Nathan Larson unsuccessfully ran for Congress from Virginia's 10th district and was imprisoned for threatening to kill President George W Bush and Barack Obama in 2008.
While some African Americans are entirely unwilling to take a COVID-19 vaccine, some doctors supported by Donald Trump are pushing false claims to make the situation worse.
A social media post claimed that the invoking of martial law was based on the Insurrection Act of 1807 and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977.
According to documents from the Cyberspace Administration of China, Hangzhou, the government hired internet trolls to control the narrative on Dr Li Wenliang and coronavirus.