The teenager, who is unnamed in court documents because he is a minor, is charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. He’s accused of posting a “detailed plan to complete a mass shooting” at Temple Israel in Canton, a city south of Akron, on the live streaming platform Discord.
The charges come amid a rise of antisemitism in the United States and worldwide. In the U.S. alone, antisemitic incidents rose 35% from 2021 to 2022.
According to documents released by the Stark County Sherriff’s Office Thursday, an FBI agent alerted the department to the Discord posts on Sept. 7. The plans were initially posted on Sept. 1, and contained maps of the synagogue allegedly drawn by the boy and another individual in Washington state. They also included plans to burn down and “shoot up” the building.
When confronted by law enforcement, the boy admitted to being a part of multiple antisemitic and political groups on the platform, according to the documents. He was then arrested, and a trial hearing is set for Dec. 20.
Horrible how this hate seeps into these kids.
It doesn’t seep in, it’s cultivated by far-right groups that intentionally target children and openly groom them for extremism.
It’s also the fact that everyone can see what Israel is doing, and are conflating that with Jews worldwide instead of people focusing on Israelis.
It’s Marxists and Socialists and their anti-West allies pushing the recent Jew hate on social media.
I hated Torah study when I was a kid too but never quite enough to shoot up the synagogue.
This kid and his parents need help. You don’t get this far down the hate hole without some major help at home.
