Protester threatens to ‘murder’ Bakersfield city leaders during council meeting

A protestor who threatened to "murder" Bakersfield City council members on Wednesday made their first court appearance on Friday afternoon. Riddhi Patel, 28, was seen crying during the arraignment.
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[@ajinkyashinde8218]

As an Indian I'm very happy that she's behind bars😂

[@sumitsinghthakur4328]

me to happy

[@roddanlives2650]

There are not many Indians in jail in this country. She probably never knew how bad it smells in a place like that. I would cry too. lol

[@homieslice1996]

Whether you were an India Indian or an indigenous American “Indian”, you would love for those pushing against colonial narratives and scare tactics to be put in jail rather than genocidal “leaders” like Netanyahu or Biden (or Trump if he was elected and likely to do the same genocide”?

[@ajinkyashinde8218]

@@clawingbearwade4120 why😑

[@Somd55]

@@clawingbearwade4120 that's so sad to know! I know no prior criminal history or even a misdemeanour is good but she shouldn't have been let go that easy!

[@rich9987]

Well she just proved to them why they need metal detectors.

[@John316TOGODBETHEGLORY]

and quick deportation after she does her time.

[@bajorjor1]

Mental detectors

[@Mermaid404]

​@@bajorjor1BOTH! 😅

[@Exposingyou]

She showed why islam must be eradicated.

[@mariamzubairrahmani]

@@John316TOGODBETHEGLORY She's born in the US so she won't be deported. Her parents on the other hand, might face some problems.

[@emiranup]

She went from threatening people with violence to crying in court! 😂

[@conservativewarrior777]

Same thing is gonna happen to all those pro palestine robots if an American city is bombed by terrorists? Remember how bad Muslims were kicked in the face right after 9/11 happened?

[@Rahab111222]

She's a consummate cry bully.

[@b.b.s7545]

Typical wokism victim behavior

[@panchaguzman3719]

That's right now she crying what a joke they need to step up and show her, America ain't playing with these threats

[@neckarsulme]

that's how these leftoid whackos usually wind up

[@WaterDR-tw8re]

WTF is a city council in the US weighing in on a cease fire resolution across the globe. Sooooooooo dumb.

[@connieellerbe-maycock7115]

Exactly. Our tax dollars are work.

[@aaronpincus6095]

This is Bakersfield. Kevin McCarthy's district. They can't even control their own thugs (cops) but they will piss and moan about everybody else's problems before even trying to clean up their own.

[@glennsoucy4359]

They weren't. She expected them to.

[@greedyyawgoo5635]

I think the belief is that, if one City Council files a resolution on Ceasefire, all 19K+ City Councils across America will follow through like a Domino effect, and eventually force Congress, Senate, and the President to do something.

[@angkhoa1216]

@@greedyyawgoo5635This is like JFK’s communist domino effect Which is fucking false

[@sofieweb]

Please, please lock her up!!!

[@user-wk7by7eo5k]

As an Indian I don't agree with what Riddhi Patel said

[@SD-hp8wi]

She is an American.

[@charlescharlemagne4907]

@@SD-hp8wi no shes not, she just happens to live here

[@deepak198118]

She is born American

[@user-wk7by7eo5k]

@@charlescharlemagne4907 Please explain SD that what I am trying to say

[@derekjohn4412]

There is nothing American about her. She looks Indian and has an accent. She is a paper American.

[@dtmrea247]

I spent $80,000 on Marxist professors at the University of California, and all I got were these 18 felony charges.

[@Faretheewell608]

No, her degree is from a StL school

[@Shalom491]

This is not Marxist, this is Islam, don’t be scared to say it, it’s the truth.

[@398robin]

@@Faretheewell608 Majored in neuroscience.

[@xijinbling2373]

There are no Marxist professors in the US.

[@homieslice1996]

Marxists don’t support terrorism, bud. This case is dumb as hell. No punishment for genocidal tyrants, but an average citizen in a non-bourgeois region with likely college debt and logical anger is deserving of this?

[@nickknight5543]

Deport deport deport.

[@vcx666]

was denied visa last time, she is a nuisance nobody wants her.

[@MelodyMeanFace]

I don't even understand what a pro-palestinian resolution has to do with a local city council meeting.

[@neckarsulme]

nothing actually

[@cedricg190]

Woke-Liberals should be seen and not heard.

[@LordLarion489]

Councils are responsible for Garbage . 🐖

[@Maverick-fm2zk]

Exactly Nothing! Gee these People you know didn't get a Education here. Probably GAZA😂😂😂

[@Pacoyprecious]

Every Senator in every state has received thousands of dollars in “ donations” from the AIPAC, the organization that lobbies in congress to pass laws that benefit the Israeli government. These senators at the White House represent Israel interests. This means each state whose senator votes YES in congress to pass these “ laws”, are directly contributing to the Palestinian genocide in Palestine. If one of these senators was present at the city council meeting, then this would be the reason she was all upset and ranting.

[@TheBrownMan75]

FYI. She is married to a muslim.

[@MAXXTERN511]

Bro that explains her hate towards India and love towards radicals .

[@Maverick-fm2zk]

Really who u know ICE Will be looking for Her and Family. Run...I hear Mexico is seeking ILLEGAL Aliens to work. 😂😂

[@roifjecodirolf84]

she did not have a sex if she did not pro palistine or support Hamas.

[@XiaoFury]

The fact that she pled not guilty tells us that she's not sorry.

[@star007ify]

How do you plead not guilty when you are caught in the act...on video..for the world to see?

[@norton2757]

@@star007ifyRight!!!

[@Pacoyprecious]

@@star007ify why is she going to feel guilty when the American government is going to pass a bill to send billions of dollars to Israel in weapons in a few days? The American government is loosing the respect of the American people when they cooperate with a country committing genocide. The American people are going to get more bold, more outspoken and angry. If the US doesn’t apply consequences to Israel for using violence against civilians in Palestine, then we can do as please here in the US as well. Right? This is what many people are going to conclude. The American government is creating a hostile environment right here at home when they one standard for Israel and a different standard for everyone else who is not Israel.

[@adamakaru2683]

Muslims don`t get it! Religion is a choice, not an option.

[@treyhelms5282]

Good point. She cries, but she still doesn't accept responsibility for her actions.

[@denvan3143]

The defendant pleaded not accountable for her actions by reason of entitlement.

[@Pacoyprecious]

Yes, because here in American we have the tradition to be entitled. Yesterday a police officer who shot a rubber bullet and left a black woman blind, had no consequences. He didn’t loose his job or went to jail. The black woman was just protesting. She was not armed, didn’t kill anyone. Why can she not be entitled? This the land of entitlement

[@user-vl8qw8hp1g]

EXACTLY

[@Keefer24]

@@Pacoypreciousboo hoo go cry more, maybe figure out why 13 percent of the population cause more than 50 percent of the crime 😂🤡

[@rich9987]

California keeps radicalizing these emotional children.

[@Faretheewell608]

She is not a child

[@carolynw3602]

She’s a p1g

[@HomeSkillit]

Its world wide marxism. Stop blaming California for everything..

[@sanjuujosephh]

She's a pig. Not a kid

[@JamesBond77]

@@Faretheewell608Mentally she is.

[@teenyverse7707]

she was soo triggered by the metal detectors....she must've been planning something.

[@Krazed661]

What went through her head to think that was a good idea🤣🤣🤡

[@334honda]

Its a thing because she hasn't had sex. Quit this protest stuff and go to the gym and lose some weight. She could be able to find a guy then to give her sex.

[@Bryan-od7nv]

Because no matter how much chaos they cause, it’s always a slap on the hand when they cross the line. Why wouldn’t she think she could get away with threatening peoples lives?

[@rich9987]

She wasn't thinking she was reacting out of pure emotion and that's never a good idea.

[@IJEMTRANSPORTPinoyPride]

Dumb dumb hahaha

[@mytravls]

If an Indian support such causes they shouldn’t be called an Indian. I’m sure her parents are ashamed of her and so are the others in the same community.

[@kevinjackson9526]

Life in prison

[@zervaunt]

Calm down, Kevin Jackson💀💀

[@donaldmarusak6501]

​@@zervauntLIFE IN PRISON! THREATENING TO KILL MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC, 0N CAMERA!

[@greedyyawgoo5635]

Professional victim, nothing to see here.

[@MC-nb6jx]

Crocodile tears.. Lock her up..

[@ginafromcologne9281]

And she probably still feels like the victim.

[@phaddu7737]

She's married to Anas Ansari(a Muslim), please publish her full-name. In India she'd be given a ticket to fight in the no-go zone constituencies with the full-weight of the left behind her.

[@Mermaid404]

He will be divorcing her now! Watch.

[@SD-hp8wi]

She is an American and so is her husband.

[@zervaunt]

Why does it matter? Sure she has radical ideas, but if she was white yall would NOT give a rats ass, calling her a terrorist because shes brown and married to a brown man is absurd.

[@cascito]

​@@Mermaid404 her husband will be like : you can rot in jail honey, I still have 3 more to go 🤭

[@Mermaid404]

@@cascito Yep!'Now THAT would be a REAL eye opener for her!

[@LegacyMicro]

Tell me you attend a college in the United States without telling me you attend a college in the United States...........

[@sharanreddy6310]

Underrated 😂😂

[@JonathanGaeta]

I attended college, BC to be exact, and I came out just fine and not mentally unstable.

[@zindi1138]

2 plus 2 is 4.. ok you can go!

[@nuttybar9]

She's the perfect employee for the leftist KZbin.

[@Lu-dongo]

😂..Idiot Patel

[@rjuttemeijer]

A typical case of Fuck around and Find out. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mildredpierce4506]

What does the Bakersfield city Council have to do with what’s going on in the Middle East? Did she think that a peaceful protest mean you can say whatever you want? I hope she is made to memorize the bill of rights specifically freedom of speech what it covers and does not cover

[@derekferguson2328]

She can read up on it in jail.

[@mustang7603]

That’s how deranged these radical leftist are

[@craigoliver8712]

What is "bill of rights" is it like a Chitty sheet?

[@John316TOGODBETHEGLORY]

If what she and people like her is doing is peaceful protest I would hate to see them get angry and rant about nothing.

[@edwardharley9]

Bakersfield council you say? Were they not the ones that went crashingly broke not too long ago? Well no surprise these intellectual heavyweights are debating something nothing to do with them for salary.

[@spaceace1006]

Question: Who fired the first shot? Who started this war? Hint : it wasn't Israel!

[@timp3035]

She said the quiet thing out loud..............

[@sandhyarao7697]

Such arrogance while threatening orhers, however, she's nothing but a coward when facing the punishment.

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Right... nobody has every said something really dumb when they are pissed off. How is she a coward?

[@cedricg190]

that's the liberal snowflake of it.

[@workout1520]

@@Look_What_You_Did You don't get a pass when you threaten someone's life especially when you're angry. Thinking that is ok out's your own insanity.

[@Keefer24]

@@Look_What_You_DidShe’s illiterate. She just wanted to cry about something.

[@hughjass1044]

Well, it is California after all. Only thing shocking about this to me is that anyone there is shocked. You reap what you sow, folks. Ferment this kind of thing long enough; feed it, grow it, nurture it, encourage it, and it's only a matter of time before it turns on you.

[@checle4499]

She evidently missed the lessons that Ghandi taught - same as BLM totally skewed MLK's message. As for Jesus - just WOW. Put your sword away.

[@Durga.durgatinashini.111]

Thank you judge !!!

[@DrChem-wx1uc]

No 7-11 for you!

[@zervaunt]

Because shes hindu? You're ignorance is worse than her actions.

[@marathaforindia4659]

😅😂😊

[@b.b.s7545]

She wants a big gulp 😂😂😂

[@cedricg190]

lol..................

[@shashidharkolar1606]

Pathetic upbringing by her parents. Too much of freedom.

[@luckycharm1611]

No man should marry her, she will make his life hell. She is 28 years old not a young child to speak like this in public

[@suhask.r9240]

These people want be hero in single day, that's why they make statements like this in front of public. Law must take proper action until she agrees guilty and disclose their modus operandi

[@cedricg190]

in other words a wanna-be martyr.

[@nandu1929]

Deport

[@deepak198118]

Shes not Indian she's born American

[@craigoliver8712]

​@@deepak198118Born idiot+victim

[@derekjohn4412]

@@deepak198118A dog born in a stable does not make it a horse.

[@sealtheborder1300]

After court proceeding and whatever the outcome is, she will be on I.C.E.'s radar for Deportation to her homeland as an aggravated felon.

[@breaking324]

She is an American citizen by birth so no....

[@jimm1387]

You can't deport a citizen. Permanently putting her on the no-fly list is probably a good start.

[@cedricg190]

nov.5th cant get here fast enough.

[@sealtheborder1300]

@@breaking324 with a birth name like hers, I don’t think so!

[@Keefer24]

@@sealtheborder1300she is a American citizen unfortunately.

[@darrickmeadows8216]

She is the reason there is metal detectors there

[@Look_What_You_Did]

Found the boot licker.... Your government should be scared of the public.

[@SilverSin]

Why is a local counsel meeting addressing international politics in the first place? I don't support what the girl did and said, but I'm just wondering why this was a topic.

[@jimm1387]

You're right it shouldn't be, but California likes to virtue signal.

[@jimm1387]

@@RonaldMutebo No one gives af what the vote is at a Bakersfield city council 😂

[@Keefer24]

@@RonaldMuteboShows how much you know 😂🤡

[@brionlafond3736]

so glad she pleaded not guilty.....NO PLEA DEAL!!!!

[@Jeff-io2zn]

What could that committee do about Palatine anyway. Bye felecia.

[@robertmccown7525]

Demon possession 101.

[@cz-l]

No, she is too stupid to be possessed by demon.

[@sonnyd.6777]

" Boohoohooo....im a victim!"

[@pghurd3340]

Words have consequences, kids.

[@TheHnic2626]

She’s unstable and dangerous. She needs to go to jail

[@Okurka.]

FAFO

[@2112acj]

Ban her from all City Council meetings. She lives to complain about everything,

[@TalkingGIJoe]

She said the stuff she said around the water cooler where she works... at a council meeting... clownshow.😂😂😂

[@solomonkane9616]

Wtf do you mean “not guilty”?? She said it publicly thats also recorded live. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@alxavz18]

Even better, DA will prove her guilt beyond any reasonable doubt by playing the video in court, she will get few years in a state pen, will come out a different person, maybe

[@advancedstep9799]

The issue is that everything that these people/protesters do, goes unpublished.

[@edwinarcilla5888]

That escalated quickly!

[@tinguzz]

She is not Riddhi (meaning good fortune in Hindi) She is Raddi (meaning Garbage in Hindi).

[@tacosupreme1984]

These people have gotten away with acting like spoiled children because orange man bad but times are changing.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

If her mission was to get them to remove the metal detectors, she completely failed with her threats.

[@deebee1284]

I hope she gets life imprisonment.

[@tom.y9868]

Lost soul who fights against God!..... John.14:6

[@sheila-pu5me]

she needs to go to jail for that. threats dont solve anything

[@bradandrews7611]

Put her jail for life

[@thereluv168]

From the river to the jail lol.

[@bobcobb7719]

Money says she’s out and bail and that none of this ever goes to trial. It’s 100% racist to charge her, just ask any democrat.

[@scottthurman6135]

Ditto...

[@GreaserCentral]

Ask any Republican if they know what they are talking about. This girl should be in jail for her threat, and so should also Trump be in Jail. No one above the law.

[@chrisward4576]

@@GreaserCentral I gotta wonder if anyone realizes how much common sense that statement doesn't make.

[@GreaserCentral]

@@chrisward4576 The law doesn't apply to Trump?

[@dougcorcoran5455]

How is Trump related to the story? He has as much to do with the council meeting as Biden showering with his daughter.

[@dianacaycedo3265]

SO VIOLENT, THAT IS NOT GOOD, THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED BY ANYONE.

[@rosalindrajaratnam1836]

Judge deport her

[@elviraduncan86]

good for her stay in jail

[@70Eldo]

Guess this is the perfect example of F** around and find out. These are the same people who say "words are violence" but for everyone else, not them. Hope she gets 10 years in prison.

[@maitreekanjilal6779]

She should be deported

[@doctorm.nazareth7396]

The law here is too lenient theat here . Crocodile tears . send to jail. twenty years.

[@Nayero26]

These young people need to learn. Hold your tongue

[@kellyharter2529]

Put her in jail put her in jail put her in jail

[@droidtvvlog8859]

what a shame.,

[@michaelvilleneuve194]

Straight to prison for as long as possible.

[@ryanside9117]

Don’t have a cow Ms. Patel. 😅She could use the reduced food portions in jail for a year or more

[@muy2008]

Even UN can't stop the cesee fire. Why on earth you ask for a resolution from your own city for that. 😂

[@cedricg190]

she's slightly advanced.

[@christophertote8912]

Ah, the treasure of life; giving, nurturing, protecting, caring

[@6616Milan]

This is how all/most protesters are. Once these politicians take it seriously, they'll start sobbing & crying😂😅

[@shaniceb.5129]

She threatened city council all because of a metal detector? 🙄

[@KavinNaidoo]

Hope she's left to rot in jail for a long time. What a dolt

[@sandraowens4821]

I wonder if she speaks to her children like that?

[@victoriaman117]

all over something that doesn't involve you AT ALL!!!

[@frizfarm]

Why is the announcer calling her "they"? She is one person. It is very confusing . . .

[@WillyShakespeare.-1872-]

Life in jail plz

[@Keefer24]

If she cares so much why doesn’t she got to Palestine and protest?

[@AliciaMarchant]

Who came here from Amala? 😂 👇🏼

[@MegaSmiles2008]

She's 28 yo? Life must be hard in that body and mind. She looks like she's at least 50! Good, let her enjoy life behind bars.

[@saraburns7340]

she pleads not guilty...this thing is GUILTY, it is on tape! What an ef up she is.

[@user-rw7ye1ox8e]

20yrs she should get

[@tabbycat6458]

There's people out there that will back her up and go after the council members. She was calling out for people to hurt those members. They got her but I'd be worried about the people she called out too.😢😮

[@lar4305]

Her friends said we don't know her, and threw her under the bus 😂😂

[@franklingriffin1714]

Lock her up forever

[@timmathis8789]

Prison and then deportation.

[@johnpaul7241]

Dude she is NOT a product of India. She is a US citizen and has been radicalized in the USA University. So own up to your own failure and deal with it.

[@godtalk9645]

Mess around and find out !

[@williammurray1341]

In San Fran that would be released no bail.

[@vcx666]

She was denied visa to her country of origin and that's all you need to know about her to understand what kind of person she is.

[@specag8768]

all of a sudden, they condemn their own behavior

[@smythharris2635]

As a European person conversant with French history and culture she has no idea how ironic her reference to the guillotine was.

[@justinswif]

She's behind bars 😂😂😂soooo wholesome

[@clippertime3410]

ASK HER IF SHE CAN DO THIS FROM THE COUNTRY HER PARENTS COMES FROM NOT IN A MILLION YEARS 😮 SHE WILL GONE TO JAIL FOR A LONG LONG TIME

[@marioestrada1827]

Forgive pray for people like that

[@drones7838]

Why would a metal detector trigger them? Is It built in Israel

[@MaxBraver555]

She felt criminalized by metal detector? She criminalized herself with threats. You see activist being too outspoken, contradict themselves through their actions.

[@arksurvival8322]

So she’s taking this to trial? Her threats are recorded she has 0 chance of winning. Why would she be released as well? What would stop her from following through with her threats? A piece of paper?

[@sriranjanim1460]

Why is she crying now. Where her boldness gone

[@Sloppyfrog66]

So if the Bakersfield City council calls for a ceasefire then everything in the Middle East is going to stop ? Bakersfield has a lot of pull in the world.

[@Grundig305]

Just a sad little girl.