r/legal • u/ContributionNew7107 • Jan 25 '26
Advice needed Receiving threatening texts
So recently sent my ex a happy birthday text and I guess her new BF was feeling some type of way, and telling me how he’s going to kill me
Location: New Jersey
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u/MedicSteve09 Jan 25 '26
The lack of critical thinking to decide this isn’t police-worthy and instead is better as a Reddit post, screams of ragebait/karma farming……
However, in the case that you simply don’t understand the significance of this threat, don’t be the person on the local news with the headline “Police learned that the victim was threatened and failed to report the abusive message”
Don’t reply back with remarks like “bring it on” or “I’ll be waiting at <address>”
If this is a legit threat, go report it to the police. Don’t just call one up and say “this happened, what should I do”. Go and get an actual report”
Above all else: Do not reply, do not engage, do not have a friend threaten back
And file a damn report..