German Courthouses Evacuated Due to Bomb Threats
Several district courts were evacuated in Germany on Tuesday after they received bomb threats, police said, although searches turned up nothing concrete.
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High Court Spurns Case Over Reckless Threats, Irking Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas called out his colleagues Monday for turning down a case where threat convictions were overturned because they lacked an intent to intimidate.
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Trump Threatens Protesters in Seattle
After days of violent confrontations with protesters, police in Seattle have largely withdrawn from part of a neighborhood where protesters have created a festival-like scene that has President Trump fuming.
Read moreColorado Gives Guidance for When a Tweet Is Threat
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday remanded the question of whether a high school student’s 2013 online post of a gun, with comments, constituted a threat or free speech.
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Machete-Wielding Sex Burglar Cleared After Aussie Fantasy Goes Wrong
A knife-toting Australian hired to break into another man’s home, tie him up and stroke him with a broom has been cleared of intimidation after accidentally entering the wrong house.
Read moreCovid Quarantine
Our Lady of Sorrows Church sued the health director of the Town of Orange, Conn., for allegedly threatening to arrest a priest if he held a mass gathering.
Read moreLaw Firm Worker Fired After Posting Threat About Face Mask Requirements
The Thompson & Knight law firm fired a Dallas-based administrative manager Friday after he allegedly posted a threat on social media against businesses with Covid-19 face mask requirements that had references to a handgun and hollow point-bullets.
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Virus Fears Turns Deportees Into Pariahs in Latin America
Emigrants returning from the United States were once considered heroes in Guatemala, where the money they send back to their hometowns is a mainstay of the economy.
Read moreOklahoma Mayor Retracts Face-Covering Order Following Threats
An Oklahoma mayor hastily retracted an order late Friday requiring residents to wear face coverings after businesses reported verbal and physical threats from customers refusing to comply, including one involving a firearm.
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‘Shoot and Destroy,’ Trump Tells Navy, Ramping Up Tension With Iran
President Donald Trump fanned the flames of military conflict Wednesday, tweeting that the U.S. will not tolerate its vessels being pestered by Iran’s naval forces.
Read moreSnapchat Post
An appeals court in Florida upheld the denial of a man’s motion to dismiss charges brought against him after he posted a photo of himself on Snapchat with the caption, “On my way! School shooter.” The question of whether the posting was a threat under the relevant statute must be decided by a jury, the court ruled.
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Texan Accused of Threatening to Spread Virus in Grocery Stores
A Texas man is facing a terrorism-related charge after allegedly saying on Facebook that he hired someone to spread the coronavirus at grocery stores, a threat that federal authorities say was ultimately found to be a hoax.
Read moreTexas Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill Nancy Pelosi
A North Texas man was charged Thursday with threatening to shoot and kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats for being part of a “satanic cult.”
Read morePolice Shooting
The admission of testimony from a police officer who fatally shot Feras Morad, an unarmed college student, was not prejudicial, the Ninth Circuit ruled. The officer testified that he could hear Morad making threatening statements on an eyewitness video and also testified that he had written in his police report that he had heard the student say, “I’m coming to get you.”
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Connecticut Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. Adam Schiff
A Connecticut man has been arrested on charges of making a death threat against California Congressman Adam Schiff in an email in which he invited the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to a “Measure your Coffin day.”
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Previously convicted felon Francisco Alvarado Felix, 33, of Hesperia, Calif., was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for threatening a restaurant manager with an assault rifle after employees refused to sell him alcohol, federal prosecutors said.
Read moreStand Your Ground
A Florida appeals court ruled that murder charges should have been dismissed against a defendant who shot and killed a man who had instigated a car chase that ended in a parking lot and began banging on the window of the defendant’s truck while yelling threats. The defendant is entitled to “Stand Your Ground” immunity.
Read moreSnapchat Threat
A Florida appeals court ruled against a defendant seeking to dismiss a charge of sending a written threat to kill or injure a child. The defendant sent a Snapchat photo to his North Marion High School classmate depicting a scoped AR-15 rifle with the caption, “Show and Tell @NM on Monday.” The picture was sent two weeks after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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Kentucky Students in Viral Encounter Sue Over Tweets From Writers
Several Kentucky Catholic school students involved in last year’s videotaped confrontation with a Native American elder at the Lincoln Memorial filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and others, claiming their tweets about the incident sparked harassment and threats.
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