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Austin PD confirms threat to kill police officers on Wednesday

Austin PD responds to threats to kill officers
Screengrab: KVUE Austin

On the day that Barack Hussein Obama lectured America on race and guns during a memorial for five slain Dallas officers, KEYE TV reported that a “specific threat” was made to harm Austin police officers on Wednesday.  According to KEYE, “Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday confirmed the threat is to kill officers on 6th Street.”

KEYE added:

Police Chief Art Acevedo also confirmed the threat. Earlier today he declared a staffing emergency, meaning all patrol shifts will now be filled to 100 percent. In the event there are not enough volunteers to fill the patrol shifts, officers will be mandated to fill the remaining shifts.

The staffing emergency will remain in effect for the next two weeks. It will be reassessed at that time.

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An Austin Police Department spokesperson says the threat was made via social media earlier this week. An account was created to make the threat and then it was shut down quickly after. The spokesperson said APD is taking this information as a serious matter and they will be sending extra resources to 6th Street on Wednesday.

“The department is taking steps to enhance the safety of our officers and the public we serve,” Acevedo said, according to a report at the Austin Statesman.

Here’s a video report, courtesy of KVUE:

Authorities in Austin have already charged two men who reportedly made threats against officers over the weekend.

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Joe Newby

A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Joe ran for a city council position in Riverside, Calif., in 1991 and managed successful campaigns for the Idaho state legislature. Co-author of "Banned: How Facebook enables militant Islamic jihad," Joe wrote for Examiner.com from 2010 until it closed in 2016 and his work has been published at Newsbusters, Spokane Faith and Values and other sites. He now runs the Conservative Firing Line.

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