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http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/30/us/georgia-woman-facebook-antipolice-post/index.html#
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/30/us/georgia-woman-facebook-antipolice-post/index.html#
Atlanta (CNN)A
fake name on a Facebook post can still get you in real trouble,
especially when you're threatening to shoot every white cop you see.
Ebony Dickens of East Point, Georgia, posted her Facebook rant under the name Tiffany Milan, police said.
"All
Black ppl should rise up and shoot at every white cop in the nation
starting NOW," said the post made on Monday. "I condone black on white
killings. Hell they condone crimes against us."
The post was removed a day later, just before Dickens was arrested, CNN affiliate WSB reported.
"I
thought about shooting every white cop I see in the head until I'm
either caught by the police or killed by them. Ha!!!! I think I can
pull it off. Might kill at least 15 tomorrow, I'm plotting now."
Needless
to day, it got law enforcement's attention. Not only the East Point
police, but Atlanta police -- whose homeland security unit "worked
diligently ... to identify the true identity of the poster and her
whereabouts," said Atlanta police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy -- as well
as the FBI and federal Homeland Security Department.
"That's
15 people that she's talking about killing within a day or so, so
whether she is serious or not that's something that we have to take
seriously," East Point police Lt. Cliff Chandler told WSB.
Police
in East Point -- a city of about 34,000 people just south of Atlanta --
said in a statement that, in addition to detailing how many police
might die and threatening white officers specifically, the posts
"indicated that the acts were being plotted and were in motion."
After connecting Dickens to the Facebook post, authorities obtained a search warrant for her residence.
They
took her into custody while executing that warrant. "A firearm along
with three computers was located during the search," East Point police
said.
Dickens, 33, appeared in court
Wednesday on a charge of disseminating information related to terrorist
acts. A judge set a $10,000 bond for her and banned her from social
media.
She was then transferred to
Fulton County Jail, where she remained until bonding out at 6:19 a.m.
Thursday, according to county sheriff's office spokeswoman Tracy
Flanagan.
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