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Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 -7 points 2 years 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 points 2 years 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

[-] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you for responding to the bad faith sealioner so I didn't have to

[-] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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/

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