America is turning into the UK and Sweden faster than anticipated. New York City is full of no-go zones and plotting terrorist attacks gets you a light slap on the wrist, as Jihad Watch reports.
Marvin Aneer Jalo was 17 when he was arrested in October 2024 at the start of Phoenix LGBTQ+ Pride festivities. Authorities said he planned to use an explosive drone during the parade, scheduled for two days after his arrest.
Jalo, now 18, pleaded guilty April 3, 2026, to two counts of terroristic threats. He was sentenced April 29 to 1.75 years in prison, with credit for 599 days served.
When Jalo was arrested, he was originally charged as an adult with felony terrorism and conspiracy.
Investigators said he used chat rooms in 2023 with people he described as extremists. At one point, authorities said he posted that they could “bomb 2024 Pride Parade and take over USA.”
He was also accused of ordering chemicals needed to make an explosive through Amazon
That is a pretty light sentence for planning a massacre on behalf of ISIS.
Previous stories suggest that Jalo went well beyond just making ‘terroristic threats’.
“The investigation found that between November 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, Marvin Jalo participated in online chat rooms discussing the supplies necessary to make an improvised explosive device and then had those supplies shipped to him. He discussed his intent to make TATP (triacetone triperoxide), an unstable explosive that can propel shrapnel and other dangerous items outward, causing serious injury or death to people in the area,” read a portion of MCAO’s statement.
In a court audio recording we obtained, prosecutors said Jalo “posted various video of himself making the TATP” after the ingredients for the explosives were delivered to him in late November 2023, while “continuing to reference a desire to use those explosives.” Prosecutors also said that on Telegram, Jalo had “conversations about making a RC-controlled bomb and attacking various targets, including in New York City.”
Normally plotting an attack on a gay pride parade would have been a big deal, but initial condemnations carefully avoided any mentions of Islam.
I’m shocked and horrified at the alleged plot to attack innocent Arizonans and members of the LGBTQ community who attended the Phoenix Pride festival, and I’m grateful for the swift actions taken by law enforcement to prevent a potential tragedy. Arizonans must come together to reject hate wherever we find it. I was proud to serve as Grand Marshall of the Phoenix Pride parade this year, and I’ll continue to stand with the LGBTQ community in the face of bigotry and violent extremism.
Gov. Katie Hobbs
‘Reject hate wherever we find it’
Followed by a light slap on the wrist because gay people have to take a back seat to Islam.
Meanwhile this is the state of play for non-Muslims driving over LGBTQ road murals.
A man could go away for 10 years after vandalizing street Pride mural – LGBTQ Nation
He should have converted to Islam first.
Daniel Greenfield
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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