North Carolina man arrested over threat to 'shoot and skin' black babies in YouTube comment

North Carolina man arrested over threat to 'shoot and skin' black babies in YouTube comment

Zachary Charles Newell, a 25-year-old from Newport, North Carolina, was arrested on September 1, 2025, after posting a racially charged comment on YouTube threatening to kill black preschool children. According to a United States Department of Justice press release, The comment, made under the username “CommentatorsHateMe,” read: “I’m gonna shoot up a black pre-school. 20 black babies will be shot and then skinned like the animals they are.” Goo…