You’ve seen and heard the name “ISIS” in the news for the group’s terror campaign intent on making an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. So far, all the activity has been overseas, but now they’re naming cities in America… including Charlotte.
It happened over the weekend as Charlotte’s John Osborne, a Twitter user, was looking up ISIS tweets so he could report them. Many of the accounts are automated, and simply send out pre-programmed tweets. But this one was different. It actually referred to John by name, and after some back and forth, made references to SouthPark Mall and dying in a “suicide car-bomb.” Osborne turned it over to the FBI. But neither the feds nor CMPD say there’s any credible evidence of a threat at the mall.
In fact, several experts feel that ISIS is a regional threat in the middle east, not here in the U.S. But then, there are images like these: tweets that show ISIS supporters in places like Chicago and Washington, D.C., even down in Ferguson. Maybe just a sick joke… but maybe not.
Either way, it’s enough to get under your skin. Which could be just what they want. So we sent our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, to find out: how concerned you are about ISIS threats here in Charlotte?
