Biography
Daniel Austin Dunn is a concerned netizen and a reported member of the Boogaloo Movement who during the George Floyd Protests made multiple frustrated posts on Facebook in response to rampant police brutality in the U.S. One post of his on Facebook read: "So far I’ve seen people shot in the head and eye with rubber bullets, directly and not from a ricochet or bounce, tear gas canisters shot directly at people from point blank range, and children being maced and tear gassed. Why aren’t more cops being shot? Why aren’t people actually fighting back? You want cops to stop doing this shit, but you roll over immediately and let them. The cops won’t use a peaceful protest to get us to stop doing something they don’t like, they’ll tear gas, mace, and shoot you instead. Time for us to do the same. If you’re a cop and don’t like that I suggest you find a new profession, one where you don’t get to escalate force because you felt like it, because I don’t fucking care." He was indicted on charges of threatening law enforcement and would spend several weeks in jail before being granted bond and eventually getting 54 months probation.
<p>The June 11, 2020 federal indictment in Eastern District of Texas case 4:20-cr-00142 charged seven counts of interstate threats under 18 U.S.C. §875(c), plus a firearm-possession count under §922(g)(3). Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Eason signed the true bill. These were the original charges, not eight convictions: the existing later guilty plea, dismissal of remaining counts and probation sentence remain separately recorded. The indictment’s penalty notice states statutory maxima, not a sentence imposed or time served.</p>
United States v. Daniel Austin Dunn, indictment filed June11,2020.
