Indian-American Woman Ridhi Patel Arrested For Threatening US Officials With Murder

When it was time for the council to be opened for public remarks, Patel headed for the podium to drop menacing threats, claiming that she would go to the officials' house and “murder” them. Her contentious tirade followed as an address to heightened security measures as a clampdown on anti-Israel protests.

The 28-year-old woman, who's now been accused of 18 felony charges, cited Mahatma Gandhi and the Chaitra Navrati festivities in the same breath as her hostile claims against the city officials.

The internet community didn't take her words lightly and instantly shot her down online, condemning her as a “Hinduphobe” for invoking revered references while threatening to murder Bakersfield leaders.