Former College Student Sentenced for Online Death Threats to Jewish Students

A 22-year-old former Cornell University student was sentenced on Aug. 12 to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release for posting online threats to Jewish students, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Patrick Dai, formerly a junior at Cornell University and originally from Pittsford, New York, previously entered a guilty plea and admitted to posting threatening messages on Oct. 28 and 29 of 2023. Dai admitted he posted messages in a Cornell section of an online discussion forum, including a post that he was “gonna shoot up 104 West” and “gonna bomb jewish house.” Dai was referring to a dining hall at the university that predominantly catered to Jewish students with Kosher meals and the Cornell Jewish Center that provides residential housing for students....