A New York man was arrested for making a death threat against Rep. John Katko over the net neutrality debate, the latest in a string of threats from advocates of the liberal policy.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai has received numerous threats since announcing the agency's intention earlier this year to repeal the Obama era rules that expanded federal regulation over the internet.
Katko, a Republican who represents upstate New York and has no role in the FCC agenda, received a threatening voicemail from Patrick Angelo, who vowed to kill Katko's family if he supports repealing net neutrality.
"Listen Mr. Katko, if you support net neutrality, I will support you," Angelo said, according to a complaint filed in federal court. "But if you don't support net neutrality, I will find you and your family and I will kill… you… all. Do you understand? I will literally find all… of… you and your progeny and just wipe you from the face of the earth."
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3 comments:
While, I don't agree with threats and harm and the like, At least this is a step to showing your disgust and showing the politicians how you feel, most of Americans just sit on their lazy butt and do nothing, and just complain about it...
I hope those people that threaten the others are put in jail. There is no excuse for that kind of behavior and they should do time.
There is no need for anyone to be threatened, but people do need to understand net neutrality and let their lawmakers know their view on it. Do you really want your ISP provider to be able to control what websites you can access? The whole internet should be available to everyone, not just what they think you should be viewing. That's called censorship.
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