Teen arrested over replica gun pointed at cop car

[aGameOfThrones]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas have arrested a teen for posting a photo of a replica gun pointed at a police car with a caption reading in part: "Should I do it?"

Montrae Toliver, 17, was arrested Monday for allegedly making a terroristic threat.

Fort Worth police say he posted a photo to Twitter of a pellet gun pointed at the front of what appears to be a parked police car in the distance. A separate tweet from the same account says the gun is an Airsoft replica, which was confirmed by Fort Worth officers investigating the photo, department spokeswoman Tamara Pena said.

Someone saw the photo on Twitter, took a screenshot and submitted it to Fort Worth police's Facebook page, she said.

"Either way, it's a threat," Pena said. "And so it's going to be looked into."

The message accompanying the photo read, "Should I do it? They don't care for a black male anyways!"

http://news.yahoo.com/teen-arrested-over-replica-gun-pointed-cop-car-005421550.html

 

[tod evans]

"Should I do it? They don't care for a black male anyways!"

What you shouldn't do is post stupid shit on twitter-book, fucking dumb ass.

 

[RM918]

The most shocking thing about this story is that he was apparently uneventfully arrested instead of being immediately executed by a SWAT team.

 

[pcosmar]

What you shouldn't do is post stupid shit on twitter-book, fucking dumb ass.

True, in this present world.

But it is a photo of a toy.
Who loses their mud over this?

 

[Weston White]

So he pointed a gun, real or toy at a police car? How is that in any way a serious threat? Being that we all are left to presume at this point that the vehicle was unoccupied at the time of his photo.

It sounds more like he was merely posting an extreme-online-poll than making an actual threat.

However, to note, the criminal statutes in Texas (as in California) likely consider the act of brandishing a toy gun in a manner that makes other’s believe it is an actual firearm as one in the same, e.g., I cannot rob a store with a water pistol, get busted for it, and then make the argument that it was not an armed robbery because I had actually employed a harmless toy to trick the clerk into believing I was truly equipped to shoot them if they did not comply with my demands.

 

[presence]

Freedom of expression. 1st Amendment. Cops need to STFU.

 

[otherone]

However, to note, the criminal statutes in Texas (as in California) likely consider the act of brandishing a toy gun in a manner that makes other’s believe it is an actual firearm as one in the same, e.g., I cannot rob a store with a water pistol, get busted for it, and then make the argument that it was not an armed robbery because I had actually employed a harmless toy to trick the clerk into believing I was truly equipped to shoot them if they did not comply with my demands.

Not when it's hours after the fact, when no crime occurred.
Thought crime.

 

[SeanTX]

Meanwhile, cops menacingly point pistols, rifles, and shotguns at non-threatening people all the time -- but don't dare point a toy gun or "BB" gun at an empty police car ...

 

[acptulsa]

So, empty cop cars are being afforded officer status now? So, not only can certain trained German shepherds claim more 'privilege' than humans but certain Crown Victorias can, too? Does clipping the fender of a parked Charger by accident get you SWATted now?

 

[jmdrake]

Meanwhile, cops menacingly point pistols, rifles, and shotguns at non-threatening people all the time -- but don't dare point a toy gun or "BB" gun at an empty police car ...

Was the robbery suspect white? If yes then this was a just use of racial profiling. /sarcasm

Seriously, stuff like this needs to go viral. It's only when joe blow white guy realizes that the police state is pointed at him and not just the Mike Brown's of the world will things change.

 

[jmdrake]

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[jmdrake]

Was the robbery suspect white? If yes then this was a just use of racial profiling. /sarcasm

Seriously, stuff like this needs to go viral. It's only when joe blow white guy realizes that the police state is pointed at him and not just the Mike Brown's of the world will things change.

I just looked up the article.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/06/10/colorado-police-in-aurora-start-constitutional-crisis/
Though the suspect, carefully identified, video taped, was 45 years old, male, white and quite large, the majority of those arrested were women, small children or minorities.

So these cops were willing to arrest women, children and minorities when the suspect was a white male. It looks like they didn't discriminate against blacks, women or children in their pursuit of justice. MLK would be proud. /sarcasm

 

[Ronin Truth]

Was it a replica arrest and a replica cop car?

 

[acptulsa]

This was no threat and no officer was involved. This is for disrespecting a $&@#% car.

What next? If I stick firecrackers in a toy police car and stick film of it on youtube, will that get me arrested? Where does this violation of the First Amendment end? Should we flood youtube with blown up toy police cars with markings from real police departments, those with made up markings of no real police department, shall we burn patches or paper prints of police department markings, shoot them with squirt guns, and just generally stick a billion vids out there in the name of discovering where the limits are and whether we have any free speech left at all?

 

[phill4paul]

This was no threat and no officer was involved. This is for disrespecting a $&@#% car.

What next? If I stick firecrackers in a toy police car and stick film of it on youtube, will that get me arrested? Where does this violation of the First Amendment end?

You damned well better believe it will.

 

[phill4paul]

I just looked up the article.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/06/10/colorado-police-in-aurora-start-constitutional-crisis/
Though the suspect, carefully identified, video taped, was 45 years old, male, white and quite large, the majority of those arrested were women, small children or minorities.

So these cops were willing to arrest women, children and minorities when the suspect was a white male. It looks like they didn't discriminate against blacks, women or children in their pursuit of justice. MLK would be proud. /sarcasm

TIL; Our own GunnyFreedom was assaulted by the cops and the suspect was a bald, black male( don't remember which thread he posted this in). Thuggery knows no bounds.

 

[Ronin Truth]

How about if I draw a picture of a police car and then wad it up and throw it away?

Just curious and asking.

 

[pcosmar]

This was no threat and no officer was involved. This is for disrespecting a $&@#% car.

What next? If I stick firecrackers in a toy police car and stick film of it on youtube, will that get me arrested? Where does this violation of the First Amendment end? Should we flood youtube with blown up toy police cars with markings from real police departments, those with made up markings of no real police department, shall we burn patches or paper prints of police department markings, shoot them with squirt guns, and just generally stick a billion vids out there in the name of discovering where the limits are and whether we have any free speech left at all?

I was thinking of a new line of "No Hesitation" targets.