{"id":2086977,"date":"2023-11-01T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-person-of-interest-accused-of-anti-semitic-threats-at-cornell-identified-arrested\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:35:01","slug":"update-person-of-interest-accused-of-anti-semitic-threats-at-cornell-identified-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-person-of-interest-accused-of-anti-semitic-threats-at-cornell-identified-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Cornell&#8217;s anti-Semitic threat suspect apprehended."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fupdate-person-of-interest-accused-of-anti-semitic-threats-at-cornell-identified-arrested%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2086977&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A New York\u2063 State Police\u2062 Department cruiser is parked\u2063 in front of Cornell \u2062University\u2019s Center for\u200d Jewish Living, in\u2063 Ithaca, NY, \u200bMonday, Oct 30, 2023. Threatening statements\u200d about Jews on an internet discussion\u2064 board\u200d have\u200c unnerved students\u2064 at Cornell University and prompted \u200cofficials to send \u200bpolice to guard a Jewish center and\u200d kosher dining hall.\u200c (AP \u200cPhoto\/David Bauder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>11:43 AM \u2013 \u2064Wednesday,\u200c November 1, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>21-year-old Patrick Dai, a student at Cornell University, has\u200d been arrested on federal \u2062charges for reportedly calling for the deaths of Jewish people online and threatening\u2064 to \u200bexecute a \u2064mass shooting on campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking \u2013 Patrick Dai, a Cornell student, has been\u2063 arrested for making\u200d online threats\u200d to Jewish students on campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QbiJc0rkr7\">pic.twitter.com\/QbiJc0rkr7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1719529211231195442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, Dai, who\u2062 is originally from Pittsford, New York, was detained after <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/person-of-interest-in-custody-for-anti-semitic-threats-towards-cornells-jewish-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">being\u2062 accused of\u2062 making violent threats against the Jewish community at Cornell\u2062 University<\/a> and threatening\u2064 to \u201cbring an assault rifle to campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dai shared the posts to social media platforms on \u200dOctober 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The social media posts threatened to \u201ckill \u2062or injure another using interstate communications,\u201d which is \u2063a felony. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Dai-Complaint-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">According \u200cto the federal complaint<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-person-of-interest-accused-of-anti-semitic-threats-at-cornell-identified-arrested\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Cornell's anti-Semitic threat suspect apprehended.\">disturbing social\u200d media posts\u200b allegedly<\/a> said that Dai \u200dwas planning to\u200b \u201cshoot up 104 west,\u201d which is a typically-Jewish campus dining hall that \u2064serves \u200bkosher food. The dining hall is \u200calso located \u2064next to the Cornell\u2064 Jewish Center.\u200b <\/p>\n<p>In \u200dan additional \u200dpost, Dai reportedly threatened to \u201cstab\u201d and\u2062 \u201cslit the throat\u201d\u2063 of all\u2063 Jewish men\u2062 that he \u200chas\u200c seen around the \u2062university, and to \u200c\u201crape\u2062 and throw off a cliff\u201d Jewish \u200cwomen. The last threat mentioned was \u2062that he\u2062 would \u201cbehead\u201d\u200c any Jewish children in front of their parents, according to court papers. <\/p>\n<p>In the \u200csame post, Dai additionally said that\u2064 he was \u2064going to \u201cbring an assault rifle to \u2062campus and shoot all you pig jews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The federal complaint \u2064also stated that the FBI searched for\u200c Dai through his IP address and the 21-year-old\u200d confessed to making \u200dthe violent comments under the usernames of \u201cglorious Hamas,\u201d \u201ckill Jews\u201d and \u201csieg heil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063student\u2019s mother told\u200b the press that \u200dher son \u200dsuffers from \u200d\u201csevere depression\u201d and\u2062 was on the verge of \u2063suicide right before he was arrested. Additionally, Dai\u2019s father\u200c made a statement about his son regarding his behavior, similarly\u2063 saying\u200d that he \u201cdeals with\u200b mental health\u2064 issues.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMy\u2064 son is in\u2062 severe depression. \u2062He cannot \u200dcontrol his emotions well due to the depression,\u201d said his father, who asked that his name be\u2064 withheld, told reporters in a text message.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe was \u200calways very nice to society, well organized, helpful to \u2063my family\u2064 and his classmates before 2021,\u201d his father added. \u201cHe\u2062 told \u200dus he lost his life goal and motivation\u2062 \u2026 As \u200cparents, we tried to give him more\u200b love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His\u2062 father also mentioned \u200dthat Dai took off two semesters from 2022 to 2023\u200d to\u200d \u201cimprove \u200bhis mental\u2063 health.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, Dai stopped all communications with his family, days before he was detained.<\/p>\n<p>The violent threats\u200d come in \u200dthe\u200b midst of a rise in\u2063 anti-Semitism on college campuses throughout \u2064the United States, prompted by the Israel-Hamas conflict. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, the disturbing online comments shared by Dai prompted New \u200dYork Governor Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) to visit\u200c the Cornell University \u200bcampus and generated an improvement of security for Jewish\u2064 students \u2064and\u200d groups.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Dai is expected to make an\u200d initial appearance\u2064 in federal \u2064court on a charge of \u201cmaking\u2062 threats to injure or kill another \u2062using interstate communications.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task \u200bForce, including the New York State Police, the Cornell \u2063University \u2064Police\u2062 Department, and the Ithaca Police Department,\u2062 are in the process of investigating the case.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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These disturbing posts were shared on social media platforms \u2062on\u200d October 29th.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200d posts, Dai threatened\u2062 to kill or injure others \u200cusing interstate communications,\u2062 which is a felony. According to the federal complaint, he specifically mentioned his\u2062 plan\u200c to &#8220;shoot \u200cup 104 west,&#8221; a Jewish campus\u200b dining\u200d hall \u200cthat serves kosher food and is located next to the Cornell Jewish Center. He also made threats to \u200bstab, slit the\u2063 throat, rape, throw off a cliff, and be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York State Police cruiser guards Cornell University&#8217;s Center for Jewish Living in Ithaca, NY. 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