A man is shot dead in Utah after posting threats online, hours before Joe Biden visits the state.
  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
    1439·
    1 year ago

    So like it’s cool just to murder people exercising their free speech on the internet?

    • negativeyoda@lemmy.world
      201·
      1 year ago

      Freedom of speech, not freedom from the consequences of said speech. It’s explicitly illegal to do what this smoothbrain did.

      He wasn’t killed for saying anything. Sounds like this mouthbreather decided to suicide by cop when they confronted him. I’m no fan of cops, but FAFO in this case

      • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
        19·
        1 year ago

        What law did he break? Please cite it.

        Also if the consequences of “free speech” is being summarily executed or jailed, that isn’t really free speech is it? Do i have the freedom to rob a bank, but not the freedom from the consequences of robbing the bank?

        • StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml
          7·
          1 year ago

          The warrent had 3 counts: interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat

          Also free speech is shit like: Biden is a terrible president and I fucking hate this country

          Talking about how you should grab your ghillie + rifle to great the president is crossing the line

          • LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world
            3·
            1 year ago

            There’s even more details on other news articles. The guy was making explicit threats to a lot of people:

            "I want to stand over Bragg and put a nice hole in his forehead with my 9mm and watch him twitch as a drop of blood oozes from the hole as his life ebbs away to hell!!” he wrote

            "The time is right for a presidential assassination or two,” Robertson reportedly wrote in a September 2022 Facebook post. “First Joe then Kamala!!!”

            "Hey FBI, you still monitoring my social media? Checking so I can be sure to have a loaded gun handy in case you drop by again,” he wrote in one post.

            https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2023/08/09/who-was-craig-roberston-utah-man-shot-dead-in-fbi-raid/amp/