Comments on: Man arrested for threatening cops online

By: woj

woj — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:25:40 +0000

I still hope all these prick bastard cops who are on a power trip wind up with metastatic colon cancer.

By: Fred the Fed

Fred the Fed — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:35:37 +0000

Per 47 USC 230 et seq., Carlos is legally absolved as long as he has no editorial control over comments before they appear.

By: Carlos Miller

Carlos Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:51:25 +0000

Grog,

I’m just talking about deleting comments that say things like “kill all pigs” that bring absolutely nothing to the discussion at hand.

I’m don’t believe I am liable for anybody’s comments. In fact, I believe there was a recent court decision that confirmed this.

However, my decision to delete these comments is more of a personal matter than a legal concern.

People who come here and simply call for the murder of cops are no different than the abusive cops I write about.

These comments display a lack of professionalism, which is what I’ve been demanding from police since launching this site.

By: Carlos Miller

Carlos Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:12:34 +0000

Thanks for reading, Ms. C.!

By: grog

grog — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:56:06 +0000

Carlos,
I’m a fan of the site, but you might want to talk to an attorney on this one. If you get into the habit of deleting comments, are you taking on responsibility for the content of other comments you didn’t delete? If so, to what degree would you be liable? what happens if you miss one? obviously, there aren’t a whole lot of comments for each posting, but considering how much traffic you get and the likelihood that any one post might potentially have hundreds of comments depending on how incendiary it is, you may want to consider it.

By: Ms Calabaza

Ms Calabaza — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:15:53 +0000

Carlos,
I’ve been a fan of this blog for quite a while and I’ve never seen you advocate any hate speech. You are not a zealot. You do good work. :~)

By: Anton Lee

Anton Lee — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:42:43 +0000

Police officers that kill people are no different than any other murderer.

Difference is, some people say it online, but we can always trust cops to go out and kill all kinds of people on a daily basis.

By: Pinandpuller

Pinandpuller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:23:05 +0000

And yet Sandra Bernhardt is still walking around free.

Oh my bad-she merely made vague rape threats against Sarah Palin.

Trying to threaten or intimidate anyone is stupid and counterproductive. Everything comes back around.

A flame war, however, is only three Hail Mary’s if anyone is interested.

By: Carlos Miller

Carlos Miller — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:30:43 +0000

Viv,

There was a guy in Miami who did the same last year. He is now serving six years.

http://www.justnews.com/news/16264839/detail.html#video

People obviously do not know that death threats is not protected speech.