NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that a Texas man was charged with “threatening to lynch and kill” a Nashville and Davidson County District Attorney.
A press release stated that a federal criminal complaint filed charges against 59-year-old David Aaron Bloyed of Frost, Texas. The complaint alleged that members of antisemitic hate group Goyim Defense League (GDL) were protesting in downtown Nashville on July 14.
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A fight broke out and a member of the group was arrested and charged with hitting a bar employee repeatedly with a metal flagpole.
The DOJ said that group members also repeatedly posted about their activities on multiple social media platforms. Following the arrest of the bartender’s assailant, one social media post by a user associated with GDL posted threats against District Attorney Glenn Funk. Those posts “included a photograph of DA Funk with …