AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Travis County District Attorney’s Office announced in a Thursday afternoon press release that a 57-year-old man was convicted on Aug. 28 for threatening to harm Austin ISD board members for their participation in the 2023 Austin Pride Parade.
Michael Boone pled guilty to and was convicted of Terroristic Threat to Cause Imminent Serious Bodily Injury, a class B misdemeanor. The judge also found the threat constituted a hate crime, upgrading the charge to a class A misdemeanor.
“You sick, pathetic humans for allowing and promoting this nonsense. I’ll have my sniper rifle ready and pointed straight at you until one by one you’re an oblivion in America’s history, but burning hotly in hell,” wrote Boone on Aug. 11, 2023, in AISD’s “Let’s Talk” application…