But … but … taking death and riot threats seriously is inherently raaaaacist, isn’t it?
The Lake County News-Sun reports that the Zion Police Department in Illinois has arrested a 15-year-old high school student after he tweeted a threat to commit “mass homicide” if George Zimmerman is acquitted.
“If Zimmmerman free imma shoot everybody in Zion causing a mass homicide, and ill get away wit it just like Zimmerman,” read his tweet from the account @Mark12394995, which he then took down, but that started a conversation and reportedly the group Anonymous reported the tweet to police.
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Zion Police Department Deputy Chief Steve Dumyahn said the 15-year-old Zion-Benton Township High School sophomore was brought to the police station and his parents were furious.Dispatch started receiving calls, including one from Kansas, the FBI, and Fox News who told Zion they heard it from a caller in Washington.
Here’s the tweet, courtesy of Topsy.
The teen also tweeted that he “know[s] better not to do illegal stuff like that” and “would never kill” people.
@AdudeJust no cuz i have no time to do that and i know better not to do illegal stuff like that
— mark. (@mark12394995) July 12, 2013
@FreshFitt @AdudeJust but i would never kill ppl
— mark. (@mark12394995) July 12, 2013
@ZombieSeaweed I WAS JOKING SEE U JUST SAID I SHOULDNT JOKE SO THERE WAS NOO NEED FOR U TO REPORT ME
— mark. (@mark12394995) July 12, 2013
@CaroScharff im no killer
— mark. (@mark12394995) July 12, 2013
He says he’s “not going to prison.”
@Tefanboy im.not going to prison
— mark. (@mark12394995) July 12, 2013
He has been charged with disorderly conduct, but police reportedly said there is no “credibility to the threat.”
Meanwhile, how many of these threats against Zimmerman and random white people have even been treated with that level of seriousness?
http://twitter.com/#!/ZackSlaterExe/status/350024233495179266
http://twitter.com/#!/carlise_/status/350310353663557632
http://twitter.com/#!/Dat_Nigga_Vonni/status/350245600345866240
http://twitter.com/#!/BihhImaBadAhh/status/350328953468227584
http://twitter.com/#!/ItaliannDoll/status/350019006910054402
http://twitter.com/#!/ImdatniggaPWood/status/350013819763965952
The lynch-mob tweets have been deleted, but Twitchy is forever. And there are plenty more where those came from. Paging law enforcement.
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