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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2020
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Probably unpopular opinion: Tell the cops anyway.
This sounds like a death threat. If you get killed, people will be like "wHy DiDn'T sHe TeLl ThE pOlIcE????".
Worst case, the police don't care and they think that the boogaloo boy is cool. Best case, they do something about it and maybe keep you from dying. I don't think that the police will actually do anything, but they might, and this is life or death, so it's worth trying.
If you tell the police and they don't do anything, you'll have a good story about how useless the police are.
Everyone else's advice still applies, but you can still tell the police about this.
Use his social media as evidence too. Document all of his postings and vague threats. Lay low on zoom meetings and any other social media.
The cops suck and are generally unhelpful, but I agree that it's the best course of action right now. At least you will have a complaint on the record should anything involving this guy happen again. It might not prevent anything from happening, but it would leave a trail for a prosecutor looking to put him away.