Rashawn Smith, 20, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile of a racist white Trump supporter to issue "hoax" terroristic threats against pro-Ahmaud Arbery protesters, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.
From Action News Jax, "Ahmaud Arbery: GBI arrests man for making online threats toward Arbery-related protests":
[Rashawn Smith] was taken into custody in Midway, Ga. and charged with dissemination of information relating to terroristic acts, which carries a punishment of up to ten years in prison, $100,000 fine, or both.
In a subsequent tweet, GBI said Smith created a Facebook account of someone else, which he used to post a hoax threat.
"The GBI has arrested Rashawn Smith, age 20, & charged him with Dissemination of Information Relating to Terroristic Acts for a Facebook post that contained a threat to future protests related to Ahmaud Arbery," the GBI said. "Smith created a Facebook User ID of an unwitting individual to post a hoax threat."
Smith created a Facebook User ID of an unwitting individual to post a hoax threat. twitter.com/gbi_ga/status/…
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The Georgia NAACP shared a screenshot of the threat and fake profile on Sunday and said they reported it to the GBI and Glynn County Sheriff.
The profile Smith allegedly used was a white man under the fake name of "John Hutto" holding a rifle with a "Trump-Pence Keep America Great 2020" banner prominently displayed.
Smith appears to have used this fake profile to call people "n****r lovers," sing the praises of the McMichaels and threaten to stage a mass shooting at a...
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In America, there is so little racism, minorities have to manufacture it.
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