OPINION: Radio Host Hal Turner Arrested for Making Online Threats

By Reason Foundation , Free Minds and Free Markets - June 25, 2009

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By Jacob Sullum Yesterday the FBI arrested a white supremacist in New Jersey for threatening federal judges, based on his online response to the recent 7th Circuit decision that said the Second Amendment does not constrain state and local governments. Here is a description of the crime that Hal Turner, an Internet radio host, committed: "Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to be killed," Mr. Turner wrote in a blog entry on June 2. "Their blood will ... Read the Full Article
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  • quantummechanik
    Also

    "Here's what they look like. Here's where they live. Here's their home phone number. Here's their work address. Here's the exact room where they sit in court."

    He's printing an instruction manual. This goes beyond the line of free speech and gets into conspiracy to commit murder .

    - quantummechanikUS June 25, 2009 2:55PM

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    • tek
      not at this time

      My personal feelings of course say "conspiracy to commit". But in the actual application as has recently been the case, so far, the "inciters" have been protected. This has been played out in the exact same fashion with the only difference being someone did die. And the result was entirely different.

      I noticed the bit about it being federal judges protected. Should they be more important than a doctor or ditch digger (no offense intended to ditch diggers)? More questions spring forth the more I think about this.

      - tek June 25, 2009 3:12PM

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