If you threaten to kill the president it's a crime, whether you were joking or not.
Wrong. It's not a crime if you are not serious, you ******* moron.
On March 21, 2010, a young man in Arlington, Texas posted a rant threatening the life of President Barack Obama on the popular online classifieds site Craigslist. The post, which expressed anger over passage of the Affordable Care Act, stated the following: "It is time for Obama to die. I am dedicating my life to the death of Obama and every employee of the federal government." The Secret Service tracked the incendiary comments to
Brian Dean Miller, who was living with his mother at the time, and arrested him for the crime of threatening the President.
As with most other constitutionally guaranteed liberties, the First Amendment
right to free speech has its limits. Miller, whose speech most certainly crossed the line, pleaded guilty in a Dallas federal court and was sentenced to 27 months in prison without parole.
FindLaw's explanation of the crime of threatening the President of the United States or other government officials with death, kidnapping, or bodily harm, a felony under federal law. Learn about this and more at FindLaw's Criminal Charges section.
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