A woman made a vague threat to a healthcare company – does she really deserve up to 15 years in prison?

No

trump stole 500 million dollars from the state of ny... rapists spend less than a decade

this is a warning to poor people

Of course not, but they're going to make an example out of her to deter the rest of the proles.

I hope this case gets some attention too. This is some ginned up bullshit. We can’t let them stomp us into silence.

I’m not celebrating a murder, this is some fucked up shit in many dimensions and I would prefer a different timeline.

But remember we are not children who need to bow our heads and take our scolding.

For-profit insurance companies are liable for the deaths they cause. Full stop.

How’s that for moral clarity?

She would have never been able to be charged before the patriot act. No weapons, no capacity to act on them, vague and unspecific. Its crazy how our freedoms have been eroded and how many folks seem to think thats just fine and dandy.

You know what? Everyone deserves freedom of speech, and threatening healthcare CEOs is not, in my opinion, a breach of it. There is a huge difference between threatening vulnerable minorities and threatening invulnerable minorities.

This reminds me of Minority Report. Arrested by the pre-crime unit.

Guilty without the crime actually being committed.

She's a scapegoat. They arrested her to make a public example of her. Fuck those bastards, set her free.

On the other hand when women complain about threats from stalkers the police do nothing. You might as well delete the word justice from this criminal justice system.

Shit like this is going to happen until us poors remember our place.

She absolutely does not deserve that. Isn't America the home of free speech? I guess not for the plebs!

We should erect a giant bronze statue of Luigi. Put it in a road right near UHC's headquarters in Minnesota. Make them all drive past it each and every day on the way to work.

No, the executives, BoD and major investors do.

Where is her free speech?

When a woman calls the cops because her abusive SO threatened to kill her, they can't do anything about it.

Two wrongs don’t make a right. She could have said DDD without “you people are next.”

Having said that, if we’re really judging people, and corporations are people, why isn’t the denial of health care seen as manslaughter? 70 people pass every day due to the lack of medical care in America. We have worse outcomes, shorter average life than other civilized countries.

When is a corporation sued for murder & sent to jail? I know it sounds crazy, but that’s the point. These systems aren’t making sense. They lack humanity. This is a bad, morally bankrupt system. Older Americans loves their Medicare: that’s socialism.

I’m so sick of this shit.

I saw someone else say this, but I hope they start rounding up the incels on Twitter saying “your body, my choice” as credible rape threats if what this woman said is going to be litigated with such fervor.

She was released and all charges dropped. This was a silly farce by the judge and prosecutors from the jump

Prosecutors throw the book at people, sentences get reduced by dropping things, aclu better get on this and keep her from getting a stupid plea deal, and fight for free speech

It's called wrong thinking from the book 1984

Lol no

The US justice system is f'ed up.

Meanwhile customer service agents have been hearing much worse than this for decades, actual direct threats not vague comments, and no one ever gave a shit before.

Jury Nullification is my right.

Free slave for the state of Florida. I mean, they might let her go in a few months, but slam that 15 years jail stay bill right on her. You really effed up on the "land of the free" over there.

That "when they came for the ..." had already happened. Years ago. Think on that. SL

Did she say she was running for the presidency? Because in that case, she could take someone out on main street and she could grab them by the pussy too and nobody would say anything.

She should have tried to purchase a president or maybe purchase the presidency itself for a self pardon.

Joe should pardon her wtf Joe!

No, but they are going to throw the book at potential copycats to deincentivise others. First of many, I'm sure.

So, don't make empty threats?

Sounds more like a setup imho

Oh, I missed it it's f****** Florida. Anybody living in that state is taking their own life in their hands. No she does not deserve to have the book thrown at her but her likelihood of that happening is very high.

If Boston’s home is later found to have a bunch of disguises, a 3D-printed gun and a manifesto, I will, of course, eat my words and any hats that are available.

Those items will magically appear if needed for them to make a case.

Of course she doesn't, but the ruling class needs to make an example of someone - they're not about to let us peasants get away with defying them.

This is so sad

She won’t see a day in jail. She never threatened. What she will see is a huge payday.

Long live freedom of speech!

Briana Boston is her name

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Yes, if she doesn't shut the fuck up and not talk to the cops.

That's for the court to decide.

I think she's guilty (you can't be making threats like that on the heels of someone actually committing an act of violence) but even that is too much time. IDEK if she deserves jail time at all. I'd rather see her get a fine and maybe a month or two of community service.

Just because the maximum penalty for a crime is 15 years of prison it doesn't mean that's what she's going to get. In all likelyhood she's getting a fine at best. This is just feeding the outrage machine once again.