From Bakersfield Now (Jackson Walker):
Officers escorted Riddhi Patel, 28, out of a Thursday assembly of the Bakersfield Metropolis Council after she repeatedly threatened dying towards councilmembers who had been weighing a Gaza ceasefire decision. Patel spoke out in favor of the decision, however expressed skepticism towards the council’s willingness to go it.
“I haven’t got religion that you’re going to do that,” Patel mentioned of the decision. “You guys are all horrible human beings and Jesus most likely would have killed you himself.”
Patel, who identifies as non-binary, then threatened a violent rebellion if council members selected to oppress their constituents.
“I remind you that these holidays that we observe, that different folks within the international south observe, imagine in violent revolution in opposition to their oppressors and I hope sooner or later anyone brings the guillotine and kills all of you motherf ——,” Patel mentioned.
Patel later addressed the council a second time, expressing outrage over the presence of steel detectors on the assembly.
“Within the final 5 years I’ve attended metropolis council conferences there’s by no means been steel detectors, there’s by no means been extra cops,” Patel mentioned. “The one cause you are doing it’s as a result of folks truly do not care should you guys do not like them they usually’re truly resisting so that you’re attempting to criminalize them.”
“We’ll see you at your own home,” they added. “We’ll homicide you.” …
Patel has been charged for the threats, and stays in jail with bail set at $2 million.
For extra from Patel, see the Tweets archived right here:
Please blacklist this @riddhipatel1025 and do not let her endanger the leaders of Bharat, @NIA_India @HMOIndia @IndianEmbassyUS https://t.co/LQlItfmald pic.twitter.com/zZgLAQx3iE
— Utsav ???????? (@UtsavSanduja) April 13, 2024
The Tweets seem to have come from the @riddhipatel1025 Twitter account that Bakersfield Now signifies was related to Patel. (It has since been deleted, although you’ll be able to see an archive of the identification info right here; it additionally hyperlinks to this web page.)
I recognize that there are many Patels on this world, together with in America, and that the picture related to the Twitter web page is considerably completely different from the picture on the video. However this March 27 Fb @riddhipatel1025 submit, appears to verify the hyperlink recommended by the Bakersfield Now story: The submit sought donations for an “emergency bail fund” for “5 people arrested immediately at a Bakersfield Metropolis Council assembly immediately after people have been turning out for MONTHS with United Liberation Entrance … to demand metropolis council introduce a ceasefire decision,” appears to verify Bakersfield Now’s connection between Patel and @riddhipatel1025. (The United Liberation Entrance posted an merchandise Wednesday saying that it “unequivocally condemns any statements that threaten public officers,” apparently particularly referring to Patel’s feedback.)
Patel additionally seems to be (or a minimum of have been) “an financial improvement coordinator with the Heart on Race, Poverty and the Setting (CRPE)”; here is her biography blurb from the CRPE web site:
Riddhi joined the Heart on Race, Poverty & the Setting in September of 2020. She was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA and attended Stockdale Excessive Faculty. She then went on to attain a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Saint Louis College in 2017. After returning to Bakersfield in 2019, she started volunteering for the Bernie 2020 marketing campaign the place she discovered organizing. After the marketing campaign ended, she shortly discovered a house within the Dawn Motion, co-founding the native Dawn Motion hub in Kern County with different native organizers.
By her advocacy for widespread sense statewide setbacks to guard frontline communities throughout the state, she discovered CRPE within the fall of 2020. She prioritizes highlighting the intersectionality that comes with the environmental justice motion to attain collective liberation for all oppressed communities. In her spare time, she enjoys holding elected officers accountable, watching countless quantities of films, tv sequence and sports activities, and having fun with time outside along with her household and mates.