From a television station in Denver:
A 56-year-old Denver man, Harold Ortiz, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for threatening government workers after his Social Security benefits were terminated. ...
Ortiz, according to his arrest affidavit, phoned the facility about his benefits and first spoke to a claims specialist. That person told Ortiz he was no longer entitled to receive benefits and that the SSA had several notices in the mail announcing the decision.
“I’m going to stand outside your building and blow all of your [expletive] heads off,” Ortiz reportedly yelled at the claims specialist. “You’re dealing with a crazy person!” ...
A person need not be clinically crazy to be violent.
ReplyDeleteA significantly lesser sentence being imposed for those insurrectionists who assaulted the Capitol on January 6, 2021, threatening both law enforcement personnel, congressional members, and our democracy. An attempted coup is less serious apparently than a threat phoned into an employee.
ReplyDeleteThreats used to be common before guards were in every office. Never saw any prosecutions for those.
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ReplyDelete11:14 An unarmed person who follows a crowd into the Capitol and walks around taking selfies, does not deserve the same punishment as someone who makes a specific and detailed death threat against federal employees.
This type of incident actually is an argument for keeping FO personnel working from home, where they are safe from violent extremists. Remember a number of SSA workers were killed in the Oklahoma City FO in 1995.
IF SSA had Video calling i would agree about staying home.
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