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> But there's a pretty cut-and-dried case against Ali Shukri Amin even without the Twitter drama. This isn't a teenager sentenced for a few tweets. Absurd. Wha
by vfdfv 11y ago
> But there's a pretty cut-and-dried case against Ali Shukri Amin even without the Twitter drama. This isn't a teenager sentenced for a few tweets.
Absurd. What crime did he commit? "Radicalizing" someone is not a crime. Putting two people in contact is not a crime. Driving someone to the airport is not a crime. Relaying messages to someone's family is not a crime.
- tptacek 11y ago"Radicalizing" someone isn't a crime and shouldn't be. Actively getting a random person to join a terrorist organization and then fly overseas to fight for it is a crime; it's the crime of "Providing material support to terrorists" (18 USC 2339A), which (sensibly) includes "personnel" in its definition of "material support". As usual in Message Board Law, we're here being asked to fall into the trap of considering each of this person's actions independently, ignoring the greater (and in this case crystal clear) pattern of their intent and the outcome of their plan. "Putting two people in contact is not a crime". Sheesh.
- vfdfv 11y agoHe didn't force his friend to join ISIS. His friend is the one providing "personnel" to ISIS, by joining the organization, if that's in fact what happened.
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- ryanlol 11y agoHe was actively, intentionally, assisting his friend in helping a terrorist organization. (At least that is what he claims to have done.)
- Tomte 11y agoMoving a finger is not a crime. Driving a car is not a crime. Closing a door is not a crime. (Firing a pistol, running over sb., incarcerating a hostage)