Louisville man charged with threatening to kill president in poem

[Swede]

Testing the limits of the First Amendment, federal prosecutors have charged a Louisville man with threatening to kill the president based on a poem he wrote and recently re-posted on a neo-Nazi Web site.



A federal public defender for Johnny Logan Spencer Jr. said in court Friday that while the poem might be offensive, it has not incited violence and should be protected under the Constitution as a work of art.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100219/NEWS01/2190375/Louisville-man-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-president-in-poem

[bluestateguy]

1. Disgusting

We cannot allow any loopholes in our justice system that would create even a chance that he would get off.

I propose a secret CIA prison in Eastern Europe for him if he gets off on a bullshit technicality here.

[leftstreet]

2. Wait, what? Article says he wrote it 'a couple of years ago'

:shrug:

[Edweird]

4. Hey, it's hard to get published....

[zbdent]

5. Bush43 was a "negro"???

or is the definition of "a couple of years ago" meaning barely 1.25 years ago?

[Edweird]

3. I'm guessing the 'It's just a poem" schtick won't fly.