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TexasTowelie

(117,587 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 08:43 PM Jan 2017

25-Year-Old Fairview Park Man Indicted by Feds for Tweeting Threat About Donald Trump

Today's very sobering reminder that there are certain lines not to be crossed should you wish to vent about Donald Trump...

25-year-old Zachary Benson of Fairview Park was officially indicted by the Feds yesterday in connection with two tweets he sent on the night of the election. Those tweets:

"Diplomacy. F—-ing fools. I hate you all. I want to bomb every one of your voting booths and your general areas."

"My life goal is to assassinate Trump. Don't care if I serve infinite sentences. That man deserves to decease existing."

Read more: http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/01/11/25-year-old-fairview-park-man-indicted-by-feds-for-tweeting-threat-about-donald-trump

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25-Year-Old Fairview Park Man Indicted by Feds for Tweeting Threat About Donald Trump (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP
Bad move. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #1
Did Ted Nugent get a similar talk for threats to President Obama? gordianot Jan 2017 #2
yea he did Ohioblue22 Jan 2017 #4
DU member ? n/t MichMan Jan 2017 #3
Uh, um... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #5
Good reminder. HassleCat Jan 2017 #6
Hi Agent Mike. Jack-o-Lantern Jan 2017 #7
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
6. Good reminder.
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 09:02 PM
Jan 2017

Don't threaten to kill the president or government officials, even if you're just joking. It's a crime, even if you have no intention of following through.

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