Campus Threats

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-university-of-chicago-gun-threat-met-20151130-story.html


On November 20, 2015 a student at the University of Chicago threatened to kill 16 students and staff at the University. This engineer was charged for making online threats that shut down the University for the day. Saturday night after threatening to kill the student, staff, the university campus police at 10 am.m, he also threatened to kill himself. He told the federal officials on the scene that this was his response to the police shooting of Laquan McDonald.

The student took his anger to another level by expressing his emotions. In the book Free Speech by Warburton, he discusses the four features that identify the dangers of the internet.  The lack of quality control and huge potential audience were the main factors in this students posts, but that was what he was aiming for. He wanted to make a point by saying that the officer that shot McDonald was wrong and he shouldn't get away with it. He was stating that is was "an eye for an eye". Using the first amendment as a way out only works if you don't take advantage of it and keep people out of harms way.