Sayresville Mayor Victoria Kilpatrick cited a threat sent in the wake of Eunice Dwumfour’s death as a factor in stepping down. WNBC’s Brian Thompson reports.
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What a bunch of hicks.
Minimum 10 years for making threats of violence. This has got to stop.
Hand chopped off for making threats and threats will stop.
Threats of violence need to be caged immediately.
How is a threat caged I don’t understand?
That means you need to cage the entire US army.
@Cat Daddy they’re talking about tye people doing this
Democratic run sewer hole filled with hybrid serpent demonscum.
Bury the wicked thru Christ
All serpent made electric cars are mobile bombs manufactured by demon people that made sure you’ll never get out in time before you roast a very painful ugly death
That is also the message Michelle Obama is spreading through the world to your own nothing before you before you get and is the old saying clean before your door before you can green the whole town green
NJ is one of those states where left, right are usually cordial and respectful. It’s not a super liberal, or radical right environment. It’s usually middle of the road, everyone is chilled. Even Trump lives here to get away from Florida. To bring in this kind of hate is troubling. Leave that down south. Don’t bring it here.
@Right Wing is the Best Thing thank for letting everyone know that you are part of the problem and a huge POS
In Massachusetts, you don’t get respected for being a Republican (Not even moderate). The entire state is so progressive.
The mayor is a Democrat and her colleague who was killed, Eunice Dwumfour, was a Republican. You are calling Floridians hateful while your community is threatening and killing members of either party?😂😂😂
We really don’t have political violence down south…some racial stupidity caused by both sides, primarily my folks though, the political crazy is generally imported, by politicians from other states, like yours… Sorry, sad but true. Florida does not count, it is an area all to its own these days…and insane.
@Support The Police Don’t get me started Bayonne was once a racist town I’ve known that from my older siblings and I’m from Jersey city.
I’m not going to call this woman a hero or a coward, or left or right. She made a sensible decision, a centrist.
I would offer it’s not about being called anything. She made a healthy decision. Healthy decisions are better than staying in a toxic situation. I’d offer to consider that her family considers her a hero
Sad.
It’s sad because so many of our politicians are so freaking corrupt. It’s sad when local politicians who want to benefit their communities quit because they don’t feel safe.
@/____ /____ ‘o I don’t get anything from what you published. Can you explain, or is that impossible?
Some these small town mayor make around $20-$25/hr. In NJ you can literally make $20/hr working overnight in Walmart even the TSA is now around $32/hr without the risk of being assassinated
This is the land of guns. The assassination risk is at every job.
I made that kind of money driving a forklift.
Who cares????
You can be at any job. Welcome to 2023.
😢💔
Das a good mom ❤ a dad would of said so be it
Mistake. Letting lunatics win.
Then you go protect her.
It’s like the two parties are standing there whacking hornets nests and wondering why they keep getting stung. 🤔
Morocco asks for help from Saudi Arabia and European countries to evacuate its nationals from Sudan because it cannot shoulder its responsibilities towards them
What video are you commenting on?
This woman should have spent the last 10 years on a treadmill.
@Billy Brown—The people that you are talking about make up 13% of the population in America, but they are responsible for half of the crimes in America. Two thumbs up.
@Susan Kay—I couldn’t give a rats furry behind what you think of me.
@Eric Bassett what’s worse. A bully or imminent heart attack before she even reaches 55?
@Jonas Marat lol you think skinny people are exempt from having heart attacks ? Thats hilarious.
@Eric Bassett how many chronically obese octonegarians do you know that looks like this lady? It’s not conducive to a long and healthy life. That’s all I’m saying.
Corny. Everybody in politics gets crank calls and hate mail. But it’s good to be rid of somebody this pathetic.
That’s true but u figure even years ago people would receive these type of things but rarely would people act on it. Now in this day and age there are so many crazy people out there I don’t blame her. In particular men are really off their rockers of all races with all these shootings
Her colleague and good friend she worked with there was just murdered. They haven’t caught the perp yet. So she’s understandably a little twitchy since receiving her own death threat!
@Susan Kay obviously murdered by an ex lover. To assume it’s political is nuts. Way more common for it to be domestic abuse. She was allegedly seen arguing with the killer before she was murdered so it sounds like someone she knew
First if I receive a letter like that, contact the FBI and police.
Second I’ll be carrying a gun.
I will have armed security 24/7
For myself and my family.
If people don’t like how I’m doing my job.
Go to the voters box in the next election.
Yes, agree, the thing is when you’re a mother / a parent, and your kids ASK you to stop, it carries weight and that is more powerful than ego and self righteousness.
I’m not a mother but I respect her decision.
The town will not raise her children if something happens to her, they won’t be there for their graduation, sickness, health, marriage, celebrations, grandchildren… 🤷🏻♀️
It is what it is.
Maybe maybe another parent would look at it differently and say: “I want them to know, doing the right thing is non-negotiable and I’ll fight the evil with good, I’ll continue to work for this community that is also yours”, she instead is teaching them that family is above all, and that’s also valid. She’s fighting evil by doing right for her daughters.
lol ok
She must likely did.
@DaKrawnik420 wow you don’t like her decision go there protect her & her family truth is you don’t know what’ you would do.
First, you would crap your pants. When you stopped crying you would pull the curtains and hide. Then you would sneak out and leave town, no more to be seen. You’re not so tough, as you think, Big guy. And you can’t shoot straight when your hands are shaking.
Good on her. The right decision
Bigots and hateful Racists are chasing good people out of local government
True.
Why she loose endorsement?
Pitiful she cannot feel safe in her home town. She obviously did not feel supported.
Stop eating burguers
Stop misspelling.. foreigners learn to spell. That was worse than hamburders
2 tons of fun…. LOL
Typical nasty Trumper remark.
@Jason Dauenbaugh lol
All democrats need dragged into the street and dealt with
She’s letting the villains win.
No she’s not, she protecting her family. And you don’t know what you’d do, if you was never in that situation. Go get the bad people doing this then if you think that family becomes first
@Jannett Buddy, if people ran from their jobs whenever some anon threat comes their way, no one would work and 4chan trolls would control the world. 😑
So the trick is not to elect a person who agrees with the person making the death threats.
300,000 over eating people die EVERY YEAR in America because they can’t put down the fork and spoon.
The sow lied. I know what she loves more than her family, she loves triple cheeseburgers with triple fries, drowned in mayonnaise.
Amazing what the human body can tolerate..
@Jonas Marat 👍
This is part of a fascist takeover.
What a coward, where is the fbi?
#bot
Empty threats from cowards made you quit. Shows you don’t deserve the position you have 😂
Let’s see the letter. This seems more like a chance to play martyr
so Republicans are whacking people why are democrats not flipping out and trying to overthrow this tyrannical government we are the ones that actually have the reason to do so I am sick of Republicans I’m sick of NBC and your donors who are Republicans which is probably why it’s released at this time of day.. I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired
America wanted Trump now we all have to live with it. DEMOCRACY is a wonderful thing…..
Actually the electoral college BS system made that happen. He was rejected by the majority both times.
So where’s the colored headline NBC? Why doesn’t it say white mayor receives racial slurs and death threats bye unidentified color of letter sender? Come on let’s put the shoe on the other foot what would the NBC headline read. The reason you don’t put out a headline like that is because it will not meet you or racial fuel on the fire narrative. You have no integrity and you have no morals. And I hope to see the day you have no ratings unless you wise up and start telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, no narrative opinion
There is no hate like christian love
Where did they say anything about Christian?
@swissmiss it’s no coincidence that the far right extremists use Christianity to justify their fanaticism
Figures:
@cachecow 7 subscribers No videos Joined Sep 18, 2006. So glad you are using your channel to help, yeah. Another useless foreign no content troll, go away.
@swissmiss thank you, but did a troll check, poster is nothing but a troll…
People don’t run for elected positions for the money. Unless they are corrupt. Or have grand ideals that they can make a difference. Helping people isn’t a thankful job. It’s just who you are. A lot of good people burn out.
Seems to be more of a racial issue than a political issue..?
The state of New Jersey is absolute trash
In some cases, having a public servant job is a calling.
Still one of the dangerous job there is, death threats, rivals spreading fake vile stories about you and your family and yet like you said, it’s a calling or it’s a tremendous form of grifting
That’s what they do they threaten you
I am shocked they don’t have any leads at this point. However, do Not assume the threatening letters are the guilty person, it could just be some nutcase that read this story in the news (or the guilty party is trying to throw off investigators). Cases like this are very rare (going after a politician in the United States). This could have been personal (someone from her past). I just thought they might have some video footage of the vehicle traveling too or from the location where the poor woman was killed.
I agree.
This is another racially motivated attack why is this been overlook and why I’m just hearing that a black council woman was deleted in jersey? I’m outraged.
By stepping down, they win.
biden s amerika……the media and joe have spread hate and nation is divided like no time since the civil war
shouldn’t let bullies win
Aww look at that big old fatty cry 😂
Those that send the threatening letters should swing right next to the guilty one.
How rotten that we are losing so many public servants to this vile hatred & violence that’s been unleashed by tRumps MAGA movement
white men is the worlds problem,
The GOP are terrorists.
WHERE IS MERRICK GARLAND? The fascists are winning, and he is doing nothing! This is insane!
Where’s the security after all this this was clearly a targeted attack and targeted threats…. where is the #FBI #DOD??
Land of the free?
Her community has only itself to blame.
It takes a real coward to threaten kids over politics.
I hope they get what they deserve.
It really is a crying shame when our elected officials are getting death threats, especially after one of her colleagues was killed.
I’m disturbed That they haven’t solved this mystery, For the individual not to get caught on one camera??
R you shore it’s not food
She was a bum and wasnt going to win anyway, thats why she gave up…..rubbish
Good for her, buy why did the local Party withdraw support, after another member of council from the same party was murdered? Seems like a party disconnect, or just yankee stupidtiy.
You know, for all the oeople whi tale about this being Republicans, the left are the ones who have weaponized language, and I wholeheartedly believe that they believe ANY means justifies their ends, as history shows.
This is horrible.
Biden’s America