Police Sent to California Home of "Innocence of Muslims" Producer (for protection)

[JDPriestly]

98. What evidence supports your claim that he is "solely responsible for the death of Ambassador

Stevens, Sean Smith and two others"?

President Obama stated that he believes that these men were killed by Al Qaeda members trying to avenge the death of al-Libi, one of their leaders. I think Obama is probably well informed.

Did this crazy guy make the film? Yes. Is it offensive? Apparently a lot of Muslims think so. Did he have anything to do with the killing of our ambassador and members of his staff? No.

Our President has explained that the deaths were not directly related to the film. Don't blame this man for something he did not do. Having made the film and being disgraced for that is social punishment enough for his extremism. That is my opinion. Many will disagree, but that is my opinion.

Further, if you think of the case involving Larry Flynt and Jerry Falwell, then you realize that it would be very difficult to prosecute someone for making a mean, parody film regarding a religious leader. Per Wikipedia:

Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, in a unanimous 8–0 decision (Justice Anthony Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case), that the First Amendment's free-speech guarantee prohibits awarding damages to public figures to compensate for emotional distress intentionally inflicted upon them.

Thus, Hustler magazine's parody of Jerry Falwell was deemed to be within the law, because the Court found that reasonable people would not have interpreted the parody to contain factual claims, leading to a reversal of the jury verdict in favor of Falwell, who had previously been awarded $150,000 in damages by a lower court.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell

Directly inciting people to riot is not protected speech, but no one is saying that the film exhorted people to go out and riot. That's quite different from telling a crowd of angry people that they should use their "Second Amendment Rights."

I can picture someone going after Jon Stewart if the First Amendment did not protect parody and satire. They wouldn't get far, but they might try. Mohammed is long dead and can't pursue this filmmaker for libel.

It's nice to vent, but the anger is not going to bring people together or improve understanding between different religious groups. And that is what is needed.