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Originally posted by Zaphod58
reply to post by Sissel
They don't investigate threats against a presidential candidate. The law states that threats against the President are investigated, not threats against a presidential candidate. The Capitol Police investigate threats against anyone else.
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Originally posted by Lonewulph
There is no freedom of speech in regard to a verbal threat, (involving death or great bodily harm), to anyone.
To be 'arrestable', the threat must typically be in physical presence of the one being threatened..in most states.edit on 16-11-2012 by Lonewulph because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
This is perhaps my favorite "threatening" arrest of all time:
Man arrested for threatening tattoo
I wonder, will he continue to be arrested over and over as long as the tattoo remains?
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Originally posted by Lonewulph
There is no freedom of speech in regard to a verbal threat, (involving death or great bodily harm), to anyone.
To be 'arrestable', the threat must typically be in physical presence of the one being threatened..in most states.edit on 16-11-2012 by Lonewulph because: (no reason given)
This is perhaps my favorite "threatening" arrest of all time:
Man arrested for threatening tattoo
I wonder, will he continue to be arrested over and over as long as the tattoo remains?
Originally posted by Lonewulph
Wow I've never seen assault successfully prosecuted as a result of a graphic image. Reading the rest of that story I can see where they can prove the officer was 'in fear', which is an element necessary to establish the crime. Don't know if it flew in court though.
Originally posted by johnb
They then react after the person has been killed or hospitalised.
Originally posted by Sissel
Up to 5 years, and a $10,000 fine. That's some expensive tattoo!
In 2008, two weeks before Barack Obama was elected the first black president in this nation's history, a California man posted violent, racist messages about Obama on an online message board: One posting said, "Shoot the ____" using a racial slur to describe Obama. Another post said Obama would end up with a "50 cal in the head soon."
The Secret Service tracked down this individual as you might imagine - a guy named Walter Bagdasarian - within weeks. He had a .50-caliber rifle and five other guns and ammunition in his possession when they found him. He was arrested, and after waiving his right to a jury trial, Bagdasarian was convicted by a federal judge of two felonies for threatening to kill a presidential candidate.
In a 2-to-1 ruling, the court said his actions were protected by the First Amendment and that while his words were "alarming and dangerous," they were not illegal. The court also said Bagdasarian expressed no intent to act on his words himself.
After Bagdasarian was initially convicted in 2009, he apologized for his actions and said he had posted the messages while drunk. Apparently in his mind that made it OK. He was sentenced to two months in a halfway house in addition to the 24 days he had already served in jail.