The Justice Department announced Tuesday night that a Cornell University junior has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Jewish students. Patrick Dai, 21, allegedly posted on an online forum for fraternities and sororities that he was "gonna shoot up" a Cornell dining hall where kosher meals are served, "stab" and "slit the throat" of any Jewish males he found on campus, rape any Jewish females and throw them off a cliff, and behead Jewish babies. He also allegedly threatened to "bring an assault rifle to campus and shoot all you pig jews."
Dai is expected to appear in federal court on Wednesday and be charged with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communication, the Justice Department said, adding that "the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty." The charges carry a maximum five years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.
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