Repost: TOI, “Police chief who led response to attack inundated with threats”
This is worth a quick respost because I know for a fact that TOI sometimes removes material that contextualizes that Free Palestine is nothing more than a death cult. They were standing at the front of the ‘defund the police’ ralleys with their Ba’ath flags, years before initiating a war they lost.
Really, what is more “death cult” than responding to the police with clear death threats? I’m asking. Maybe the whole ‘Aaron Bushnell being promoted by elementary school teachers across US and UK thing’?
But, hey, MSM really tried to paint this attack as “antizionist” or explainable because the terrorist lost relatives (who, lowkey, just happened to be known Hezbolla operatives fighting in a war). MSM really tried to ignore the response when police do their job, and disappoint the hell out of “Free Palestine” by preventing Jewish deaths.
Read the graphic details below to understand what we’re up against. And, no, it’s not about zionism, it’s about Jews. Original link: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/police-chief-who-led-response-to-michigan-synagogue-attack-inundated-with-threats/
Note: TOI has had the absolute worst ads in recent weeks. More reason for reposting on my ad-free blog.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard talks to the media down the street from the scene of a shooting at Temple Israel synagogue, in West Bloomfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, on March 12, 2026. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
Police chief who led response to Michigan synagogue attack inundated with threats
Luke Tress; Mar 24 2026
The police chief who led the response to the attack on a Michigan synagogue this month says in a briefing with Jewish security officials that he has been inundated with threats.
The sheriff of the Oakland County police, Michael Bouchard, says he has been subject to some 330,000 hostile messages, including violent statements.
The comments come on social media and via direct messages, Bouchard says during a briefing hosted by the Secure Community Network, a US Jewish security group.
Bouchard plays a recording of a voice message he received in which a caller derides him as a “Jew lover.”
“I hope you put a gun in your mouth and kill yourself,” the caller says.
Social media shows a flood of messages portraying Bouchard, who is not Jewish, as an Orthodox Jew, with a Star of David on his forehead, alongside antisemitic rhetoric.
“It’s rampant out there and apparently we struck a nerve with a lot of folks,” Bouchard says. “We’re in an environment I’ve never seen and I’ve been in this business for a very long time.”
Jewish groups applauded Bouchard for his handling of the attack.
“If you target our Jewish community, we’re going to stand in front of them to protect them,” Bouchard says in the briefing, adding that he takes his commanders to a Holocaust center for education.
He says the role of Nazi police officers in rounding up Jews during the Holocaust is a “chilling reminder” of where antisemitism can lead.
“You get there by tolerating it, by accepting it,” he says.
During the briefing, Jewish and non-Jewish security leaders, including US Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Matthew Kozma, repeatedly warn about the high threat level against American Jews.
The security officials urge vigilance, security precautions and coordination with law enforcement to protect against the threats.
Thoughts?
If I were to play devil’s advocate, I could criticize some extremists in Israel for their reaction to police. But it’s really not similar. Free Palestine tried to justify murdering tons of Jewish children in Michigan, and the media kinda played into it.
We’re also talking a few dozen crazies vs 330,000 messages. That’s an insane difference. I’m far more concerned about a majortiy in a massive death cult than a very, very small minority in a small group.
