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Thursday, October 8, 2026
Black students face federal charges for social media posts about Trump as his own threatening remarks draw scrutiny
As President Donald Trump faces backlash for comments he made, essentially inviting Iran to attack California cities, three Black college students in Alabama are facing legal proceedings for comments they made about the president on social media.
Ahead of Trump’s visit to Alabama on October 2, the FBI conducted a social media search for posts it deemed threats to the president or to the rally scheduled to take place at the Mitchell Center. During that search, authorities flagged posts from three University of South Alabama students, which ultimately led to their arrest.
Cameron Lewis, Kayla Smith and Amare Woods have been charged with making threats on social media towards Trump.
According to the FBI, Woods, an 18-year-old aerospace engineering student with no criminal history, wrote “He gotta die bro,” in the comments of a post about the president’s visit to Alabama.
Smith, an education major, is facing charges for commenting, “We only got one chance, let’s take it,” with an image of someone mimicking holding a firearm under a TikTok video about the visit.
And Lewis, a biology major, resident assistant for the University of South Alabama, and a pharmacy technician, is being accused of sharing two posts on X that reportedly suggested the University of South Alabama would be remembered in the same way as Utah Valley University, where Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September 2025.
“There’s going to be some genuine question as to whether or not this was a comment versus a threat,” Woods’ attorney Jason Darley told Fox 10.
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