Student arrested for threatening to kill Bush and others


	Student arrested for threatening to kill Bush and others

adamc

4-18-2006 11:13 PM

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threat, first amendment, vikram buddhi, george bush, laura bush, dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, purdue university

adamc says:

Interesting that he chose a Yahoo finance board dedicated to Sirius Satellite Radio to post his death threats. My understanding is that you are not covered under the First Amendment for threats like this.

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