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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMizzou Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Threatening School
University of Missouri police have arrested Hunter Park, who allegedly threatened on social media to harm students, the police department said Wednesday in a statement.
Park, 19, is not a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, MUPD said.
The suspect "was not located on or near the MU campus at the time of the threat," police said. They found Park early Wednesday in the town of Rolla, about two hours outside Columbia.
He is being held on $4,500 bail at the Boone County Jail in Columbia, the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Mizzou Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Threatening School (Original Post)
Stellar
Nov 2015
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backscatter712
(26,355 posts)1. Good, hope they wreck the life of this piece of shit. n/t
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)2. His life suddenly got a lot more interesting
Prosecution to the fullest extent.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)3. K&R nt
Rex
(65,616 posts)4. 19 and ready to join the Arian Nation in prison.
Hope he enjoys never sleeping again.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)5. 19, with a worthless mind.
Truprogressive85
(900 posts)6. Where are the free speech advocates now ?
He was just expressing his 1st amendment rights no ?
lock his punk ass up in jail where he should root
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)8. Imminent threats have never been considered free speech. nt
mythology
(9,527 posts)9. If you don't understand the difference between a threat and being mean let me provide an example
It's mean if I say your mother wears combat boots. But it's protected by the first amendment. You can throw me out of your house for saying it, but you can't have me arrested for it. For another example, the Republicans can stomp their feet and whine that the media is mean when they ask questions. But they can't call the police on the media for it.
It's a threat if I say I wish to harm a specific individual or group.
These are very different things. Nobody said that an actual threat was protected speech.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)10. Who here has defended threats? n/t
Truprogressive85
(900 posts)11. Who was talking about anyone here ?
I would hope that noone on here would defend his threats
malaise
(269,164 posts)7. Oops Dylann Roof with dark hair