A release from prosecutors said David Aaron Bloyed, 59, could face up to five years in federal prison for threatening to kill Glenn Funk, Nashville’s elected DAG.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Texas man could face up to five years in prison after prosecutors charged him with threatening to kill Nashville’s elected District Attorney General on a hate group’s social media channels, while the group marched through the city.
A release said David Aaron Bloyed, 59, from Texas, threatened to “lynch and kill Glenn Funk,” the District Attorney General. It said he posted the threats on the Goyim Defense League’s social media channels, a recognized hate group that routinely engages in antisemitic hate speech. Authorities said its members got into a fight and hit a Nashville bar employee with a metal flagpole bearing a swastika in July.
A hate group member was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after the fight. Following …