Naugatuck男子扬言杀害共和党人被联邦起诉 两党谴责暴力言论
康涅狄格州New Haven县Naugatuck市35岁男子Scott Dyer因在网上发布威胁言论被联邦起诉。据美国司法部康涅狄格区检察官办公室发布，Dyer于10月被捕，面临「跨州威胁」指控；检方指他在10月8日和9日于一个YouTube视频下发表多条评论，写道：「我已准备好杀死共和党人。说实话，我很期待这么做。我已经选定了本地社区的下手目标。」
法庭文件还指称，Dyer声称自己列有数百人的电子表格、囤积空尖弹，并扬言前往国会大厦刺杀一名未具名的高级公职人员。若罪名成立，他面临最高5年监禁。目前他已以10万美元保释金获准居家监禁并接受电子监控。检方强调，指控目前仅为指控，Dyer在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
事件引发康涅狄格州两党共同谴责。康涅狄格公共广播10月19日报道，州共和党主席Ben Proto表示，针对民主党人和共和党人的威胁属于日益蔓延的暴力言论模式，他还透露一名州众议员候选人及其配偶也收到过威胁。两党人士表示，正通过更多线下镇厅会等面对面交流缓和政治对立气氛。（GSM 据美国司法部发布及康涅狄格公共广播报道）
Naugatuck Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Republicans; Both Parties Decry Violent Rhetoric
Scott Dyer, 35, of Naugatuck in New Haven County, Connecticut, has been charged in federal court with making interstate threats after allegedly posting threatening comments online. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, Dyer was arrested in October. Prosecutors allege that on October 8 and 9 he posted several comments on a YouTube video, including: "I'm prepared to kill Republicans. Eager to do it actually. I already have targets in my local community selected."
Court documents further allege that Dyer claimed to keep a spreadsheet of hundreds of people, said he was stockpiling hollow-point ammunition, and threatened to go to the Capitol to assassinate an unnamed high-ranking public official. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. He has been released on a $100,000 bond to home confinement with electronic monitoring. The charges are allegations, and Dyer is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Connecticut Public reported on October 19 that the case drew bipartisan condemnation. State Republican Party chair Ben Proto said threats against Democrats and Republicans alike are part of a pattern of worsening political rhetoric, and said a state representative candidate and the candidate's spouse had also received threats. Officials from both parties said they are encouraging more in-person engagement, including town halls, to improve political discourse. (GSM, via the U.S. Department of Justice and Connecticut Public)
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图片来源：图：康涅狄格州议会大厦，哈特福德（资料图）。照片：Wikimedia Commons。Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford (file photo). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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