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tptacek previously linked[1] to Brown's threats, but it was a screenshot. Here's a partial transcription: Brown called FBI Special Agent [RS] a "fucking
by PhantomGremlin 12y ago
tptacek previously linked[1] to Brown's threats, but it was a screenshot. Here's a partial transcription:
Brown called FBI Special Agent [RS] a "fucking
chicken shit little faggot cocksucker"
Brown stated "when I say [RS's] life is over,
I don't say I'm going to kill him, but I am
going to ruin his life and look into his fucking
kids"
Brown stated "I"m armed, that I come from a military
family, that I was taught to shoot by a Vietnam Vet
and by my father a master hunter ... I will shoot
all of them and kill them if they come"
Sorry. Those are hardly the words of an objective "journalist". Law enforcement generally frowns upon threats of personal violence against them and against their children. Like it or not, this is settled law. You don't get a free pass about this stuff.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8932468 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8932468
- tptacek 12y agoFirst Amendment law makes this murky. A legally actionable threat has to be "true": credible, specific, intended to convey actual fear to its target. Even if it's to a federal agent.
- harry8 12y agohttps://www.google.com.au/search?num=100&site=&source=hp&q=death+threats+julian+assange&oq=death+threats+julian+assange https://www.google.com.au/search?num=100&site=&source=hp&q=d... One law for all, evenly applied.