A Texas man who posted a threatening YouTube video saying his “dream” was to kill hundreds of Black people was sentenced to 21-months in prisons followed by three years of supervised release.
Manuel Flores, who also showed a rifle in his video, posted the disturbing footage in June in response to the Black Lives Matter protests that were sweeping the nation in the wake of George Floyd’s in-custody death in Minneapolis, authorities said.
In the video, the El Paso resident was seated and only visible from the knees down with what appeared to be an AR-15-style weapon resting on his feet, prosecutors said in a news release. He then said he would be traveling on Interstate 20 through Dallas while daring individuals representing Black Lives Matter to “stop him,” according to prosecutors.
In an interview with federal agents last year, Flores was apologetic, said he had eight or nine beers before recording the video and couldn’t remember he had said.
Texas man who posted YouTube video threatening to kill ‘at least 200’ Black people gets 21 months in prison
A Texas man who posted a threatening YouTube video saying his “dream” was to kill hundreds of Black people was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in federal prison. Manuel Flores, who also showed a rifle in his video, posted…
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