Gainesville man arrested for making terroristic threats in TikTok videos
Press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland
BALTIMORE — On November 19, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland unsealed an indictment, charging Arsham Rashidi Dizajgan, 27, of Gainesville, Florida, with six counts of transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a threat to injure another person. On the same day, law enforcement arrested Dizajgan in Gainesville.
Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the indictment with Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Baltimore Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Jason Carley, FBI – Jacksonville Field Office; Police Chief Amal E. Awad, Anne Arundel County Police Department (AACOPD); and Chief of Police Nelson Moya, Gainesville Police Department (GPD).
“Threats to the safety and security of American citizens will not be tolerated, particularly when such threats adopt the language and tactics of violent extremists and foreign terrorist organizations,” Hayes said. “We will investigate and prosecute such violations to the fullest extent of the law.”
“The FBI takes all threats seriously and will investigate each and every potential threat brought to our attention,” Paul said. “Swift collaboration between the FBI’s Baltimore and Jacksonville Field Offices, as well as the Anne Arundel County and Gainesville Police Departments, led to this arrest. We continue to encourage the public to report any concerning messages to law enforcement.”
“This arrest reflects our unwavering commitment to protecting our communities,” Carley said. “When an individual uses social media to issue violent threats and signals support for a foreign terrorist organization, the FBI will hold that individual accountable. We take these threats seriously and will move quickly to ensure online rhetoric does not turn into real-world harm.”
As alleged in the indictment, in widely disseminated propaganda videos, Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization, uses upside-down red triangles to mark targets just before they are attacked. Beginning in about September 2024, and continuing through March 2025 — while living in Arnold, Maryland — Dizajgan used the social media platform TikTok to post photographs and videos of Americans with upside-down red triangles over their heads, along with threatening comments. During the same time frame, Dizajgan also used his TikTok account to post photographs, videos, and comments condemning Americans and non-Muslims and celebrating violence against them.
An indictment is merely an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
U.S. Attorney Hayes commended the FBI, AACOPD, and GPD for their work in the investigation. Ms. Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina A. Hoffman who is prosecuting the case.
Not defending what this clown apparently did, but it’s honestly less overtly threatening than Trump reposting a call for hanging certain Democrats, as he did today.
Sedition is the definition of tratorist acts.
“Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert?” -Abraham Lincoln
Our military take an oath to defend the constitution, not the president, and Nuremberg wasn’t about those on trial being disloyal to Hitler.
The constitution has this to say about the president of the united states of America:
Article 2 section 2
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
What these people did was seditious and if we were a serious country they would at least be charged with it and have their day in court.
Hundred, the people you are accusing of sedition made statements reminding service members of their rights and responsibilities at a time when the CiC is approving the murder of people in peacetime without any process of any kind.
Just a reminder, but this CiC previously tried to overthrow our government, and if not for the illigitimate SC granting presidents immunity for acts while in office, he might be serving time right now for treason. That same SC ruling did not extend immunity to all those following the CiC’s orders, thus making the warning from those you think are traitor’s good advice to our service members.
Creeps like him happen more in Blue states and cities, where it’s ignored until violence happens. Leftists advocating violence are encouraged by the ignorance of other leftists.
Sometimes they’re groomed by the feds for ulterior motives as well.
So, the insurrectionists on 1/6/21 were mostly from blue states? I din’t know that.
So the usual “BUT TRUMP” from the person who agrees with sedition when it suits his politics.
Dude, the CiC was the subject of your fascist post.
I’m thankful that law enforcement is working to protect us all from those who would harm us. They are brave to confront evil on our behalf.
Looks like The Democratic Party sent one of their operatives down here to train the rabble in our local terrorist cells, such as the Alachua County Labor Coalition.
Word on the street is that local Democratic Party shill and bootlicker “Jazzman” & his wife Nina have grown fat and lazy on the name-brand dogfood his $0.37/post salary provides, and can no longer be relied upon to commit the acts of barbaric violence and sabotage progressives believe are essential for peace.
Wrong guy Dad. My wife’s name is Chesty Morgan.