A black former Marine is in a New Jersey prison on federal charges for repeatedly threatening to kill a group of white people, according to the Justice Department.
“This is why people like me shoot people.”
According to the Department of Justice, from December 2022 until at least May 2023, 23-year-old Joshua Cobb of Trenton, New Jersey, repeatedly sent text messages and made social media posts threatening to harm white people. Ta. press release is shown. The press release shared several messages allegedly written by Cobb that reveal a strong hatred of humanity in general and white people in particular.
Below are just a few of the messages attributed to Cobb.
- “I want to cause mayhem in the white community. The reason I specifically want to target white people is because as a black man, they will never understand my struggle. Similarly, I will never understand their struggle. I don’t understand it, but I don’t want to.” I really want to erase everything, but in this case I’m planning to attack as many as I can…I haven’t set an exact date, but… That’s what I intend to do. Indeed, today an important holiday for their race is approaching. ”
- “By the way, I hope I go on to become a serial killer, because I fucking hate this thing called life. …But at some point, everyone will suffer. I want everyone to know that my I promise to make you feel the fucking pain. My deep, honest, raw, sharp pain.”
- “It’s all a terrible game and you’re all going to die. I don’t have the necessary means right now to kill as many people as I intended, but I hope someday you’ll buy me a suitable weapon. There will be available resources (funds) for “killing people.” ”
- “I just want to preserve evidence for whoever investigates my case.”
Some of those messages were allegedly sent via text. Another user allegedly shared it on social media under his username 1dayUsuffer. Currently, no such accounts exist on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or X.
In conversations with law enforcement, Cobb allegedly admitted to writing at least some of the threatening messages and to planning the mass attack. He reportedly mentioned Jersey Strong Gym and Aldi grocery store in Robbinsville, New Jersey, as two potential locations.
Cobb too reportedly He expressed admiration for some white serial killers and indicated that he felt connected to them. The suspect told investigators he admired the “element of surprise and style” of the racist white gunman who shot and killed a black man at a Buffalo grocery store, police said. He similarly claimed to have felt the “pain” of the white Parkland shooter.
When investigators told Cobb they would seize the digital devices, Cobb responded, “These are things that would make someone want to do the things we talked about,” the complaint said. Cobb also allegedly told another Marine, “This is why people like me shoot people.”
Cobb will join the Marine Corps in 2023 and completed basic training in June of last year. He was stationed in California until his discharge last week. He is believed to have created most, if not all, of the threatening messages from his home in New Jersey.
Cobb was arrested last Friday and charged with communicating threats in interstate and foreign commerce, a federal crime punishable by up to five years in prison and $250,000. He remains in custody at the Monmouth County Jail without bail. He has another hearing scheduled for Friday.
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