Man pleads guilty to racial threat

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Man pleads guilty to racial threat using fake Facebook account

• Story Highlights
• African-American man created account in November, pretending to be supremacist
• He used account to make death threat against a black university student
• Man told FBI that he only wanted "to get a reaction"
• He will be sentenced November 18, could get prison time

(CNN) -- An African-American man has pleaded guilty after being accused of impersonating a white supremacist in a fictitious Facebook account to make death threats against an African-American university student.

Dyron L. Hart, 20, of Poplarville, Mississippi, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to one count of communicating threats in interstate commerce, according to a Department of Justice statement.

Hart admitted creating the fictitious account in November, pretending to be a white supremacist outraged by the election of Barack Obama as the nation's first African-American president, the statement said.

He then transmitted a death threat via Facebook to an African-American student at Nicholls State University in Louisiana, saying he wanted to kill African-Americans because of Obama's election, according to the statement.

A court document provided by the U.S. attorney's office said Hart told an FBI interviewer that he intended the threat to be a prank "to get a reaction."

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The document said Hart admitted creating the Facebook profile under the name "Colten Brodoux" and used a photo of a Caucasian man that he found on a white supremacist Web site.

"This is an extremely odd case, a very unusual case," said U.S. Attorney Jim Letten of the Eastern District of Louisiana. "The contents of the messages were extremely troubling and provocative and very threatening."

Hart will face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced November 18, the statement said.

[Nagishkaw 510]

He should have kept his opinions to himself.

[Ban Hammer 13,332]

A court document provided by the U.S. attorney's office said Hart told an FBI interviewer that he intended the threat to be a prank "to get a reaction."

well he did get a reaction..........

Edited August 14, 2009 by charles!

[luckytxn 2,264]

A court document provided by the U.S. attorney's office said Hart told an FBI interviewer that he intended the threat to be a prank "to get a reaction."

well he did get a reaction..........

Wonder if he will like the reaction he will get in prison from all the white supremacists already there?

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excellent point

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They should lock him up with the Aryan Nation, he can learn more about them up close and personal.

[almaty 19]

*ouch*...it will be a very short lesson

[Danno 1,228]

Does this mean, I better stop posting stuff..... "Just to get a reaction"?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Does this mean, I better stop posting stuff..... "Just to get a reaction"?

We might lock you up with the Animal Liberation Front guys in jail....

[Nagishkaw 510]

[Ban Hammer 13,332]

Does this mean, I better stop posting stuff..... "Just to get a reaction"?

We might lock you up with the Animal Liberation Front guys in jail....

[Danno 1,228]

Does this mean, I better stop posting stuff..... "Just to get a reaction"?

We might lock you up with the Animal Liberation Front guys in jail....

oh not again