KENOSHA, Wis. (WFRV) – A 38-year-old man from southeastern Wisconsin was convicted on a guilty plea to threatening to murder a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer.
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According to Brad Schimel, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Andrew Stanton of Kenosha posted a TikTok video on August 29, 2025, stating that “you have to use bullets to get through to politicians.”
“We’re not getting through to them [politicians] with using our words. That’s never gonna happen. You have to use bullets,” Stanton said in the video.
Another video on the same day by Stanton had the following text:
“I imply the very TRUE statement that a violent state can only be stopped with violence in return. Also, I think we should be OFFING federal agents. Also, I support ‘terrorism’ by their standard. Anti-imperialist by mine.”
According to U.S. Attorney Schimel, FBI Task Force members tried to interview him, which they say led him to post additional calls for violence, including against the officer who reached out, stating in an October 4, 2025, video that “it’s time to start shooting at them,” in reference to ICE.
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“If they show up to your neighborhood, and I’m talking to you, Border Patrol Officer Joe, it’s time we start shooting at y’all,” Stanton said in the video.
Stanton faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines, with sentencing on June 18.
