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Old 07-02-2013, 08:21 AM  
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Texas teen makes violent joke during video game, is jailed for months



A Texas teenager who has been in jail since March faces an eight-year prison sentence because of a threatening joke he made while playing an online video game.

In February, Justin Carter was playing ?League of Legends? ? an online, multiplayer fantasy game ? when another player wrote a comment calling him insane. Carter?s response, which he now deeply regrets, was intended as joke.

?He replied ?Oh yeah, I?m real messed up in the head, I?m going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,? and the next two lines were lol and jk,? said Jack Carter, Justin?s father, in a statement to a local news channel.

The statements ?lol? and ?jk? ? meaning ?laughing out loud? and ?just kidding? ? indicate that Justin?s statement was entirely sarcastic, said his father.

But a Canadian woman who saw the post looked up Carter?s Austin address, determined that it was near an elementary school, and called the police. Carter was arrested one month later, and has been in jail ever since. He recently celebrated his 19th birthday behind bars.

Authorities charged him with making a terrorist threat. If convicted, he will face eight years in prison.

?These people are serious. They really want my son to go away to jail for a sarcastic comment that he made,? said the elder Carter.

Authorities noted that recent school shootings like the one in Newtown, Connecticut have caused them to evaluate all potential threats seriously. Newtown was still fresh in their minds at the time of Carter?s arrest.

?In light of recent situations, statements such as the one Justin made are taken seriously,? said an Austin police detective in a statement.

Carter?s father said his son didn?t follow the news at all.

?Justin was the kind of kid who didn?t read the newspaper,? said Jack Carter. ?He didn?t watch television. He wasn?t aware of current events. These kids, they don?t realize what they?re doing. They don?t understand the implications. They don?t understand.?

Carter?s parents have launched a change.org petition to convince Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot to release their son.

?Release Justin Carter from jail,? the petition reads. ?Too many teenagers are being arrested, jailed and having their lives forever altered because of anti-terrorism laws and investigations that impede their 1st Amendment right to freedom of speech.?

A hearing to review Carter?s case is scheduled for July 1.

Source: http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/27/te...ed-for-months/
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Originally Posted by pinkz View Post
you have the right to free speech "until you try it"
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Originally Posted by MainstreamGuy View Post
Only in Amerika...











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Originally Posted by epitome View Post
Then there was the kid rapping about Boston and spent 30 jailed before charges were dropped. Gawker is usually good about finding these kind of stories. Covered both.
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Originally Posted by Captain Kawaii View Post
I know and feel the kids pain. Be careful what you say on yahoo.
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Originally Posted by seeandsee View Post
this is shit, if this is real, you live in world full of shit, and worst than nightmare!
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Originally Posted by L-Pink View Post
And someone actually reported this to authorities? Whole thing is pathetic.
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Originally Posted by CamTraffic View Post
I have heard a lot of nasty stuff playing COD online, mostly racist comments, he probably pissed off the wrong person.



I blame the bitch that called the cops...
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Originally Posted by - Jesus Christ - View Post
Stop being subversive.
You have to understand that the price we pay for freedom is giving up our freedom.
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Originally Posted by Zealotry View Post
that's some crazy shit
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Originally Posted by pornguy View Post
From what I first read about this kid,. he got into an argument with someone online and then made the statement. Sadly for him, he lived a few blocks from an elementary school and when the woman reported him, they had to take it seriously.

I think the case should be dropped and he should have his ass beat for it but other than that its a waste of time and money.
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Originally Posted by Sid70 View Post
That's insane. It's stupid to type that, i'd never did that just because it's just stupid, but living in country where kids get shot it may affect the teen. Saying he doesnt care what they show on a tv won't serve any good, must say he did watch a lot of tv where they show and speak shooting kids a lot, was under influence ...
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Originally Posted by ludballs View Post
Yeah, the whole thing is ludicrous.
http://www.change.org/petitions/rele...ic-threat-laws

sign his shit, was 1300+ last week

just bitch and spread the word, you can get the charges dropped, they don't want attention on this
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