MARCH 9 • 2023 | 21 was charged with ethnic intimidation after screaming antisemitic profanities at a local synagogue preschool. The state has also been home to a growth in vio- lent extremist movements, including a group recently put on trial for plotting to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; one of the leaders of that effort was sentenced to 19 years in prison. The University of Michigan had employed Carpenter for 10 years and let him go in 2021, a spokes- person for the university told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. A review of the uni- versity’s publicly available salary disclosure informa- tion shows Carpenter was a systems administrator in the computing depart- ment at the dean’s office of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, the school’s largest college. The university did not elaborate on Carpenter’s employment or why he was no longer with the school, citing its policy on person- nel matters. DISTURBING BACKGROUND Federal agents determined that Carpenter had pre- viously been arrested on assault charges and had stolen one of his handguns from his girlfriend. His mother told authorities he was in possession of several firearms, including three handguns, a 12-gauge shot- gun and a military-style hunting rifle. The Feb. 17 tweet by Carpenter directly threat- ening to kill Jewish elected officials, as quoted by the FBI, was not visible on the public Twitter account linked to him as of March 1. But a stated intent to return to Michigan that was also quoted by the FBI was visible, as were many other violent threats and antisemitic rants, including threatening allusions to the antisemitic conspiracy theo- ry that the COVID-19 vac- cine was developed by Jews as a means of controlling the world. “Any Jewish person holding a public office on my land after that time is subject to immediate punishment for their par- ticipation in an unlawful war of aggression using a biological weapon against me,” he wrote. Carpenter also threatened any law enforcement personnel who planned to interfere with him with “deadly force.” In multiple paranoid manifestos posted to his Twitter, Carpenter also declared himself “the King of Israel” and declared that he was forming a new state on his property, one the FBI said he had declared “New Israel.” JCRC STATEMENT JCRC/AJC Detroit and JCRC Ann Arbor issued a joint statement. “We are grateful the FBI and other law enforcement authorities worked hard and fast to apprehend the person who made these threats. “Sadly, these kinds of hate- ful statements and threats of violence are becoming more commonplace and reinforce the need for us to speak up against antisemitism and hatred of any kind. “We must work together with all our allies and part- ners to make sure we look out for each other and create an environment where this kind of behavior is not tol- erated.” A W O R K O F A R T , C R A F T E D W I T H H E A R T . 2723 S State St Ste 320 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Direct: (734) 668-4327 neil.weissman@wellsfargoadvisors.com wellsfargoadvisors.com Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Teams We are pleased to announce that The Weissman Eppler Private Wealth Group has been recognized on the 2023 Forbes Best-in- State Wealth Management Teams list. 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