TRENTON, N.J. (TND) — A New Jersey man, who was formerly a U.S. Marine, was arrested and charged Friday with threatening to kill White people for their perceived privilege.
Joshua Cobb told the FBI at a California base he wanted to shoot up a New Jersey gym, grocery store or wealthy White area, according to a press release. He allegedly cited a desire for the world to “feel” what he was feeling.
“Most people who are on the wealthier end spectrum, they don’t understand the spectrum, they’re not living, they don’t know what it’s like to be in a bad spot,” Cobb said, according to the FBI. “I’m sure they have their own version of a bad spot, but it ain’t nothing like someone from the other side’s bad spot. So my thing was to like bring the pain to them.”
Cobb, who was recently discharged from the Marines, purportedly developed plans for a mass killing in which he would shoot up a crowded space, such as a Jersey Strong gym after work hours or an Aldi, before fleeing to another country.
“When I would fantasize about these things, I would get very detailed, it’s kinda bad,” Cobb allegedly said. “But yeah, just have the car running, do a workout, but then toward the end of it ... go to the car, let off whatever and then just take off and then at that point go like AWOL.”Cobb also posted his plans on a social media platform, telling other users in 2022 he would carry out a mass shooting the following year on a holiday “important” to White people, according to the FBI.
“I want to cause mayhem on the white community. The reason i specifically want to target white people is because as a black male, they will NEVER understand my struggles. Same way I will never understand their struggles, but I don’t care to,” he purportedly wrote. “I want to erase them. All of them really, but in this case as many as I possibly can.”
On another platform, under the username “1dayUsuffer,” Cobb allegedly fantasized about an adrenaline rush he would feel by shooting up a crowd. He said he would probably overdose on his own adrenaline after killing 10 people, according to the FBI.
“Tbh I hope I do progress into a serial killer because I f---ing hate life man,” Cobb purportedly wrote. “But one day everyone will suffer. I promise I will make everyone feel my f---ing pain. My deep, sincere, raw, & sharp pain.”Cobb faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, along with a $250,000 fine, for transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce.
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