Careful King, guy's nuts!
Posted on 09/12/2004 9:31:23 AM PDT by trussell
Halifax man accused of making death threats against President George W. Bush
Fri Sep 10, 6:17 PM ET
HALIFAX (CP) - A man in Halifax has been charged with making death threats against U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) over the Internet.
Timothy George Andrew, 28, has been remanded for a psychiatric assessment and is due back in court next week, the ATV news network reported Friday.
Threats allegedly found on an Internet message board included: "Death to the president of the U.S.A. and destruction to that nation's Babylon" as well as "The president of the U.S.A. is king of terror" and "The president of the U.S.A. is going to be killed and will never stand again."
RCMP said its investigation with the U.S. Secret Service started last October and ended late last month, resulting in charges of making threats and threatening Bush.
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Careful King, guy's nuts!
Poor wierdo. Perhaps he should have developed a different hobby, like....fishing.
Sounds like the folk at FU. (Not a typo - I don't mean DU).
"Death to the president of the U.S.A. and destruction to that nation's Babylon" as well as "The president of the U.S.A. is king of terror" and "The president of the U.S.A. is going to be killed and will never stand again."
I see that and worse all the time in a local forum. (Ann Arbor)
I don't care. Mind if I do an "ewww" ping?
Ah too late, doing one anyway... ;-)
"Timothy George Andrew, 28, has been remanded for a psychiatric assessment and is due back in court next week.."
Sounds like some Newfie that's been in the screech.
Ping. This talk is so out there ,this is ashame we have people without regard to anyone.No matter how I disagree with someone,I would never wish anyone harm,this is disgraceful,and Kerry's comment is as disgraceful sickening,just sickening,with ever happen to respect.
Canadian law may be different but under US law (18 USC 871), a person can be found guilty of threatening the President only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
First: That the person uttered words alleged to be the threat against the President;
Second: That the person understood and meant the words he used as a true threat; and
Third: That the person uttered the words knowingly and willfully.
A "threat" is a statement expressing an intention to kill or injure the President; and a "true threat" means a serious threat as distinguished from words used as mere political argument, idle or careless talk, or something said in a joking manner.
It's unclear from the quotes provided in this article if the statements written by the accused on the internet message board expressed actual intent to kill the President. When does the right to free speech cross over from being offensive to being criminal?
Statements like "The president of the U.S.A. is king of terror" are clearly not threats but are just political opinions.
Statements like "The president of the U.S.A. is going to be killed and will never stand again" sound more like predictions but may be construed as threats.
"Death to the president of the U.S.A." is clearly an inflammatory statement but it doesn't really show intent as in "I am going to kill the president....".
When the head of the United Mine Workers presented Kerry with a Remington 11-87 shotgun during a Labor Day campaign stop in West Virginia, Kerry chortled, "I thank you for the gift, but I can't take it to the debate with me."
Now, that's a threat! He has motive, opportunity and an expressed intent to use a deadly firearm against the President. I think the Secret Service should investigate Kerry's threat.
Too bad the guy was busted. He had a promising career as a Kerry campaign advisor.
Doesn't surprise me.
Halifax has been slowly turning from Warden of Honour of the North to the City of Well Sort of Evil. It's becoming more and more distant from the rest of Nova Scotia.
It's not just because it's a big university city; it also seems to be drawing in more come-from-aways from Upper Canada and expatriate Americans attracted to our quaint little harbour city.
I don't mind you pinging your list. It gets the story out to a few more Freepers!
Sounds like DU lost one of the loyal flock of sheep.
Naw. Prosecute John Kerry for illegally accepting a firearm without submitting the proper background check paperwork.
Joseph Mazagwu, 35, a police officer who mouthed off while picking up his uniform at the cleaners has been indicted on a charge of threatening President Bush for allegedly saying he would shoot him and his father if someone gave him the bullets. (August 28, 2004).
This guy faces 5 years in prison for making statements without a weapon in his hands yet Kerry can do it, while holding a shotgun, and it is a joke? I'm not laughing and the Secret Service shouldn't be either.
God bless our troops wherever they may be.
But according to Canadians on South Park, Canada has only one road ("Follow the only road, Follow ...)".
At least Sgt. Preston and King followed it in the right direction.
I have some of the radio series ("Challenge of the Yukon", WXYZ, Detroit). Once you get over the barking sound
effects, it's not bad for quick stories with a moral.
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