Sandy Hook
The verdict: Up to ten years of Prison
The accusation: terrorist threats
The offender: A 19-year-old League of Legends gamer named Justin Carter
Justin Carter got into a fight with one of his teammates in the online game League of Legends, which then continued on FaceBook. His teammate called him “crazy”, he then replied:
“I’m fucked in the head alright. I think I’ma shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them.”
All this happened shortly after the Sandy Hook Drama when a juvenile running amok caused a massacre by shooting up children at an elementary school. As we all know, the USA doesn’t take terrorist threats and jokes lightly.
The teammate’s worried mother informed the police about Justin Carter’s message.
Moments later, Justin Carter was in jail already where an anonymous person donated $500.000 to bail him out until the verdict has been made. In this case, the court does not seem to care that Justin Carter also wrote “LOL” and “JK” (just kidding) in addition to his serious post on Facebook and so his attorney also is more or less helpless.
I’m anxiously awaiting the final verdict, which will be made in the coming months. I think the judge is completely overreacting, ultimately it is just a Facebook message an angry teenager wrote. It’s nothing new for young people to talk a lot of trash and in conclusion I can only agree with Justin Carter’s mother: She says the whole process is a waste of time and money, moreover the American law is being abused to brutally punish children – and why? Just because he wrote something really stupid out of anger on the Internet.
Information Source: http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/11/4515828/jailed-league-of-legends-terrorist-threat-player-released-on-bai
Image Source: http://www.sinuousmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Sandy-Hook-School-Shooting-Vigil-597×335.jpg
