A Texas man has been arrested after threatening to “lynch and kill” Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk. The arrest follows weeks of neo-Nazi threats and action in Middle Tennessee.
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Fifty-nine-year-old David Aaron Bloyed of Frost, Texas, has been charged with communicating a threat in interstate commerce. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to five years in federal prison.
The arrest stems from weeks-long confrontations in Nashville between a neo-Nazi hate group that traveled to Middle Tennessee to harass and intimidate citizens, religious groups and elected officials. According to federal prosecutors, following the arrest of one neo-Nazi who engaged in a July 14 fight in downtown Nashville, a Telegram user later identified as Bloyed allegedly posted threats against Funk with the caption “getting the rope.” Other posts included “a photograph of a person hanging by the neck from a gallows, with the phrases, ‘The “Rope List” grew by a few more Nashville jews today,’ and ‘Will you survive the day of the rope?’”
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In 2023, the Texas Observer identified Bloyed as one of four men who were cited by Fort Worth, Texas, police for distributing antisemitic flyers.
“In a functioning democracy, we simply cannot tolerate threats of violence against elected officials,” says U.S. Attorney Henry C. Leventis in a Sept. 20 release. “The charges announced today are just the latest illustration of the Department’s commitment to protecting public servants and upholding the rule of law.”
