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 A Washington state man was charged Tuesday with threatening to kill a recently resigned Ferguson, Missouri police officer identified by federal authorities only as "D.W." 
 
 Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in August, resigned from the Ferguson force on Nov. 29. A grand jury's decision not to indict Wilson in Brown's death was announced Nov. 24. 
 
 Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar, 46, faces three counts of making interstate threats. Each count is punishable by up to five years in prison. The complaint alleges he made repeated threats to kill "D.W.", members of the officer's family and other law enforcement officers. 
 
 Abdul-Jabbaar was arrested at his home in Kirkland, Washington on Tuesday morning and is scheduled to appear in a U.S. District Court in Seattle at 2 p.m. local time. 
 
 "Although we each have the right to express our views about the decision reached by the state grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, we cannot tolerate violence or threats of violence that are intended to intimidate, and ultimately silence debate," said Acting U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes in a statement. "Such threats are crimes, and the individuals who make them must be held to account." 
 
 According to the complaint, Abdul-Jabbaar started posting threats on his Facebook page shortly after the Aug. 9 shooting of Brown, and continued posting through late November. Federal officials said Abdul-Jabbaar posted various statements about killing police officers and traveling to Ferguson, Missouri, including the statement, "We need to kill (the officer) and anything that has a badge on." 
 
 In a Nov. 11 message, Abdul-Jabbaar allegedly asked if there were any "REAL BLACK MEN" willing to go to Ferguson and "give back those bullets that ... [D.W.] fired into the body of Michael Brown. If we're unable to locate Officer [D.W.] then we'll return them to his wife and if not her then to his children." 
 
 Prosecutors also allege that Abdul-Jabbaar used Facebook to attempt to acquire a firearm, asking an unidentified person in October to "hook a ninja up on the connect." After Wilson was not indicted, Abdul-Jabbar allegedly messaged the same person that it was "Time to kill a cop." 
 
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 FILE - In this file Feb. 11, 2014 image from video released by the City of Ferguson, Mo., is officer Darren Wilson at a city council meeting in Ferguson. A grand jury said Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 that it has reached a decision about whether to indict Wilsoin in the shooting death of Michael Brown, according to a lawyer for Brown's family. (AP Photo/City of Ferguson) 
 
 Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbar, 46, was arrested Tuesday morning at his home. Photo via Facebook. 
 
 By KIRO 7 STAFF 
 
 A Kirkland man was arrested after making threats to kill Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot Mike Brown. 
 
 Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar, 46, was arrested Tuesday morning at his home . He's made his first appearance in U.S. District Court at 2 p.m. in Seattle. 
 
 Federal authorities said the Kirkland man “made repeated threats to kill an officer formerly with the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department, members of the officer’s family and other law enforcement officers.” 
 
 At the Kirkland apartment complex where Abdul-Jabbaar was arrested, people were stunned. 
 
 Mariam Zayas knows Abdul-Jabbaar. “It doesn't seem real, because he seemed real quiet and real nice, nice guy,” she said. 
 
 “I'm shocked that someone would make a statement like that, it's just appalling,” said Alexander Lash. 
 
 Wilson's shooting of the 18-year-old Brown, and the Ferguson Police Department's response, generated outrage across the country. Chaotic protests gripped the streets of Ferguson and sparked a nationwide debate about race and law enforcement. 
 
 On Monday Nov. 24, the day a grand jury decided Wilson would not be indicted for the shooting, Seattle protesters clashed with police and blocked traffic on Interstate 5. In Seattle, five people were arrested in a Friday demonstration that disrupted the annual Westlake Center tree lighting and frightened children prepared to sing at the ceremony. 
 
 Wilson resigned on Saturday. 
 
 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained a copy of Wilson's resignation letter, which reads in part, "I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the city of Ferguson at risk ... It was my hope to continue in police work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me." 
 
 According to the criminal complaint, Abdul-Jabbaar started posting threats on his Facebook page shortly after the August 9, 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, and continued through late November. 
 
 Abdul-Jabbaar stated: “We need to kill [the officer] and anything that has a badge on,” and tried to use Facebook communications to acquire a firearm, federal authorities said. 
 
 Making interstate threats is punishable by up to five years in prison. 
 
 “We are fortunate to live in a country where the right to speak out about current events and disagree with our government is protected by the highest law of the land,” Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes said in a statement. “Our freedom of speech does not, however, extend to making threats to kill or injure law enforcement officers.” 
 
 People who live with Abdul-Jabbaar at his apartment complex said he never gave the impression that he cared about the controversy in Ferguson. 
 
 “Never let on at all that he had any type of hatred of that sort,” said his next door neighbor. She woke up early Tuesday morning when a SWAT team arrested Abdul-Jabbaar. 
 
 Wilson's lawyers previously told CNN it's practically impossible for Wilson to go back to work in law enforcement. 
 
 "There are death threats out against him, there are bounties that have been placed on his life. ... Realistically ... he can't go back to being a police officer. There's no illusion about any of this," lawyer Neil Bruntrager said. 
 
 Wilson's currently living in an undisclosed location, which his lawyer says will be his more-or-less permanent residence. The former officer was married a few weeks prior to the grand jury decision, and the couple is expecting their first child. 
 
 Information from The Associated Press is included in this report. 
 
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– A Washington state man was arrested by a SWAT team at his home early yesterday for comments he allegedly made on Facebook about Ferguson, Mo. Federal authorities say that over several months, Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar made repeated threats to kill Darren Wilson, members of his family, and "anything that has a badge on," NBC reports. The 46-year-old also allegedly tried to buy a gun on Facebook, asking another user if they could "hook a ninja up on the connect." After last month's grand jury decision, he allegedly told the same person it was "Time to kill a cop." Neighbors tell KIRO 7 they know Abdul-Jabbaar as a "real quiet and real nice" guy who never displayed any interest in the Ferguson situation. Abdul-Jabbaar has been charged with three counts of making interstate threats and faces a maximum sentence of five years on each count. "We are fortunate to live in a country where the right to speak out about current events and disagree with our government is protected by the highest law of the land," a US attorney says in a statement. "Our freedom of speech does not, however, extend to making threats to kill or injure law enforcement officers." Wilson has resigned from the Ferguson force, and his lawyers say that with threats against his life, it's unrealistic to think he could ever work as a police officer again.