Law enforcement officers in Tennessee were notified last week to be on the lookout for a man named Benjamin Matthew Dayton, who may be plotting attacks on supporters of former President Donald Trump. According to the ‘Officer Safety Awareness’ bulletin, Dayton sent his mother several concerning text messages suggesting he intended to cause harm or even kill Trump supporters.
“Have been thinking an awful lot about rigging my van and bombing [T]rump supporters,” Dayton said in one message. The bulletin informed officers that Dayton had also been experiencing “suicidal and homicidal ideations and also mentioned trying to obtain a firearm.”
Dayton’s Instagram profile contains an image of a 1969 US Army “Handbook of Improvised Explosives.” He also posted an image of his van with the anti-Israel slogan “from the rivers to the sea” painted on it.
According to a spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, contact was made by the Arkansas State Police with Dayton after the bulletin’s release. “On March 1, 2024, The Tennessee Office of Homeland Security issued an officer safety bulletin to Tennessee and surrounding states’ law enforcement agencies based on information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Memphis Field Office regarding Benjamin Dayton,” the spokesman said in a statement to The National Pulse. They added: “Recently, law enforcement agencies in Arkansas made contact with Mr. Dayton and the bulletin was allowed to expire.”
The National Pulse has reached out to the Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for further details on when contact with Dayton was made and if the FBI is recommending charges against him.
BREAKING: Tennessee Office of Homeland Security Issues ‘Officer Safety Bulletin’ To Multiple State Law Enforcement Agencies In Response To Bomb Threat Targeting “Trump Supporters”
“Have been thinking an awful lot about rigging my van and bombing @realDonaldTrump supporters.” pic.twitter.com/O1TlSyQRRU
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) March 6, 2024