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The 17-year-old has been charged with making a terrorist
threat for a Dec. 22 tweet that showed an image of an air rifle
pointed at a police car with the caption: "Should I do it? They
don't care for a black male anyways!"
A lawyer is not listed for the youth in online jail records. His
bond is set at $500.
The Fort Worth Police Department Homeland Security/Intelligence
Unit launched an investigation and determined the photo was a
"threat of violence toward police officers," according to a
press release.
"It's not a joke. When we feel threatened, we will act on it,"
Fort Worth Police spokeswoman Tamara Pena said at a news
conference.
The threat made by the black teenager in Texas comes as
attention on racially charged shooting incidents involving
police has increased nationwide after a white officer fatally
shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, in August.
In New York over the weekend, thousands gathered for the funeral
for one of two police officers ambushed by a gunman who said he
was avenging the killing of unarmed black men by police.
(Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza; Wrtiting by Jon Herskovitz;
Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
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