By the time the FBI first showed up to Kevin Patrick Smith’s home in early February, he’d already left dozens of threatening voice messages for US Senator Jon Tester.
The FBI and law enforcement need to make this shit their top priority. Everyone of the people making these threats are breaking the law. There is no free speech protection for threatening people, regardless of their status as public officials, and in fact threatening public officials in order to influence policy is called terrorism.
The people aiding and comforting these nutjobs also need to be held liable.
The FBI and law enforcement need to make this shit their top priority. Everyone of the people making these threats are breaking the law. There is no free speech protection for threatening people, regardless of their status as public officials, and in fact threatening public officials in order to influence policy is called terrorism.
The people aiding and comforting these nutjobs also need to be held liable.