09-09-2002, 09:23 AM
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Originally posted by The Hunter of Jahanna:
quote: Man Convicted After Talking About 'Burning Bush'
Bartender Says He Overheard Man Threatening President
Posted: 12:10 p.m. EDT September 6, 2002
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Threatening the president of the United States is no laughing matter.
Richard Humphreys is learning that lesson the hard way. A federal jury in South Dakota has found Humphreys guilty of threatening to kill or harm the president.
Humphreys had argued his comment about a "burning Bush" was both a joke and a prophecy -- and that the First Amendment protected his right to utter those words. He was in Sioux Falls in March, on a day that President George W. Bush was visiting.
A bartender said he overheard Humphreys talking about a "burning Bush" and the possibility of someone pouring a flammable liquid on the president.
Humphreys faces a maximum of five years in prison
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Remind me to NOT go drinking in South Dakota.[/QUOTE] It has been illegal to voice threats against the president of the USA since 1962 or possibly earlier. Though I believe that it was the Kennedy assassination that really put teeth into it. So what is new about this story? not a thing. The threats against life of the leader of the nation is not something lawenforcement should or will take lightly and I for one like it that way. Obviously this boob was either too stupid or too ignorant to think that no one would take exception to him making threats. I said it before, don't take actiosn if you cant face the consequences...and speaking threats is an action. (I would even say the same if it had been Clinton he was threatening)
Oh KT, Im pretty sure if the guy had been talking about the bible, that the Bartender would not have reported a threat against the president. The claim "oh I was just talking about the bible" sounds like a typical after the fact lawyer claim. Of course there are some far left liberals here who would make any mention of the bible in public illegal too though.
[ 09-09-2002, 09:26 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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