A 25-year-old man from Birmingham has been arrested and charged with threatening President Barack Obama by using Twitter. The Secret Service confirms that Jarvis Britton was charged with making a threat against the president through the social media website Twitter.
According to court documents filed Sept. 21, a Secret Service agent received an anonymous call on June 30 informing him that a man named Jarvis Britton had used his computer to threaten the life of President Obama.
The threatening tweets originated on June 28, when Britton allegedly tweeted "Free speech? Really? Let's test this! Let's kill the president!" He reportedly followed that message with another tweet the same day: "I'm going to finish this, if they get me, they get me! #ohwell. I think we could get the president with cyanide. #MakeItSlow."
Officials say Britton tweeted the next day, "Barack Obama, I wish you were DEAD!"
Court documents say a Secret Service agent interviewed Britton and informed him of the seriousness of the issue but no further action was taken at that time. On Sept. 20, the USSS Internet Threat Desk in D.C. contacted the Secret Service agent and informed him that Britton sent another tweet threatening the president's life on Sept. 14. That message read: "Let's kill the president. F.E.A.R."
Based on those messages, authorities said they have probable cause to believe Britton "knowingly and willfully" threated to take the president's life.
Neither U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance nor public defender Kevin Butler were available Monday to speak about the case.
A preliminary detention hearing for Britton is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 at the Hugo L. Black courthouse in Birmingham. Britton is currently in federal custody.
Dear President Obie, I'm just reporting the story. I ain't in on this!
Boy don't you know you don't do dumb shyt like that!! They got people working 24/7 just for that. Damn, Some people just don't need a computer or cell phone because they ALWAYS do dumb shyt!!
ReplyDeleteAttention seeking....which is kinda sad!!
ReplyDeleteDon't white folks do this too? Last time I checked, they have yet to arrest any of the whites who have made threats against the POTUS.
ReplyDeleteRegardless if you white, black blue or green if you think its alright to do it don't be surprised if you you see someone standing over your bed in middle of the night.
DeleteAnon 7:38 AM,
DeleteThey've arrested quite a few of 'em.
That's some serious business!
Also, check out:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html
I don't know how or why he thought it was a GOOD idea to publicly threaten anyone's life let alone the POTUS
ReplyDeleteSTUPID
careful what you ask for
what happened to that 16 year old alyssa girl who threatened the president during the DNC via twitter?
ReplyDeletei know the secret service showed up at her school and the tweet or her twitter was ultimately deleted.
of course she was white. she gained new followers AND a ton of hate tweets in the aftermath. i need to look her up.
teen or not, she also needs to be held accountable.
His dumb & stupid azz is going to wish he was dead after the fed have him kicking rocks for a few years.
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