Gabe Whitley holds a rally outside the Winfield K. Denton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Evansville, Ind., May 10, 2023. (Photo by MaCabe Brown/Courier & Press)
Newly-unsealed court documents reveal a former Hoosier congressional candidate’s arrest and ongoing criminal case are connected to allegations of online threats and harassment he made against Indianapolis-based political commentator Abdul-Hakim Shabazz
Gabriel “Gabe” Whitley was arrested on a felony charge in August after Indianapolis police received a complaint that he was “stalking” Shabazz on social media, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Shabazz, who made the report, said he was covering an FBI search warrant of Whitley’s home when the former political candidate “began encouraging violence against him by way of X (Twitter) posts,” the affidavit said.
Police claim Whitley’s posts included statements like “shooting him like a pig” and called for “national law enforcement” to raid Shabazz’s house. Shabazz — who has a prior history of civil litigation against Whitley — said he was “unsure” of what Whitley “is capable of doing,” and further expressed concern for his safety, as well as that of his “family, wife and other loved ones” at the Shabazz residence.