Arizona man pleads guilty for bomb threat against black Harvard students
Feb 28, 2019, 1:52 PM
(Facebook/Harvard University)
(Facebook/Harvard University)
PHOENIX — An Arizona man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening to bomb Harvard University’s Black Commencement event in 2017.
Nicholas Zuckerman, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of transmitting a threat to injure another person, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
He will be sentenced in Boston federal court in May.
Zuckerman was arrested last June after prosecutors say he posted comments on Harvard’s Instagram account in May 2017 encouraging “violence and death” if the event for black students occurred.
“If the blacks only ceremony happens, then I encourage violence and death at it. I’m thinking two automatics with extendo clips. Just so no [expletive] gets away,” one of the comments allegedly read.
Zuckerman was also accused of commenting “#bombharvard” on at least 11 other posts.
A concerned citizen who saw the posts reported them to Harvard University police, who then referred the case to federal authorities.
