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To: jdege
A grand jury charged Treptow with drive by shooting, reckless discharge of a firearm and terroristic threats.

This ought to send a chill down all our spines.

"Terroristic threats"? What the hell does that mean? This is exactly the kind of abuse of the word that we feared.

17 posted on 12/20/2007 8:25:08 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: highball
"Terroristic threats"? What the hell does that mean? This is exactly the kind of abuse of the word that we feared.

That term has been defined as law for decades in some states. It's not a new phenomenon

18 posted on 12/20/2007 8:26:33 AM PST by KenHorse (The Internet. Enabling the village idiot to become the global idiot with the click of the mouse)
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To: highball
"Terroristic threats"? What the hell does that mean?
Apparently, it means he honked his horn and gave Beard the finger.
19 posted on 12/20/2007 8:27:11 AM PST by jdege
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To: highball

Ping to #34; I meant to include you in my reply.


35 posted on 12/20/2007 11:08:21 AM PST by ErnBatavia (...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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