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Suspect in custody after racist Tweet threatened SF police chief
Acting San Francisco Chief of Police Toney Chaplin speaks to the media and community members after a standoff in San Francisco on July 6, 2016.
Photo: Connor Radnovich, The Chronicle
By Vivian Ho
Updated 9:48 pm, Tuesday, July 19, 2016
A man who allegedly made a racist Twitter threat against San Francisco’s acting police chief, Toney Chaplin, was taken into custody, police said Tuesday.
Donald Eric Hoganson, 60, was detained from his home on the 2600 block of Ortega Street on Monday, but has not yet been formally booked into County Jail.
Authorities said they identified him as the person behind the Twitter account, @BethesdaSavior, which has promoted white supremacy and posted images of swastikas and lynchings.
On Saturday, the account posted a tweet that called for beheading “this black man” and included a photo of the chief beside a photo of a guillotine and a photo of a sign reading, “White Trade Only.”
The investigation is still ongoing, with officers executing a search warrant at the location on Ortega Street, said Officer Carlos Manfredi, police spokesman.
According to court records, Hoganson suffered from schizophrenia and often referred to himself as Bethesda. In 2002, Hoganson was indicted for allegedly threatening to kill an FBI agent outside the Sacramento office.
He was determined not competent to stand trial, and his prosecution was deferred, according to court documents. The indictment against him was eventually dismissed.
The alleged threat comes at a time of heightened concern after killings of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La.
Last week, the Ku Klux Klan admitted leaving recruiting flyers in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
Chaplin has long spoken about racism he experienced growing up in Oklahoma, and the challenges of being a black officer.
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Acting San Francisco Chief of Police Toney Chaplin speaks to the media and community members after a standoff in San Francisco on July 6, 2016.
Photo: Connor Radnovich, The Chronicle
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By Vivian Ho
Updated 9:48 pm, Tuesday, July 19, 2016
A man who allegedly made a racist Twitter threat against San Francisco’s acting police chief, Toney Chaplin, was taken into custody, police said Tuesday.
Donald Eric Hoganson, 60, was detained from his home on the 2600 block of Ortega Street on Monday, but has not yet been formally booked into County Jail.
Authorities said they identified him as the person behind the Twitter account, @BethesdaSavior, which has promoted white supremacy and posted images of swastikas and lynchings.
On Saturday, the account posted a tweet that called for beheading “this black man” and included a photo of the chief beside a photo of a guillotine and a photo of a sign reading, “White Trade Only.”
The investigation is still ongoing, with officers executing a search warrant at the location on Ortega Street, said Officer Carlos Manfredi, police spokesman.
According to court records, Hoganson suffered from schizophrenia and often referred to himself as Bethesda. In 2002, Hoganson was indicted for allegedly threatening to kill an FBI agent outside the Sacramento office.
He was determined not competent to stand trial, and his prosecution was deferred, according to court documents. The indictment against him was eventually dismissed.
The alleged threat comes at a time of heightened concern after killings of officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La.
Last week, the Ku Klux Klan admitted leaving recruiting flyers in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
Chaplin has long spoken about racism he experienced growing up in Oklahoma, and the challenges of being a black officer.
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