In Las Vegas, a man was charged with terrorism after pointing a fake gun at visitors and employees. Meanwhile, white mass shooters are not charged with terrorism for actually killing people.
On May 17, a Las Vegas man walked into a mall and a rifle. Witnesses claimed he pointed his gun at shoppers and employees, Fox 5 Vegas reported.
The suspect, Emile Daren Hobson, 25, was arrested. Later, the police determined no shots were fired because the gun was a fake. An employee at the store told the police Hobson had been denied a job at the store.
Hobson faces a slew of charges, including committing an act of terrorism, which has drawn widespread criticism.
Many have pointed out how Hobson, who is black, was immediately considered a terror threat, despite possessing a fake weapon and not harming anyone, while several white perpetrators of mass shootings were not charged with terrorism.
A recent example is that of Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old white teen who opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas, killing 10 people. So far, he has been chargedwith capital murder and aggravated assault against a public servant.
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