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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 02:51 PM Dec 2016

Kurt Eichenwald journalist attacked with lights to trigger seizure, he updates on twitter

Last edited Fri Dec 16, 2016, 03:24 PM - Edit history (1)

apparently this Journalists reporting on trumps mental illness and medication problems on fox is resulting in attacks. You'll have to read the Journalists tweets, to many to post them all.

https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald
Kurt Eichenwald ?@kurteichenwald · 40m40 minutes ago
...lawsuit. So if any of you others think about trying this "cute" prank, consider the consequences. They will be severe.

Kurt Eichenwald ?@kurteichenwald · 41m41 minutes ago

...happens to you. Online anonymity does not protect criminals. Thats why subpoenas exist. You are facing a criminal investigation and a...

Kurt Eichenwald ?@kurteichenwald · 42m42 minutes ago

...individual will be going to court, and he will be paying a price. And if any of you others ever try this again, I will make sure it...


Kurt Eichenwald ?@kurteichenwald · 43m43 minutes ago

...a federal crime because it appears to be cross state. This kind of assault will never happen again without huge consequences. This...

edited to clear out the blank space, sorry about that.

We're seeing what happens to a Journalist and his children- who gives fox an interview that talks about trumps mental health and medication problems on Republican-fox lies TV.

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Kurt Eichenwald journalist attacked with lights to trigger seizure, he updates on twitter (Original Post) Sunlei Dec 2016 OP
I Hope They Are Caught, Prosecuted, and Leith Dec 2016 #1
Eichenwald's been targeted in this way on Twitter before. Denzil_DC Dec 2016 #2

Leith

(7,808 posts)
1. I Hope They Are Caught, Prosecuted, and
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 05:49 PM
Dec 2016

given the highest punishment possible.

Trumpamzees are a vicious breed.

Denzil_DC

(7,222 posts)
2. Eichenwald's been targeted in this way on Twitter before.
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 08:53 PM
Dec 2016

This time, it sounds like someone succeeded in provoking an epileptic fit:

Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald 7h
For self-protection, I am taking a short twitter break. I will be spending that time with my lawyers & law enforcement going after 1 of u...


Kurt Eichenwald ?@kurteichenwald 7h
Last night, for the second time, a deplorable aware I have epilepsy tweeted a strobe at me with the message "you deserve a seizure' on it...


Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald 7h
...it worked. {...}


Disgusting. I'm glad he's going after them.
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