Man arrested after video post showed severed head of his father, police say, amid political rant that stayed online for hours
A man accused of decapitating his father – and posting a video online with his severed head amid a politically charged rant – was arrested hours later with a gun at a National Guard base, according to officials and court documents.
The video circulated for hours on YouTube – garnering more than 5,000 views – before it was taken down. Justin Mohn, 32, is being held without bond, charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and other charges, Pennsylvania court documents show.
During the online tirade, Mohn describes his father as a federal worker and rails against the Biden administration and the border crisis while declaring himself the new acting US president under martial law. The video was removed over its graphic violence, YouTube said.
The horrifying case comes amid a fraught national political environment and as social media executives – getting grilled Wednesday by Congress – have been under fire for allowing graphic and sometimes violent videos to be posted and remain on their sites.
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