CNN Anchor Calls Police after Twitter Threat
CNN's Don Lemon called the police after he was threaten on Twitter.
The Washington Times says that Lemon filed a police report after a self-described white nationalist on Twitter allegedly threatened to stab him.
Lemon filed an aggravated harassment report with the New York Police Department after a social media user allegedly sent threatening private messages, an NYPD spokesman told People magazine.
“It was harassment and they also made a threat. The person said, ‘I will find you real soon.’ And called [Mr. Lemon] a f—ing n-word,” the spokesman said. “It’s being investigated at this time.”
Lemon was sent messages that read, “F— you [n-word] can’t wait to stab your neck” and “U r a pile of rotting Dogs—t,racist,communist, socialist, Liberal moron asshole,i will find u U will pay.ill see u real soon…”
The user’s profile reportedly read, “white nationalist conservative . pro gun anti islam anti terrorist anti leftist yes i HATE demorats,blm,antifa ,socialists. heavily armed racist.WLM.”