High School Rapper Arrested and Facing Terrorism Charges For Rap About Boston Marathon Bombing

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3. I'm trying to process this

At first blush, it seems very wrong. But then I'm thinking, if some right-wing militia person, after Oklahoma City, were to post a rant saying "‘everybody you will see what I am going to do, kill people,” and mentioning the Clinton White House and OKC, would we think he should be arrested?

I don't know. Help me out here. I know we arrest people when they make specific threats, say, against a President ... but this was a general threat. But we live in an era of general threats, and we just had one. On the other hand, we tolerate bad language and bad thoughts. I'm really stumped on this one. My guess is it will be thrown out in court. The good news, is maybe this stupid crazy kid will shape up, knowing he is watched.