FBI agents arrested a sword-wielding Massachusetts man on April 1 for allegedly posting messages on Facebook threatening to injure and kill President Donald Trump.
Agents and officers with the FBI Boston’s Western Massachusetts Joint Terrorism Task Force forced open the door of Andrew Emerald’s Great Barrington apartment at 6 a.m. with a battering ram after he didn’t answer, according to court documents.
Emerald, 45, then appeared inside the residence brandishing a long, metallic sword in one hand and a sheath in the other, the agents said.
“Emerald refused the agents’ directions to drop his sword and stated repeatedly … that the agents would have to shoot him,” the FBI wrote in a court affidavit. “Emerald then shut the front door and deadbolted it, preventing the agents from entering the apartment without a further breach.”…