Overview

• Iman Abdul, 27, was arrested Friday and remains in NYPD custody on counts of making a terroristic threat, aggravated harassment, endangering a child, and threatening mass harm
• The charges stem from a since-deleted Instagram post that included a Google Maps screenshot of Leon M. Goldstein High School and a caption calling for an attack because of its Jewish student body
• Advocacy group StopAntisemitism flagged the post, prompting the department’s intelligence bureau under Commissioner Jessica Tisch to act swiftly
• Abdul previously worked as a youth organizer on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s and State Senator Julia Salazar’s 2018 primary campaigns, raising questions about vetting in political organizing
• Jewish advocates and educators have condemned the threat as dangerous hate speech and demanded that she be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law