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15 year old charged with Terroristic Threat
Anonymouse
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For lighting a toilet roll on fire. More police state.
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/11/28/15-Year-Old-Charged-With-Terroristic-Threat-After-Lighting-Toilet-Paper-Roll-On-Fire
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/11/28/15-Year-Old-Charged-With-Terroristic-Threat-After-Lighting-Toilet-Paper-Roll-On-Fire
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By TEGAN HANLON
thanlon@adn.com
November 27, 2013
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/11/27/3200642/police-responding-to-fire-at-west.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.adn.com/2013/11/27/3200642/police-responding-to-fire-at-west.html
I don't so much see it as a "Police State" as I do "Stupid Grandiose Over Reacting State". The concept of Terrorism as we have known it for most of a century is is far larger than some child's bathroom prank. Terrorism isn't about scaring a few people just for a thrill or to get out of a school day.
Terrorism is the attacking of innocent persons for broad regional, cultural, political or religious reasons. It has a geopolitical scale to it. It seeks a very large death toll ALWAYS.
Terrorism is only found in an Alaska school's bathroom if an Al Qaeda operative planted a C4 or Semtex bomb and killed a bunch of children to make a statement. Or something similar.
15 year old playing with toilet paper and matches? Nope, not Terrorism.
Setting a fire in a school bathroom? What would you have done with the idiot?
BTW, we also have a Terroristic Threat statute, and it includes threatening another person with * harm, so we file a few of those cases. Just because the statute has the word "Terroristic" in the title doesn't mean it only covers terrorist activity. Those statutes were in existence, with those titles, well before "terrorism" became such a bugaboo.
If the statute were titled, "Hybauchery With Intent To Mope," but covered the behaviors the suspect is suspected of, then that is the statute under which he would be and should be prosecuted.
Many people have been killed from fires in crowded buildings.
I guess his liberal teachers/professors have convinced him it's ok to act against the "establishment". Might have a bright future as a "community organizer".
I'd want to know the intent here? Was he doing this for a thrill? To avoid a class? Out of generic "I don't like going to school" spite? Was he hoping to kill somebody? What was it exactly?
Some motives and intentions call for a far more severe punishment than others.
As with any crime in the USA, the punishment should fit the crime.That grand sounding charge is a Class B felony, which in Alaska means he's looking at a sentence of anythwere between probation and a max of 3 years.
Of course, things probably won't go as well if he has any prior record of such behavior.
Thanks for the education, David! [8D]
Either way, a slap on the wrist isn't enough in this case.
I see it as people on this forum over-reacting to the title of the Alaska statute that covers this sort of behavior. In Texas, we would have charged him with Delinquent Conduct for having allegedly committing Arson.
Setting a fire in a school bathroom? What would you have done with the idiot?
BTW, we also have a Terroristic Threat statute, and it includes threatening another person with * harm, so we file a few of those cases. Just because the statute has the word "Terroristic" in the title doesn't mean it only covers terrorist activity. Those statutes were in existence, with those titles, well before "terrorism" became such a bugaboo.
If the statute were titled, "Hybauchery With Intent To Mope," but covered the behaviors the suspect is suspected of, then that is the statute under which he would be and should be prosecuted.
No charge in Florida for telling someone you are going to kill them. Unless of course you are armed, or have committed an assault. Makes no sense to me.[:0]
Everyone's a terrorist now.
We have the same titled offense in my state, but the elements are different:
? 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT. (a) A person commits an
offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to
any person or property with intent to:
(1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an
official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;
(2) place any person in fear of imminent serious
* injury;
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a
building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has
access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or
other form of conveyance, or other public place;
(4) cause impairment or interruption of public
communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power
supply or other public service;
(5) place the public or a substantial group of the
public in fear of serious * injury; or
(6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or
agency of the federal government, the state, or a political
subdivision of the state.
This statute has been on the books here since at least 1972. Funny how some people want to think the word 'terroristic' is new. [:D]
That would have got you some "quality time" in the coach's office with his perforated plywood paddle AND a call home(where the coach's attention would seem like a loving embrace).
BTW, "terrorist threat" is simply a catch-all for anything the cops want to use it for. In today's world, who's going to complain about actions against a purported terrorist threat?
BS. As I pointed out earlier, it is the title of a statute that was written long before anyone knew or cared about terrorist activity.
Some states have "assault" statutes, wherein the statute also includes "battery," while others have separate statutes for "assault" and "battery." In some states, "arson" only applies to structures, while in other states, the statute may be applied to a vehicle, open fields, and woodlands as well. One has to actually READ the wording of the statute to see what behaviors are proscribed therein.