[JustAnotherFan]

The IG post is "making criminal threats"? Please.

Filing these types of charges against someone who is already hurting and needs help is not the way to help them.

So - forget he went to Stanford. Now put yourself in the authorities shoes.  In this day and age when shootings at schools are unfortunately as prevalent as they are, what choice did they have?  Do you want to be the one to get the call that the guy who sent these threats carried them out? I don’t think so. Frankly I’m not at all surprised and I think it’s the right course of action. Hopefully he will get some help.

I think I made it pretty clear in my previous posts that such moves are often done for political reasons, so I agree with you that it is a CYA move to file charges as opposed to helping them, and I'll also admit that the criminal justice system does not provide even those who would want to help people many options to do so. So we will disagree as to whether it is the right course of action - with me acknowledging that it is the 'right' course of action for any prosecutor who cares about their political future.

BTW, I think people who went to Stanford (and who have other forms of privilege) are the ones who deserve the fewest favors or extra considerations. But that's not how the system works, either.

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Former NFL offensive lineman Richie Incognito thought he was under surveillance by government officials when he was taken by police officers -- who believed him to be in an "altered, paranoid state," according to an incident report -- for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida.
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When officers approached him, Incognito told them he was "running NSA class level 3 documents through my phone" and didn't have to explain himself to officers because they didn't have enough clearance, according to the incident report. When later told by officers that his behavior might pose a danger to others, Incognito asked a woman in the swimming pool to call the FBI.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23594...e-officers

Wow, that is wild.

[JustAnotherFan]

The IG post is "making criminal threats"? Please.

Filing these types of charges against someone who is already hurting and needs help is not the way to help them.

So - forget he went to Stanford. Now put yourself in the authorities shoes.  In this day and age when shootings at schools are unfortunately as prevalent as they are, what choice did they have?  Do you want to be the one to get the call that the guy who sent these threats carried them out? I don’t think so. Frankly I’m not at all surprised and I think it’s the right course of action. Hopefully he will get some help.

I think I made it pretty clear in my previous posts that such moves are often done for political reasons, so I agree with you that it is a CYA move to file charges as opposed to helping them, and I'll also admit that the criminal justice system does not provide even those who would want to help people many options to do so. So we will disagree as to whether it is the right course of action - with me acknowledging that it is the 'right' course of action for any prosecutor who cares about their political future.

BTW, I think people who went to Stanford (and who have other forms of privilege) are the ones who deserve the fewest favors or extra considerations. But that's not how the system works, either.

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Former NFL offensive lineman Richie Incognito thought he was under surveillance by government officials when he was taken by police officers -- who believed him to be in an "altered, paranoid state," according to an incident report -- for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida.
...
When officers approached him, Incognito told them he was "running NSA class level 3 documents through my phone" and didn't have to explain himself to officers because they didn't have enough clearance, according to the incident report. When later told by officers that his behavior might pose a danger to others, Incognito asked a woman in the swimming pool to call the FBI.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23594...e-officers

Wow, that is wild.