The case reflects rising anti-government rhetoric and violence.
An Oklahoma man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for threatening to kill and shoot federal agents. The case reflects rising anti-government rhetoric and violence.
Threat cases are prosecuted regularly, but the volume and intensity of threats toward federal agents has increased alongside anti-government rhetoric. Each threat is a crime, but together they signal a broader erosion of norms around threatening violence against the government. When threats become more common, the threshold for what counts as shocking or disqualifying drops.
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