This is one of those post 9/11 things that really fucked over countless people. I used to work with the homeless and inconsistently homed and the amount of times those people were taken in for “terroristic threats” was obscene

It depends on the state but generally the laws were hastily passed post 9/11 and give the cops free rein to jail you for saying anything vaguely threatening.

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https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/true-threats/

Judge, it was a judge that made that decision. You know , someone that has way more education with an actual degree in law.

Im not sure that applies with the patriot act. The charged her with threatening terrorism.

That's because the headline left out the very next sentence she said, "You're next"

Combined, with the fact that it was recorded, it's a very clear threat. The rest of the way it was handled is pure BS, but there is no denying that what she said was a threat.