Bomb Threat Convict Says He's Not 'Ashamed' In Twitter Post

NEW YORK — A disgraced former journalist serving time for making bomb threats against Jewish organizations appeared to tweet from prison Wednesday that he was "in no way ashamed" of torturing white people.

Juan Thompson is listed as being in a low-security federal lockup in Arkansas. But that didn't stop three posts reflecting on his crimes and the criminal justice system from appearing Wednesday afternoon under his handle, @JuanMThompson.

"sorry to ppl who got mixed up. but I'm in no way ashamed," Thompson's account tweeted just after 1 p.m. "if the individual whites i tortured think twice about trying to dominate another black person, that's worth the contempt of all humankind."

The account's bio also issues an apparent apology to the people his threats targeted. "Note: To Jews I say sorry," it reads. "Y'all were wrongly caught up in my drama."

Thompson pleaded guilty to cyberstalking in June 2017 after officials accused him of threatening at least a dozen organizations, including Jewish community centers the Anti-Defamation League's Manhattan headquarters.

The threats were part of a months-long campaign by Thompson to harass his former girlfriend, prosecutors said. He was sentenced to 60 months in prison in December 2017.

More than three dozen tweets have been posted since then on Thompson's Twitter page. Some of the posts — along with his bio — refer to the fact that the prison where he's incarcerated in Forrest City, Arkansas appears to be named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

In one March 25 tweet, Thompson appears to admit to "tormenting" his ex, who he refers to as "bluest eye."

"I hated that white woman straightaway. W/in two months of meeting the white woman I started tormenting her," the post reads.

Thompson's tweets were posted by an account that a Patch reporter has followed since before his entanglement with federal prosecutors.

The most recent posts came the same day that a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing for Thompson because incorrect guidelines were applied in determining his initial penalty.

Thompson's lawyers could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment on the posts.

Thompson, of St. Louis, worked as a reporter for The Intercept. The news website said it fired him in January 2016 after it found he had fabricated quotes and sources.

Patch editor Kathleen Culliton contributed reporting.