Cornell student accused of threatening to behead Jewish babies sentenced to prison

The‘Outnumbered’paneldiscussedgrowingantisemitismnationwideandhowtheBidenadministrationhasrespondedtoheighteningthreatsagainstJewishAmericans. AformerjunioratCornellUniversityinIthaca,NewYork,wassentencedto21monthsinprisonafterthreateningtomurderJewishstudentsandbeheadtheirbabies. TheDepartmentofJusticesaidinapressreleasethat22-year-oldPatrickDaiofPittsford,NewYork,wassentencedonMondayto21monthsinprison,followedbythreeyearsofsupervisedreleaseandaspecialassessmentintheamountof$100. “Everystudenthastherighttopursuetheireducationwithoutfearofviolencebasedonwhotheyare,howtheylook,wheretheyarefromorhowtheyworship,”AssistantAttorneyGeneralKristenClarkeoftheJusticeDepartment’sCivilRightsDivisionsaid.“Antisemiticthreatsofviolence,likethedefendant’sviciousandgraphicthreatshere,violatethatright.Today’ssentencingreaffirmsthatwewillholdaccountablethosewhoviolentlythreatenand