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It wasn’t just “mocking a public official.” The twitter account originally pretended to be the actual mayor.

8 posted on 04/19/2014 8:09:20 AM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)

It wasn’t just “mocking a public official.” The twitter account originally pretended to be the actual mayor.

So?

Its part of Americana, impersonating and mocking public officials.

10 posted on 04/19/2014 8:11:50 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)

It wasn’t just “mocking a public official.” The twitter account originally pretended to be the actual mayor.

So Tina Fey can be arrested for pretending to be the governor of Alaska?

11 posted on 04/19/2014 8:16:54 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)

It wasn’t just “mocking a public official.” The twitter account originally pretended to be the actual mayor.

Correct. But that is not a crime in Illinois! And the mayor and especially the judge had to have known that. So why then was there a raid? The mayor was angry that he was being mocked. No other reason.

13 posted on 04/19/2014 8:20:21 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)

It wasn’t just “mocking a public official.” The twitter account originally pretended to be the actual mayor.

Well if could have been worse he could have been a Rodeo Clown pretending to be the Mayor.

14 posted on 04/19/2014 8:20:24 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)

It wasn’t just “mocking a public official.” The twitter account originally pretended to be the actual mayor.

Not a crime unless it was for monetary gain.

25 posted on 04/19/2014 9:03:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The best way to control opposition is to lead it ourselves." -- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin)