South Dakota man accused of threatening Gov. Noem, judge

[discocrisco01]

Source: Associated Press

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man is charged with threatening a state official and judge after he allegedly faxed a message to a local TV station saying he planned to kill Gov. Kristi Noem and allegedly emailed a threat to a judge.

Jason Shields was arrested in October shortly after the threats were made. He is charged with a pair of felonies that each carry a maximum five-year prison sentence.

According to court documents, Shields sent a one-page fax to a TV station on Oct. 23 saying he and several others were planning to kill the Republican governor soon. Law enforcement arrested Shields that day. He later told law enforcement officers that he had acted alone, court documents say.

Shield also told officers that a day earlier he had emailed Magistrate Judge Donna Bucher that he wanted her killed because he felt she had made decisions that were not “appropriate or just,” according to court documents.

Read more: https://www.kfyrtv.com/2022/12/03/south-dakota-man-accused-threatening-gov-noem-judge/

[flying_wahini]

1. Mentally ill, sounds like. Who else would do that?

[DBoon]

2. a republican

[Warpy]

6. Unlikely, Noem is Republican

My guess is that he's totally bonkers and thinks women belong pregnant, barefoot, and chained to a kitchen stove.

[BaronChocula]

7. Very likely

Republicans have been prime targets of tea party/maga randos who think those Republicans have betrayed the white nationalist cause or were too cooperative with Democrats. Liz Cheney, and Adam Kinzinger are among those Republicans who have been threatened by those nutjobs.

[oldsoftie]

10. Noem has never been considered a "RINO".

[SouthBayDem]

19. She has.

Newsweek in 2021:

South Dakota's Republican Governor Kristi Noem has clashed with Tucker Carlson after the Fox News anchor challenged her for not signing a bill that would have banned transgender girls and women taking part in female sports.

...The Tucker Carlson Tonight anchor suggested she had caved in to pressure and should have stood her ground, letting the case play in the court of public opinion, which was on her side.

[Warpy]

12. Noem is no Liz Cheney

She followed TFG every step on the way during the pandemic and after.

[BaronChocula]

20. I never said she was a Liz Cheney

But the maniac who threatened her life could have thought she was for any variety of reasons. My point is that white nationalists are angry entities that turn on each other with the same swiftness that they turn on "others."

[DBoon]

23. Stalin and Trotsky were both Communists

Minor differences in opinions can be deadly

[DENVERPOPS]

8. Exactly

but whatever happened to the ones in Michigan who went to the capitol and attempted to kidnap the Dem Governor.....????????

[oldsoftie]

11. A couple were acquitted and several others were convicted of several charges .

The acquittals were the result of questions about how far the FBI went to encourage the men in their plotting.

[DENVERPOPS]

13. Thx OS

Did the ones who were convicted get more than a hand slap??????????

[oldsoftie]

15. Sentencing is the 15th. They could get up to 20 yrs. Here's an article with some of the info

https://www.reuters.com/legal/michigan-jury-finds-three-men-guilty-plot-kidnap-governor-2022-10-26/

[DENVERPOPS]

16. I fear that the Repubs will finance

their defense and appeals until it goes to the Supreme Court and we all have learned what the USSC will do then.......

[oldsoftie]

17. they'll have to have a basis for an appeal & I'm not sure what that would BE

[DENVERPOPS]

18. Don't they utilize something off the record they call

shadow decisions done in the shadows???????

At any rate, everything will be appealed by the right wing, convinced they can postpone and/or get away with everything and anything until they install Trump or DeSAntis, who will pardon them all......

[reACTIONary]

22. ... but I repeat myself... nt

[SheltieLover]

3. A magat

[rpannier]

21. A self-entitled jerk

Amon Bundy probably would

[yourout]

4. Likely hard core misogynist as well.

[The Grand Illuminist]

5. Sooner or later....

The threats will stop and they will just plain pull the trigger.

[oldsoftie]

9. Becoming far too common. Thanks, Trump. Even though she's a republican, he's a factor.

He's made threats seem "normal" to the radicals & crazies. And yes, they ARE on "both sides"; but I would make a large bet that the Right has far MORE

[Evolve Dammit]

14. far more. I don't know any "libruls" even the gun-loving, that would use violence offensively. nt