BALTIMORE — (BALTIMORE) -- A Maryland man was charged Tuesday for allegedly threatening the Human Rights Campaign, a prominent LGBTQ+ rights organization, in what police say appears to be a response to the March 27 Nashville, Tennessee, mass shooting at a Christian school.
The man who allegedly threatened the Human Rights Campaign, Adam Michael Nettina, is charged with interstate communications with a threat to injure for allegedly leaving a voicemail on March 28 in which he threatened to “slaughter,” shoot and assault members of the organization.
“You guys going to shoot up our schools now? Is that how it’s going to be?” the voicemail said, according to DOJ documents.The threat follows concerns from LGBTQ groups about anti-LGBTQ hate and violence. “The LGBTQ+ community is under attack in statehouses across the country and on social media platforms," read a statement from Elizabeth Bibi, spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, sent to ABC News."This violent, hateful rhetoric leads to stigma, and stigma leads to physical violence."
Advocates say that falsely painting the entire LGBTQ community as inherently dangerous and responsible for the actions of one person will promote violence against the community.
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