Federal prosecutors have charged Taylor Ryan Prigmore, 30, of McLoud, Oklahoma, with threatening to murder Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
According to federal authorities, Prigmore posted threatening videos on YouTube where he threatened federal agents eight times within a single week. In his messages, Prigmore stated he wished to “murder as many as possible.”
The FBI’s criminal complaint reveals that Prigmore began threatening ICE agents online on May 9. His videos included phrases such as: “Cvil wr. I can’t wait for the opportunity to kll people like you” and “Prep for civil wr. Prep for dth cmps. Prep for klling fderal gnts.”
Prigmore also wrote in one video: “I live in America. I am prepping physically and mentally to kill federal agents. Have you not seen the news of late. The nazi’s are winning over here. WWIII is on it’s way, and a great depression is probably around the corner. Our presidents needs to die to save lives. sex slaves, lynchings, rapes, disappearances and murders, are being perpetrated by ICE.”
The complaint states that Google reported an emergency involving imminent death or serious bodily injury due to Prigmore’s posts. Law enforcement officials arrested him after tracing his activities through AT&T.
Prigmore faces charges under 18 U.S. Code 875, which could lead to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Prigmore is not the only individual involved. Prosecutors have identified other leftists who have threatened ICE agents, including twin brothers Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores from Absecon, New Jersey, and two men in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Additionally, multiple incidents involving threats against ICE agents have occurred nationwide: two leftists nearly killed an ICE agent in Minneapolis; two radicals attacked Border Patrol agents in Chicago; a group of more than a dozen leftists ambushed an ICE facility in Prairieland, Texas; and a lone gunman attempted to murder ICE agents in Dallas, Texas but instead killed an illegal alien.
Federal authorities have also noted that activists created smartphone apps to track agents, while drug cartels operate reward programs for information about or killing federal agents. The complaint highlights that prominent Democrats have repeatedly referred to ICE agents as “Nazis” and “terrorists,” contributing to the environment of threats against federal personnel.