Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts, say prosecutors

So there used to be this saying before the internet made everyone a constitutional scholar, “tell it to the judge.”

His attorney argued that having negative thoughts isn’t a crime and the judge looked at the systematic stock piling of weapons, the research into mass murdering, The compiling of a hit list and where to find them, the fully formulated reasoning for mass murder and said no bail, go to jail.

Having an argument over whether this guy is a threat to the public isn’t even academic at this point. Next stop is either a trial or a plea.
 
You think the below is protected speech???

"I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on the earth," reads a draft email found on his computer. "I think a plague would be most successful but how do I acquire the needed/ Spanish flu, botulism, anthrax not sure yet but will find something."

In another letter to himself found on his computer, court papers say, he says, "I am a long time White Nationalist, having been a skinhead 30 plus years ago before my time in the military."

The Coast Guard flagged him because of internet searches of extremist web sites at work, a federal law enforcement officer told NBC News.

If we tossed everyone in jail with a sick journal, we'd need more jails. What would the Marquis de Sade say?
 
Well he was not tossed in to jail for visiting those sites remember, visiting those sites flagged him for further investigation and they then found the other emails inciting violence and the drugs and weapon stash.
 
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