Calif. Man Arrested For ESPN Post On Killing Kids 416
A reader writes with an AP story as carried by Yahoo that illustrates one of the boundaries of free speech online: "A California man accused of posting comments on ESPN's website saying he was watching kids and wouldn't mind killing them was in jail Tuesday on $1 million bail after he was arrested for investigation of making terrorist threats, authorities said. Several guns were found Monday at the home of former Yale University student Eric Yee, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Steve Low. Yee was arrested after the sports network ESPN reported threatening posts were made in a reader response section to an online ESPN story on Thursday about new Nike sneakers named after LeBron James that cost $270 a pair. Some of the nearly 3,000 reader comments on the story talked about children possibly getting killed over the sneakers because of how expensive they are, said ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys. 'What he was posting had nothing to do with sports," Soltys said Tuesday. "We closely monitor the message boards and anytime we get a threat, we're alerting law enforcement officials.' An employee at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., notified local police the same day and they linked the posting to Yee's home in Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County."
Re:Source Link = Dead (Score:2, Funny)
How should we send messages? .... please advise
270 buck (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ermahgerd 1984! (Score:5, Funny)
The standard that has been used up until now is if a perceived threat is distanced in time or target
Ah... so he should have said he was going to kill kids next year, one town over.
Man Arrested For Saying Stupid Shit Online (Score:2, Funny)
Good! Maybe we can get to work on people who post comments on YouTube now!