On October 22 2008, a message was posted in a Yahoo message board titled "Shoot the nig."

Country fkd for another 4+ years, what nig has done ANYTHING right???? Long term???? Never in history, except sambos... Fk the niggar, he will have a 50 cal in the head soon.

US Secret Service agents traced the post through the IP address. A 47 year old man named Walter Bagdasarian admitted to Secret Service agents that he was the person responsible for the message.

When Bagdasarian's home was raided agents turned up three rifles, including a 30.06 with a telescopic sight and a Remington .50 caliber muzzle-loading rifle. He has been charged with expressing 'displeasure' over Obama's candidacy and threatening that he would soon have "a 50 cal in the head."

Bagdasarian was released last month on a $100,000 real estate bond. He hasn't been accused of actively plotting an attack on Obama.

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