What a dumbass - threatening to kill the president. Shameful, bro. Shameful.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/06/justice/obama-threat-arrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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"Washington (CNN) -- A North Carolina man was arrested Wednesday and accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama in a series of Twitter messages, including one saying, "The Secret Service is gonna be defenseless once I aim the Assault Rifle at Barack's Forehead." Donte Jamar Sims, 21, had an initial court appearance in Charlotte on Thursday and remains in custody. According to a criminal complaint, Sims sent five Twitter messages Monday morning threatening the president. "Ima hit president Obama with that Lee Harvey Oswald swag," said one tweet. "Well IMA Assassinate president Obama this evening, " said another message. President Obama did not arrive in town until two days later. Charlotte is the city hosting the Democratic National Convention. President Obama arrived there Wednesday afternoon in advance of his Thursday night acceptance speech. The court document states a Secret Service intelligence research specialist saw the messages on Twitter, which led to an agent going to Sims' home to interview him on Wednesday. In the affidavit, the Secret Service agent who interviewed Sims said the suspect admitted to having the Twitter account associated with the messages and wrote that Sims smiled when the threatening statements were read aloud to him. "Sims stated that he published the statements because he hated President Obama," the agent wrote in the affidavit. "Sims asserted that he was high on marijuana when he made the threats but that he understood what he was doing and that it was wrong." According to the court document, the agent then arrested Sims on several outstanding warrants. The officer said Sims later waived his Miranda rights and said his demeanor changed. "He asserted that he was sorry he sent the messages threatening to kill the president of the United States and provided me with a written apology," wrote the agent. The court document makes no mention of Sims having any weapons in his possession. It also does not provide details on the previous arrest warrants for Sims. Kevin Tate, a federal public defender representing Sims, would not comment on the case in advance of a detention hearing scheduled for September 11. If convicted of threatening the president, Sims faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine."

9/6/2012 8:01:15 PM

People are fucking stupid.

9/6/2012 8:12:27 PM

how hard do you think he cried when they arrested him?

9/6/2012 8:14:39 PM

why'd they give his middle name? isn't there some kind of "assassination protocol" where you kill somebody and they refer to you by your full name, but if they don't die, you get the John Hinckley treatment?

also dude gets arrested for weed...a LOT



[Edited on September 6, 2012 at 8:22 PM. Reason : WEED]

9/6/2012 8:18:31 PM

how retarded is it that this guy will be put in jail and thus supported by tax-payers for just being a dumbass on twitter?

9/6/2012 8:18:59 PM

every time NC is on the national news.

9/6/2012 8:32:07 PM

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"The court document states a Secret Service intelligence research specialist saw the messages on Twitter, which led to an agent going to Sims' home to interview him on Wednesday."

They're watching...

Speaking of which, where's that thread with the list of words used to match on Facebook, Twitter, etc.?

9/6/2012 8:32:54 PM

Have you ever threatened to kill the president... On WEEEED.

9/6/2012 8:47:31 PM

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"also dude gets arrested for weed...a LOT"

i mean, he's black right? that's pretty much the MO for every police department in the country.

9/6/2012 9:19:08 PM

a black guy that hates obama? must be photochopped.

9/6/2012 9:41:51 PM

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"a black guy that hates obama? must be photochopped."

I, too, thought of a white guy when I read the name Donte Jamar Sims

9/6/2012 9:45:18 PM

bwahahahahahahahahahaha. Fantastic. I could comment further upon this story, but to keep my job...I won't.

9/6/2012 10:17:07 PM

This guy does not really fit in to any republican stereotypes.

9/7/2012 12:36:42 AM

Maybe he was mad he didn't get his question answered on the reddit AMA

9/7/2012 12:40:09 AM

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"According to the court document, the agent then arrested Sims on several outstanding warrants. The officer said Sims later waived his Miranda rights and said his demeanor changed. "He asserted that he was sorry he sent the messages threatening to kill the president of the United States and provided me with a written apology," wrote the agent."

If I was locked up on some w33d warrants but being held by the secret service my demeanor would change too.

9/7/2012 12:50:46 AM