Teenager sent in jail for posting rap lyrics on Facebook

[docholliday]

VGKing said:

docholliday said:
I felt sorry for the kid when I first read about this story about a week ago. Then I read the so called "lyrics'. If those are lyrics, they are some of the worst ever. There is no flow or rhyme to them. Just looks like an open ended threat to those who dont like him or agree with him. Does he deserve 20 years? I dont think so. But to just ignore a statement in which he openly threatens the safety of others would be very irresponsible as well. Odds are he is just a loud mouth punk looking for attention, maybe next time he will think twice about the method he uses to get such attention.

He didn't mention attacking any place or even threaten to kill anyone. No, this shouldn't have been ignored, but a simple investigation would lead them to find that this kid is no threat to national security. No criminal record. No terrorist ties. No mental health issues as far as we know. The only thing he is guilty of is writing a bad rap. What happened to free speech?

Well I for one dont believe that those were even rap lyrics. And like I said before if they were, that was god awful. And free speech doesnt apply when you resort to threatening the safety of others. The line "im gonna be famous for rapping" doesnt even fit the context of the rest of his statement, like he threw that in there just to save face. Regardless of whether or not they found weapons at his home lets not paint this kid as being an innocent victim. I said before he doesnt deserve 20 years in jail but to act as if this is just a matter of free speech is very naive. He made a public threat on a social network IMPLYING that he would commit actions more severe than what happened in Boston just because he had "haters". And he would beat all murder charges because he would be famous for rapping, yea great kid there.