Posted on 01/06/2018 6:29:34 AM PST by MarvinStinson
The Clay County Sheriff's Office said that there's nothing they can do.
Orange Park, FL - Attention is being drawn to an unknown man or men who have been holding "Kill A Cop" signs in Orange Park.
The signs are being held by the men near schools, and one witness is concerned, according to WJAX.
Janice Gibson said she saw the man with the sign at the corner of Moody Avenue and Filmore Street on Monday, Dec. 18, and she took photos of the man.
“People need to know about this. Its in my back yard. To me that’s not freedom of speech. That’s like a terrorism, Gibson said.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said this has been going on for two years and that multiple people have been spotted holding the sign.
Dale Carson, law and safety expert for WJAX, said law enforcement has limited options because speech is protected by the First Amendment.
In evaluating whether the threats against police rise to the level of criminal charges, prosecutors look for specificity that would make a threat legitimate rather than general, according to Ken Paulson, First Amendment specialist.
"For something to be a true threat, it has to be clearly targeted and imminent so that someone learning of the threat would be reasonably concerned for their safety," Paulson said.
In 2016, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office in Michigan warned citizens after Detroit police officers received online threats that although freedom of speech is protected, direct threats against another individual, group, or location are not protected, according to The Washington Times.
“Once threatening speech is directed toward a specific person; a group of people, including law enforcement agencies or ethnic communities; or specific locations in a community, it can be viewed as a credible threat. Individuals who communicate threats may be subject to prosecution," according to the joint statement issued by the FBI and the Michigan U.S. Attorney's Office.
Do you think that these signs are protected speech? Or is this making criminal threats? We'd like to hear from you. Please let us know in the comments.
Kill the lawyers sign would incite millions of followers.
Please pay attention drew. People spit in the faces of NYPD officers all the time. They are not allowed to respond.
Most cops have a background in the military. Do you want a warrior or someone wearing a pussyhat?
“So say you. The Supreme Court disagrees.”
What case? I haven’t heard that. When stuff like this happens, it’s usually some political guy making up rules on his own.
Dude, any word yet on the cop that murdered the Australian woman in Minnesota?””
I thought he was a Somali Muslim affirmative action hire. This makes him not a cop, but a Somali Muslim first.
If I were a cop, I would feel my life was being threatened, and naturally...need to defend myself.
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You do understand that’s exactly where we are here... that attitude and opinion. That cops should kill people based on feelings and not actual threats.
I worked with the military. There are good people there, but also a lot of flakes. And, frankly, a lot of people that are not too bright. It was the only job they could get.
So, having a military background doesn’t make one better or worse. It just makes a person someone with a military background.
It being a Saturday, I’ll eary-congratulate you, Bone, on surviving yet another week dodging all of those cop bullets out there. How do you manage to pull it off, day after day? Impressed.
Yeah, I’ve been lucky so far. Unfortunately too many others haven’t.
Yeah, I’ve been lucky so far. Unfortunately too many others haven’t.
No. That’s like yelling fire in a theater. Promoting murder should not be “free speech.”
Better yet, stand across the street from that guy with a sign that says, KILL THAT GUY PROMOTING KILL A COP.”
You mean NYC cops aren't allowed to shoot people who spit at them? Wow. Such restraint. The struggle is real.
Cops aren't warriors, nor should they be. In fact, most of the police murders are committed by cops without military backgrounds. The ones who have spent time in the military are the ones exercising restraint. Soldiers would be in Leavenworth for some of the "good shots" that police get away with.
They aren’t allowed to do anything. Do I need to clarify.
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So, what do you do? I was pondering what makes you so bright? Most of the no so bright crowd work or loaf outside the military.
If I stood right beside him holding a sign that said “Kill this guy that is holding the KILL A COP sign” would that be allowed?
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Any word yet on the MUSLIM that murdered the Australian woman in Minnesota?
I suspect that if someone were to jump the curb and flatten this guy there were be no problems having it declared an accident and being exonerated.
Cops aren’t warriors, nor should they be. In fact, most of the police murders are committed by cops without military backgrounds. The ones who have spent time in the military are the ones exercising restraint. Soldiers would be in Leavenworth for some of the “good shots” that police get away with.””
Actually cops should be warriors. They fight crime and many criminals have guns. What police murders—how many were there in 2017? Do you have a figure? Do you have any evidence, statistics of some sort, to support your claims?
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