Declan McCullagh
cnet
October 13, 2012
Anti-government rants on Facebook can land you in a heap of trouble.
A federal judge has given the green light to the U.S. Justice
Department’s prosecution of an Indiana man who allegedly posted
incendiary remarks about police.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Lawrence in Indiana rejected
requests by the defendant, Matthew Michael, to throw out the charges on
the grounds that no specific Drug Enforcement Administration agent or
other individual had actually been named in the posts.
[...] Michael is accused of writing a series of posts in August 2011
(and creating a “statewide” Facebook event scheduled for November 2011)
containing vague but angry and violent statements regarding DEA agents.
One alleged post: “War is near..anarchy and justice will be sought…I’ll
kill whoever I deem to be in the way of harmony to the human race…BE
WARNED IF U PULL ME OVER!!”
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