Man who made threat against Austin ISD board convicted of hate crime

AUSTIN, Texas - Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza recently announced that his office secured a hate crime conviction for Michael Boone.

Timeline:

On August 11, 2023, the Austin Independent School District’s Police Department investigated a terroristic threat sent to the Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees via their "Let’s Talk" App prior to the Board of Trustees' participation in the Austin Pride Parade on August 12, 2023.

The message sent included the following threat:

"You sick pathetic humans for allowing and promoting this nonsense. I’ll have my sniper rifle ready and pointed straight at you until one by one you’re an oblivion in America’s history, but burning hotly in hell."

After the message was discovered, the Austin ISD Police Department used the IP