A Butler man recently paroled from prison in Allegheny County, where he pleaded guilty to attacking a broadcast news cameraman and damaging a Pittsburgh police vehicle during a May 30, 2020, Black Lives Matter rally in Pittsburgh, was sentenced to probation Thursday in Butler County Common Pleas Court on charges for inciting a riot in Butler the day after the rally.

Jordan Michael Erdos, 22, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of terroristic threats and was sentenced to serve 12 months of probation, complete 50 hours of community service and ordered to earn a General Education Development diploma while serving probation.

Judge Timothy F. McCune ordered the sentence after accepting a plea agreement negotiated by the district attorney's office and the public defender's office.

Butler City police charged Erdos with felony charges of criminal solicitation to commit a riot, riot, three counts of terroristic threats and misdemeanor charges of terroristic threats and two counts of disorderly conduct following the May 31, 2020, incident.

In social media posts he made in May, Erdos said: “We loot, we rob, we set (expletive) on fire, we do what have to be noticed.”

“#NoJusticeNoPeace” was another post. His last post was “Riot in Butler May 31st at 2:00. meet at the Diamond Park.”

The posts prompted a sweeping response from law enforcement agencies. They also generated attention and a relatively large turnout in downtown Butler, with a crowd protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. There were several arrests, but no riot occurred.

Before imposing the sentence, McCune said the protests in Pittsburgh went overboard.

In the Butler case, he said it was a crime committed over the internet to encourage other people to commit crimes.