Man detained in Twitter threat against San Francisco chief

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco official says a man who allegedly tweeted a threat against the department’s acting police chief is in police custody.

Officer Carlos Manfredi says 60-year-old Donald Hoganson was taken into custody Tuesday.

Manfredi says police began investigating after a tweet posted Saturday called for beheading Chief Toney Chaplin, who is black, and included a photo of the chief beside a guillotine.

He says Hoganson was taken into custody after a judge approved a search warrant of the man’s San Francisco home.

Manfredi says Hoganson has not been formally booked and that the investigation is ongoing.

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Hoganson’s Twitter account is filled with photographs of swastikas and messages about white supremacy.

The Associated Press