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New Jersey man charged in threat against U.S. Rep. Chris Smith [R]
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| August 2, 2018
| Erik Larsen, Asbury Park Press
Posted on 08/02/2018 3:16:54 PM PDT by Morgana
FREEHOLD, N.J. – Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., has been the target of a credible threat made against his life by a North Jersey man on social media, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
Dereal Finklin, 43, who is a registered Democrat in East Orange, was charged with making terroristic threats against the congressman on Saturday.
Finklin has been held in the Monmouth County Jail in Freehold Township since the weekend. A detention hearing is scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday, before state Superior Court Judge James J. McGann, confirmed Christopher Swendeman, a spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office.
“Not much we can say at this time … other than the story is true,” Swendeman said.
Smith, who represents New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District, which includes portions of Monmouth, Ocean and Mercer counties, is seeking re-election this November.
In an interview with the Asbury Park Press on Wednesday, Smith said the threat –which he confirmed was a death threat – was just the latest incident in a pattern of abuse and harassment that he and his staff have endured over the past five years, as the political discourse in the United States has grown more polarized.
The congressman has installed electronic security and surveillance systems at his office and established new safety protocols for his staff, he said. Yet the tires on his personal car have been slashed seven times in as many months, he said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; 2ndamendment; aboriton; badabing; badaboom; banglist; chrissmith; dereal; derealfinklin; dncbrownshirts; domesticterrorist; election2018; election2020; electionviolence; finklin; franklin; gannettnewspaper; gardenstate; leftwingnuts; liberalviolence; militantleft; newjersey; nra; plannedparenthood; progressiveviolence; prolife; registereddemocrat; searchsmith; secondamendment; slashedtires; terrorism; tires; tireslashing
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The man who did this is a volunteer worker at Planned Parenthood.
Chris Smith is a pro life congressman!
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:16:54 PM PDT
by
Morgana
To: Morgana
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:17:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
So is our suspect one of those liberals, who lecture us as to how love trumps hate???? Just wondering.
To: Morgana
Lock him up in dereal jail....
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:23:33 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Morgana
Dereal Finklin, 43, who is a registered Democrat in East Orange, . . .How did this get past the news censor filters?
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:23:51 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Hate Has No Home Here.
Well, it sure does in NJ !
To: Vigilanteman
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:28:07 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(I wonÂ’t be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: Morgana
Typical violent Democrat.
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:37:07 PM PDT
by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: Morgana
A. Registered. Democrat.
I’m shocked.
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:37:50 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: Vigilanteman
“How did this get past the news censor filters? “
He was going after a (Pro life) Republican?
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posted on
08/02/2018 3:38:13 PM PDT
by
Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Morgana
So he wanted to perform a very late-term abortion. Make an example of this snowflake POS. Keep him away from the light of day for a long time.
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posted on
08/02/2018 4:05:11 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: Doogle
Lock him up in dereal jail....
Dat da real deal. Maybe his momma Fo'real go and spring him?
To: akalinin
To: Vigilanteman
Dem status got past the news censor....
The censor is a 20 year old punky intern. He did a lot of marijuana and one hit of cocaine at a party the night before and then got superdrunk and was hungover as he drove into work late. He also was tired from working three hours in a row on the shift after only three days off which he considered slave labor for goshsakes. So he missed it and allowed “Dem” to be shown to the public.
A day in the life of a millennial Dem-socialist. Go Ocasio.
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posted on
08/02/2018 4:26:47 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud , non citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
To: stinkerpot65
typical violent dem
True.
True.
True.
Others on this forum tried to say the woman who rammed the Trump fan’s car repeatedly in Massachusetts was an oddball nutjob-—true but that doesn’t mean she isn’t a regular everyday Dem.
One time a FReeper said in defense of a family member that she wasn’t as rotten as I said in general of Dems. I was kind to him.
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posted on
08/02/2018 4:32:08 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud , non citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
To: Morgana
Smith said the threat –which he confirmed was a death threat –
was just the latest incident in a pattern of abuse and harassment that he and his staff have endured over the past five years,
as the political discourse in the United States has grown more polarized. because people have been allowed to get away with this shit...
Chris Smith is a good guy.
nothing better happen to him
To: Morgana
“..Dereal Finklin...”
“Dereal” as opposed to “de fake”?
Great made-up name there, sport....
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posted on
08/02/2018 6:20:19 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Morgana
New Jersey man charged in threat against U.S. Rep. Chris Smith [R]
The Rat party is getting too unhinged!!!
To: NFHale
“Great made-up name there, sport....”
Reminds me of the one who wanted her son’s name to be pronounced sha theed, spelled shithead.
Wouldn’t be funny if it weren’t true.
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posted on
08/02/2018 7:09:51 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
To: Morgana
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posted on
08/02/2018 7:10:43 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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