Twin brothers were arrested Tuesday and charged with making terroristic death threats to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin.
The brothers, Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores of New Jersey, allegedly threatened on social media, not only to torture and kill McLaughlin, but to also to shoot U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents “on sight.” One of the brothers has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.
As Fox News reports:
“[O]ne of the brothers allegedly tweeted in a partially redacted response to a McLaughlin message:
“‘We Americans should find you, tar you, feather you, and hang you as we did to anyone serving tyrants before the Revolutionary War.’
“A second partially redacted tweet, reportedly from the other brother, read: ‘Shoot ICE on sight.’”
“We are NOT afraid of you,” DHS declared in a social media post, issuing a warning to other would-be attackers following the arrests:
“Let this be a warning to anyone who dares threaten or attack our law enforcement and DHS officials. We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
“We are NOT afraid of you.”
The demonization of immigration enforcement by Democrats and liberal media has reportedly fueled an 8,000% increase in the number of death threats against ICE law enforcement officers.
