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A pro-Palestine activist was arrested at a Bakersfield, California City Council meeting on Wednesday after threatening to kill Mayor Karen Goh (R) and City Council members during a public comment session. Riddhi Patel, 28, was taken into custody at the meeting and was being held on $1 million bond as of Friday afternoon. Last month, pro-Palestinian activists broke a glass door and injured a police officer after he was fired for disrupting a city council meeting.
Patel spoke twice during Wednesday's meeting in support of a ceasefire proposal in Hamas' war on Israel. His first remarks began with mention of his belief that Jesus would kill the city council members (“You guys are all horrible human beings and Jesus probably would have killed you himself”), and ended with mention of violent revolution. Hui and his hope that the city council would one day do so would be executed by guillotine (“I remind you that on these holidays we practice, as others in the Global South believe in, violent revolution against their oppressors. And I hope one day someone brings a guillotine and kills you all.” ***ers!”)
His second comment included opposition to a proposal to use metal detectors for city council meetings and ended with him saying, “We'll see you at your house, we'll murder you!”
The video clip of Patel's comments was posted by Libs of TikTok with the caption, “Wild: Pro-Palestine protester Riddhi Patel threatens m*rder Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh (R) during city council meeting. Patel has been charged with 16 felonies and is being held on $1 million bail.
WILD: Pro-Palestine protester Riddhi Patel mentally harasses and threatens M*RDER Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh (R) during a city council meeting.
Patel has been charged with 16 felonies and is being held on $1 million bail. pic.twitter.com/09PeBCWoNz
– Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) 12 April 2024
Excerpt from Bakersfield.com report:
A protester arrested inside the Bakersfield City Council chambers Wednesday night has been charged with 16 felonies after she made threatening comments to council members and the mayor.
Riddhi Patel, 28, was arrested and jailed on suspicion of eight counts of uttering threats with intent to terrorize and another eight counts of uttering threats to some city officials during his comments on increased security at meetings.
These upgrades, used on a test basis at the last City Council meeting on March 28, will permanently add metal detectors and strengthen security at future City Hall meetings. They were later unanimously approved by the council at Wednesday's meeting.
Patel's comments on the matter came during the public comment portion of the meeting, during which he criticized the proposed security upgrades.
“You people want to criminalize us with metal detectors,” Patel said. “We will see you at your home, we will murder you.”
KGET-TV reported that four pro-Palestine activists were charged this week after a police officer was injured and a glass door was broken during a protest at a Bakersfield City Council meeting on March 27 (excerpts):
Gabriela Lynn Mota, Lorena Salinas, Lance Mack and Ashley Vega have been charged in connection with a March 27 meeting, during which there was a clash with police at the front doors of City Hall after protesters were removed from the chambers. Police said a glass door was shattered and an officer was injured.
Mota and Salinas are both charged with felony resisting arrest, and court records show Salinas also faces a felony count of vandalism. Additionally, both are charged with misdemeanor charges of remaining at the scene of a riot and resisting arrest.
Mack and Vega have been charged with misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and remaining at the scene of a riot, records show.
Patel's feedback are at roughly 2:30:15 and a couple of:49:45 within the Metropolis Council reside feed video:
The language of communists contains discuss of revolution, threats and intimidation adopted by revolution and homicide. It’s a signal that America is in a slow-motion communist revolution when an activist is brave sufficient to publicly threaten the authorities with revolutionary loss of life to their face.
Replace by way of KGET (excerpts):
A professional-Palestine protester arrested after telling the Bakersfield Metropolis Council, “We'll see you at your home, we'll homicide you,” has been charged with 18 felonies.
Riddhi Patel, 28, has been charged with eight counts of threatening a public official and 10 counts of constructing terroristic threats, in keeping with courtroom information. He’ll seem in courtroom at 3 p.m. on $1 million bail