Posted on 08/14/2013 12:45:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
On February 8th, Clemmons posted the following on his Tumblr page:
hello. my name is irenigg and i plan on shooting up georgia southern. pass this around to see the affect it has. to see if i get arrested.
As it turns out, Clemmons got exactly what he was looking for: Officials, who were reportedly tipped off by an anonymous person, arrested Clemmons a few hours after he posted his comments.
Initially, the case received minimal media attention until a Gawker post brought it to the forefront on Sunday.
Clemmons has remained imprisoned at Bulloch County Jail since his family is unable to pay his $20,000 bail.
As for Clemmons’ motivation, the 20-year-old says he posted the message as ”an experimental literary piece and an art project,”
Of his time incarcerated, Clemmons’ family claims that he has been abused while behind bars, and because of Clemmons’ prior arrests for fighting his step-father and marijuana possession, they worry he will spend even more time locked up.
“Though Caleb might have chosen the wrong time to post a prank, his present punishment and possible fate is beyond my comprehension… Caleb was attending a great school and had a promising future,” his mother reportedly wrote on his page.
Clemmons’ supporters have cited the case of Brett Ball, a Texas teenager who brought a shotgun to school this year and had his felony charge dropped.
Clemmons faces up to five years in prison on charges of making terroristic threats via computer.
“Life is hard, but it’s harder when you’re stupid.”
~ John Wayne in Chisolm
Awaiting a poll on which intellectually demanding major this guy was taking at the “university”. Major bucks on some marshmallow subject.
Well at least he didn’t wear an Obama mask otherwise he’d really be in hot water.
Awesome; my new tagline.
“Awaiting a poll on which intellectually demanding major this guy was taking at the “university”. Major bucks on some marshmallow subject.”
No need to use quotes around the word university in relation to Georgia Southern, it’s a good school with an enrollment of around 20,000 students. Like all schools, it’s up to you to make something of your time there. This kid obviously is a dumb*ss who decided that sitting in jail is preferable to getting an education.
Statesboro did have the highest rate of STD’s in the state of GA. Maybe he is part of a study measuring the effects of multiple STD’s on 1 brain. :)
Psychology, per other sources.
it reminds me of the time of a family on their way to a Hawaiian vacation being pulled out the flight remanded in custody when handlers rummaging through their luggage found a note in one of the bags written by their teenage son taunting them with something to the effect not to look through his bag, “no bomb in this bag”.
Inexplicably, I seem to have misplaced my reserve supply of sympathy.
Maybe he’ll now get a scholarship in “performance art”, which is also known as “making a spectacle of yourself to annoy others.”
It is evidently more "literary" to spell the noun effect as if it were the verb affect. Artsy, perhaps?
Let's see...
"hello. my name is irenigg and i plan on shooting up georgia southern. pass this around to see the affect it has. to see if i get arrested.
Well, the e.e. cummings thing as already been done. So no points for originality there.
"Literary"... does that include 30-word messages? I don't know for sure, but I wouldn't call it "literary".
A true Artist must suffer for his Art....
As for Clemmons’ motivation, the 20-year-old says he posted the message as ”an experimental literary piece and an art project,”
Well, he can look upon his incarceration as an extension of an artistic experience within confinement
A-hole.
He's locked up because they can lock him up.
I just might be carrying as a result, no matter if he protests to the arresting officers that he was merely excercising his First Amendment Rights of Free Speach (sic) (like muzzies care about free speech, I know).
No, I wouldn't feel threatened at all. Filled with resolve, yes.
Even freedom has limits. He threatens to shoot people - he goes to jail. If he hadn't been jailed, he'd then threaten an airline to test to waters. Would you be OK with that also?
his family is unable to pay his $20,000 bail.
Wow, and he was just turning his life around too.
His family wouldn’t go his bail?
They couldn’t find a bondsman?
Kid must have been a flight risk or something.
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