Posted on 07/01/2013 11:48:53 AM PDT by neverdem
Good case for jury nullification.
http://www.kvue.com/news/Father-of-19-year-old-charged-with-Terroristic-Threat-says-son-was-only-joking-212856951.html
That URL agrees.
That label is being thrown about too freely these days. You can get arrested for looking at someone funny if they claim you looked at them in a "terroistic threat" kind of way.
JMHO, the good ol’ PC labels got a bit stale, so now the line is “terroristic threat” or maybe even “national security” if you’re trying for the lead story on the 10:00 News.
Oh, yeah..../sarc
'Nuff said. Austin is the blue blight in the middle of Texas. Far too many wackadoodle libs and many of those transplants from CA.
Yep and we deal with the same as he did with a “/s” or just culturally the commentary joke is understood.
LOL
I grew up just outside Chicago.
I understand political slimebags posing as Officers of the Court very, very well. Even when they wear hats and boots for local color.
http://www.athenstalks.com/%E2%80%9Crelease-justin-carter-jail%E2%80%9D-sign-petition
“An Austin man wants to warn other parents and teenagers that statements made on social media websites can land them in jail.
Justin Carter was 18 back in February when an on-line video game “League of Legends” took an ugly turn on Facebook.
Justin was apparently only 18 when this happened. This is NUTS
The most horrible thing you can do in the eyes of the state is be right, when the state is wrong. The state will go to any lengths to beat a citizen that is in the right into submission.
It has more to do with the suspect intending to cause the public or a substantial group of the public to be placed in fear of imminent death or serious bodily injury.
The most common thing I see is guys venting to a small group of friends while drinking after work, and for whatever reason (opportunity for advancement at work by getting the person locked up and fired- or out of jealousy) someone in the group reports it in a very skewed and exaggerated manner.
The cops often focus on the seriousness of the threat without paying attention how the threat was communicated.
They forget the most crucial part of the statute.
Even worse the magistrates often rubber stamp the probable cause affidavits. They are often afraid that something bad will happen later and reelection is out of the question.
Too often there isn’t a single person in the chain of events who both knows the law and bothers to follow it. That’s when a crying mother or girlfriend usually calls me.
And the bonds are often proportionate to the inflamitory nature of the alleged statements.
I have it on good advice that the Texas AG department has had nothing to do with anything connected to the Justin Carter case or charges.
I suspect the cause for this insanity is more local and focused on an Austin prosecutor and other players.
Thanks for the ping!
The TX AG rarely has anything to do with the prosecution of criminal cases.
Under rare circumstances they will take up an appeal on behalf of the state even when the DA doesn’t seek appeal.
No doubt this is local.
Justice varies dramatically from one jurisdiction to the next, especially in a state as big as TX.
I could go on for days about my experience with different counties.
Bottom line is it pays (and costs) to have a good defense attorney.
The Austin police and apparatchik are highly political/PC. Big surprise, right?
Thanks for perspective.
Suspected that was the case.
WTF? I hadn’t heard of this case. Damn dude.
In Texas eh? What does our beloved Governor Jefferson D’Arcy have to say about this?
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