Yik Yak threat at SVSU said, 'I'm going to shoot every black person I can on campus'

[FrodosPet]

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2015/11/student_charged_in_yik_yak_thr.html

By Andy Hoag
updated November 17, 2015 at 9:54 PM

SAGINAW, MI — Police at Saginaw Valley State University say a threat posted on the social media site Yik Yak read, "I'm going to shoot every black person I can on campus. Starting tomorrow morning."

The message triggered an investigation and police security response that led to the arrest of a Delta College student living in SVSU housing.

Emmanuel D. Bowden, 21, is charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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The police reports state that, after the post received multiple "negative replies," the original poster replied with four additional messages that read, "Its [sic] a joke," "I'm black," "I was going to give it an hour to see how you all would react," and "Right. I could be angry and just expressing myself lol."

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What a jackass. When people do dumb crap like that, it impedes the search for justice.

[safeinOhio]

1. A joke? OK,

just 10 years in the slammer.

[FrodosPet]

2. I have a pretty wide sense of humor

Threatening to commit mass murder is NOT a joke in any circumstance.

[romanic]

3. ...

The police reports state that, after the post received multiple "negative replies," the original poster replied with four additional messages that read, "Its [sic] a joke," "I'm black," "I was going to give it an hour to see how you all would react," and "Right. I could be angry and just expressing myself lol."

It's not a joke you fucking dipshit.

[FrodosPet]

5. Crying wolf

Every time someone makes joke threats or unfounded accusations of violent bigotry, it diminishes people's trust. So when the real deal comes along, people are jaded by the false alarms.

[Nye Bevan]

4. I'm not sure he should go to prison for this,

but he absolutely should be expelled from the college.