On Wednesday, authorities arrested a ceasefire activist who threatened to kill Bakersfield city council members after demanding that they call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
Riddhi S. Patel, 28, is being held in jail on a $1 million bail and has been booked on 16 felony charges that include eight counts of intent to terrorize and eight counts of threatening state officials, per CBS 6.
Patel issued the threats during a city council meeting on Wednesday when the general public was allowed to comment.
She began her speech by imploring city council members to pass a ceasefire resolution but expressed doubt that they would.
“I don’t have faith that you’ll do this,” said Patel. “You guys are all horrible human beings, and Jesus probably would’ve killed you himself.”
Patel added, “I understand that you are all horrible people…And while you guys parade Gandhi around, as a Hindu holiday called Chaitra Navratri starts off this week, I remind you that these holidays we practice, that other people in the Global South practice, believe in violent revolution against their oppressors.”
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