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The bar for arrest is lower than that. You can be arrested for posting rap lyrics that somebody else interprets as a threat.
by psyc 9y ago
The bar for arrest is lower than that. You can be arrested for posting rap lyrics that somebody else interprets as a threat.
- mrguyorama 9y agoDo you have a specific case in mind? I would have thought it would require specifically the police to interpret it as a threat.
- psyc 9y agoIt only requires the police to be ambivalent or in the mood to cuff someone. I do know of 2 such cases. One in the sensitive climate following the Boston bombing. Another that was revenge, like a SWATting but with regular police.
- detaro 9y agoSomething like this? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/29/former-marine-facebook-sue-fbi https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/29/former-marine-...