A New York man is sitting in jail right now after sending a string of creepy email threats to NYPD police officers and at least one elected official.
26-year-old Daniel Pavel Silvera admitted to creating a Gmail account to send the messages.
On July 28, he wrote to the Gay Officers Action League and its president, Detective Brian Downey, as well as three different LGBTQ officers, threatening to kill them and every other gay and lesbian NYPD officer in the city.
But he didn’t stop there.
After that, he sent an email to City Council Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, saying he was going to break into her home and rape her four times before murdering her entire family.
Oh, but it gets worse.
Silvera is a Christian youth minister at a place called Metro Ministries. He is also involved with another Christian youth organization called Young Life. And according to his Facebook page, he moonlights as a “Christian rapper” with a group called Pavel International.
“These violent, dangerous threats against the Speaker and the NYPD are deeply disturbing and we thank the DA’s office for pursuing this matter,” said Robin Levine, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Mark-Viverito’s office.
It’s unclear what prompted Silvera to send the emails. He was arraigned Tuesday in a Manhattan criminal court on 17 counts of aggravated harassment. A judge set bail at $50,000.
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oddchild1
In less than a week another Christian proving my point that if Christians thought for one second they could get away with it would literally be raining men in San Francisco. Another Christian proving my point that the only difference between Muslims and Christians is that Muslims get their hands dirty when they want to kill gay teens, Christians on the other hand bully and shame gay teens into committing suicide and gleefully applaud when gays die like with the Pulse night club shooting. Once again, I repeat, if Christians for one second thought they could get away with it they would be hunting gay people for sport.
Purple2017
I am a Christian and I most definitely do not feel the way this person does. I believe that God’s children are all equally valuable, and some, like this guy, twist my faith into evil shapes. Please avoid sweeping generalizations.
I will grant that many who call themselves Christians are hate-filled, and I am furious when my faith is used as a justification for evil.
oddchild1
@purple2017 Exception that makes the rule; both Christianity and Islam are murderous, death cults whose holy books demand they murder gay people.
Juanjo
Rather amusing example of being overly-broad in one’s accusations. I agree that there are factions of the Christian and Muslim communities who based upon their interpretation of their religious dogma, despise homosexuals and wish them harm. The only reason we have fewer incidents of violence directed at gays by organized groups of extremist Christian thugs in this country is that the rule of law works for the most part. They know that they would be arrested and prosecuted for their crimes and when convicted would be punished.
I find it interesting that you mention San Francisco in your comments. If you have been to San Francisco, especially the Castro, you would know that many of the smaller businesses in the Castro are owned by immigrants, many of whom are Muslim Arabs. I have interacted with those folks for over 45 years, both in my personal life and professional life. I have found those folks to be good folks who are supportive of gay people living their lives without being molested in any fashion. That personal observation is supported by recent surveys in the US which shows that acceptance of gay rights is higher among Muslims than it is among fundamentalist Christians in the USA. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-muslims-homosexuality-white-evangelicals-lgbt-rights-transgender-islam-liberal-a7873276.html
dwes09
At the center of both Christianity and Islam is the tenet that they are “the one true religion”, the only route to an eternal paradise. This is a dangerous paradigm, and fuels a disregard for the “heathen” seen in periodically the history of both faiths. Christianity has been more tempered by age and reformation than Islam which is about 600 years younger than Christianity.
And Christianity has the added burden of a reverence for pain, torture and death implicit in the myth of Jesus’ Resurrection (brutal human sacrifice provides forgiveness for the sins of unrelated individuals, a rather grotesque notion to the non-christian).
This makes them both faiths that are prone to extremism and violence , as we see in history and current events and despite most of the members of these faiths being normal, peaceful people. I too live in San Francisco and all the Muslims I have met, including several gay folks, are exemplary citizens probably less judgmental than I.
JaredMacBride
Only difference between this guy and most other christians is that he’s more open about his bigotry.
blackhook
Religion and its many ‘gods’ are the worst things man has ever invented.
Bob LaBlah
From the article: “Silvera is a Christian youth minister at a place called Metro Ministries. He is also involved with another Christian youth organization called Young Life. And according to his Facebook page, he moonlights as a “Christian rapper” with a group called Pavel International.”
Doesn’t that alone tell you this kid has serious social problems? He clearly has no girlfriend and sounds as though he is fighting and losing the war against his gay “demons”.
ChrisK
Christianity attracts these type like bugs to light. Especially when they’re young. I was with a Christian youth group one time and at least 1/4 of them really needed psychiatric help.
oz1967
the big books of make believe breeding hate and war for centuries.
DCguy
In Shock that the one Trump Troll bot and his 15 screenames aren’t all on here desperately trying to talk about Muslims or something else to deflect from the fact that another right wing Christian wants to murder us.
dwes09
Actually, they are several different people as demonstrated by very different styles, though all of them have been through name changes. But you are right. It is odd they have not come here to insist that all Muslims want to kill us whereas Christians just like to talk about it, except for the crazy ones
Keith
Wouldn’t Jesus be proud? No. First off there was no Jesus, he’s a fictional character. IF there really was one, then this guy is in direct opposition to his (supposed) savior. Pastors masquerading as men of god are a farce. Do they espouse murder in the name of their peace loving Savior? Run, don’t walk away from these mentally sick, violent people. There is no god that goes with them. Go, atheist, as they don’t murder people for the sake of the “religion”.
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