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Libs of TikTok blamed shooting threat on epidemic of trans violence. The perpetrator was cis.
Last week, the X account Libs of TikTok, run by Chaya Raichik, inaccurately claimed a school shooting threat was made by a trans person. Raichik has not recanted her claim even after law enforcement confirmed a cisgender girl made the threat. Leaked texts reveal that on September 24, a teenage girl in Tampa, Florida threatened to shoot up Alonso High School. The Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office (HCSO) posted on X about the incident after they arrested her. However, their post inaccurately referred to the girl as he, leading to Raichik assuming the girl was transgender. Related Hate influencer Chaya Raichik claims report linking her to bomb threats is vengeful hit piece In the past, Raichik has celebrated that her posts have been linked to threats of violence on schools and hospitals. #teamHCSO has arrested Mya Elizabeth Young, 15, a Tampa High School student, for threatening to 'shoot up' Alonso High School in a text message correspondence.HCSO's School Threat Assessment and Response Team responded to the high school and arrested pic.twitter.com/IowG87BzR6 HCSO (@HCSOSheriff) September 24, 2024 Stay connected to your community Connect with the issues and events that impact your community at home and beyond by subscribing to our newsletter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today More trans violence?! Raichik posted. Tampa police arrested Mya Elizabeth Young for threatening to sh**t up a school. Police referred to Mya Elizabeth with he/him pronouns. This is becoming an epidemic.More trans violence?!Tampa police arrested Mya Elizabeth Young for threatening to sh**t up a school.Police referred to Mya Elizabeth with he/him pronouns.This is becoming an epidemic pic.twitter.com/p5NMT5WpI4 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 25, 2024 The next day, HCSO posted a correction stating, Edit: The last line should read: At this time, detectives do not believe she has access to any weapons.Edit: The last line should read: At this time, detectives do not believe she has access to any weapons. HCSO (@HCSOSheriff) September 25, 2024Raichik has not updated her own post with a correction as of the time of this article.This is far from the first time Raichik has falsely blamed trans people for school shootings. She falsely claimed that last months school shooter in Georgia was trans based on a misreading of a CNN report. She also falsely claimed that this years shooting in a Houston megachurch was carried out by a trans woman. Raichik also spread similarly false or misleading claims about a January school shooting in Iowa and about the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.Raichiks posts have been linked to multiple bomb threats across the country, although she has denied any responsibility. Her account regularly echoes right-wing claims of LGBTQ+ people and allies indoctrinating, grooming, and sexualizing kids rhetoric that leads to violence against queer people and allies. Her bio on X once proudly touted her being labeled as a stochastic terrorist, a person who uses mass media to provoke random acts of ideologically motivated violence.In 2022, she told the Washington Post, We 100 % condemn any acts/threats of violence, yet in November 2023, she posted a photo of herself smiling with the cover of USA Today, which had a headline declaring, When Libs of TikTok posts, threats increasingly follow.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.
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