PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in northern Arizona have arrested a man for writing a racist social media post accusing Navajo people of carrying the coronavirus and calling for their deaths.
The Page Police Department announced Tuesday that 34-year-old Daniel Franzen was taken into custody on suspicion of attempting to incite an act of terrorism.
Police say they received reports Monday of a Facebook post that urged people to use "lethal force'' against the Navajo community because they were "100% infected'' with COVID-19.
Investigators say they traced the post to Franzen.
He has been booked into Coconino County jail.
The city of Page borders the Navajo Nation, the nation's largest Native American reservation.
