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Texas man accused of threatening to shoot up Pride parade to ‘pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] protist@mander.xyz 20 points 6 days ago

Cole’s employer said he had “just” quit his job after a year and “stormed out of the facility in anger,” according to (FBI Special Agent) Venuti, who tried to interview Cole at his workplace the day the Facebook comments were written.

Colleagues described Cole as a “hot head,” according to the affidavit.

On September 19, Abilene Police Department officers stopped Cole at a traffic stop where Venuti was present, the affidavit says.

"I told Cole that I wanted to talk to him,” Venuti wrote in the affidavit. “Cole asked, ‘about what?’ or words to that effect. I stated that I wanted to talk to him about his ‘online activity.’ Cole then sighed and his body posture indicated that Cole knew the reason for our discussion. He did not appear surprised,” Venuti wrote.