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Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Jason M. » Jul 5th, '13, 13:39

Justin Carter, the Texas teen jailed over a sarcastic Facebook comment, is reportedly on suicide watch.

"He's very depressed, very scared, and ... concerned that he's not going to get out," Carter's father, Jack, said in an interview with CNN Tuesday. "He's pretty much lost all hope."

Carter, 19, was arrested in February of this year following an argument he had on Facebook regarding "League of Legends," an online video game.

"[S]omeone had said something to the effect of 'Oh you're insane, you're crazy, you're messed up in the head,’" Jack recalled to ABC affiliate KVUE in an earlier interview. "To which [Justin] replied 'Oh yeah, I'm real messed up in the head, I'm going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still, beating hearts,’ and the next two lines were 'lol and jk' [all sic]."

Despite the teen's insistence of "lol" and "jk" -- internet shorthand for "laughing out loud" and "just kidding," respectively -- a woman who came across the comment on Facebook failed to see the humor. She alerted police after realizing Carter lived near an elementary school. On February 13, a judge authorized a search warrant. A warrant for Carter's arrest came one week later, reports WPTV.

Given recent school-related violence, the threat was taken seriously, meaning Carter has been charged with making a "terroristic threat," a felony that carries up to an eight-year prison sentence. His bail: $500,000, reports NPR, an amount his family can't pay, thus keeping him behind bars.

"Without getting into the really nasty details, he's had concussions, black eyes, moved four times from base for his own protection," Jack elaborated on Justin's current condition in jail. "He's been put in solitary confinement, nude, for days on end because he's depressed. All of this is extremely traumatic to this kid. This is a horrible experience."


Source: Huffington Post

I mean... was this really necessary? He's facing up to eight years in prison and he's on suicide watch. Sure, the arrest was just a two months after Sandy Hook, but still. He posted ''lol jk'' at the end of the comment, the chick still reports him, and the police still doesn't let him go. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be for the guy to be in custody for 5 months, be on suicide watch and wait for them to give the sentence, which could be 8 years... This is crossing the line. Sure, you shouldn't joke about that, but still, they should've called the kid an idiot and deleted the post. Not this, ffs.

Oh, and the bail is $500,000. Really crossing the line.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Just Silver » Jul 5th, '13, 13:56

we could post that here and never be addressed lol
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Elision » Jul 5th, '13, 19:07

charlottemathers wrote:What a stupid woman! Idk how old she is but old women who fail to take comments with a pinch of salt shouldnt be allowed to create a fb account. This is just an escalated joke
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby UofLCard » Jul 6th, '13, 03:43

I know this will sound highly hypocritical since I listen to Eminem, but there just some things you shouldn't joke about. Either way, putting him in jail or it is highly excessive.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Elision » Jul 6th, '13, 05:45

UofLCard wrote:there just some things you shouldn't joke about
socially. legality should have nothing to do with it.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby cheeseburger » Jul 6th, '13, 06:49

Freedom of speech - worth 8 years in prison :laughing:

Omg what a hypocritical country :facepalm
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby PAINKILLƎR » Jul 6th, '13, 06:55

That lady is a bitch.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby UofLCard » Jul 6th, '13, 18:57

Elision wrote:
UofLCard wrote:there just some things you shouldn't joke about
socially. legality should have nothing to do with it.


That's true.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby EminemInsider » Jul 7th, '13, 08:31

Most people don't have the ability to detect sarcasm when it's said out loud. So you can imagine the problem these idiots have when it's in text.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Jason M. » Jul 7th, '13, 11:37

EminemInsider wrote:Most people don't have the ability to detect sarcasm when it's said out loud. So you can imagine the problem these idiots have when it's in text.


Still, God damn it, why doesn't the police let him go?

Imagine how he must feel being in jail for 5 months and facing up to 8 years for sarcasm.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby NextEpisode » Jul 7th, '13, 18:08

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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Jason M. » Jul 16th, '13, 13:17

Thank God he was released after an anonymus person paid the bail. Weird.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Sam. » Jul 16th, '13, 15:20

Sarcasm, sometimes isn't that visible on the Internet, but's that's just not applicable here.
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Re: Teen jailed for Facebook comment. *epic facepalm*

Postby Slim Mathers » Jul 26th, '13, 03:29

Wow... Thats awful...
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