Teen Arrested for Terrorist Threats in Apple Store

[rooket]

heh figures that the guy pointing out freedom of speech doesn't get any negative on here and I do. you people aren't very bright or are not from the USA. I'm an American and I have freedom of speech. It is written in the highest part of the US law. sheesh people these days... get a clue. you can't put someone in jail just for writing something down. at least our country isn't a large plot of land that says JAIL on it like your countries apparantly are.

 

[djackson_dba]

[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]I'm an American and I have freedom of speech. It is written in the highest part of the US law. sheesh people these days... get a clue. you can't put someone in jail just for writing something down..[/citation]

You are entirely wrong. As for getting a clue there is the one I stated above and with the appropriate cite from the Supreme Court. You don't have the right to physically or verbally threaten others. That goes for verbal, written or otherwise.

 

[gilbertfh]

He won't serve anywhere near seven years. Regardless, he needs to spend his valuable time incarcerated practicing the phrase "would you like fries with that".

 

[joebob2000]

[citation][nom]djackson_dba[/nom]You are entirely wrong. As for getting a clue there is the one I stated above and with the appropriate cite from the Supreme Court. You don't have the right to physically or verbally threaten others. That goes for verbal, written or otherwise.[/citation]

It would be nice if all of these idiots who peddle crap about freedom realized that your freedom stops squarely where someone elses' starts. They are selfish beyond compare, thinking that the right to free speech should be protected for those who would use it to harm or terrorize others. Our founding fathers did not risk their lives (along with most of everyone in the newly founded country) for you to shout "fire!" in a theater, or publicize a death threat on a mac in a suburban shopping mall.

Those that would give a little freedom in exchange for security are the ones contemplating the hard questions; the ones that criticize such a decision are probably brats who have never had to consider where either of those things really comes from.

 

[rooket]

The only argument I can see that this was unlawful is that if you guys are claiming it "causes panic". But I am unsure if they require more than just a few people to become paniced. Thus means that calling in a bomb threat to a night club as one might see in many movies to empty out the building is illegal as well.

But it's going to be difficult to prove the intent since the kid hasn't even reached 18 yet. A lawyer could easily use the defense that the kid's brain has not fully matured yet and he is not yet capable of purely rational thought due to him being a minor.

Looks like a slap on the wrist to me, just a bunch of older people trying to put on a big show to scare the person into discontinuing this behavior. Purely psychological and may have the same affect as a full term jail sentence.

 

[momomiester]

What you all are missing is that if this happenned in a store selling Windows, the death threat would be just another satisfied customer.

 

[Hiniberus]

Well, this reaction goes to show that the TERRORists have managed to win. They did their job well by the looks of it. Good one America! You're letting Osama celebrate as he gets to know of this one way or another!

 

[Onyx3173]

That was a prettu stupid thing for the kid to do but isn't 7 years a little extreme? Try a punishment that ACTUALLY fits the crime. Maybe a month or so depending on his criminal record maybe? And the fact that it was pretty obviously a prank.

 

[djackson_dba]

Holy Resurrect a Dead Thread Batman!