I've heard my fair share of stupid filth from the mouths of gamers on Xbox Live, but one Frostburg State University student just topped 'em all by getting charged with two misdemeanor counts of disrupting a school operation because of a threat he made on the Internet.
While playing Call of Duty 4 online, Allieu Shaw (thanks for the link, Lawl) talked about "shooting up the school" and also managed to let out "how he was going to do it." Big mistake.
A concerned CoD4 player from Oregon reported Shaw's threat to the Frostburg Police Department which led to Microsoft releasing his IP address and his eventual arrest.
Shaw later admitted that the whole thing was just a joke and how he had "no intention of following through with the threats." While there were no guns or incriminating evidence to be found, it just goes to show you that Xbox Live isn't as anonymous as you might think.
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4:32 PM on 12.13.2007
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So where is the good location to threaten from?
shit, I've done way more stupid things like this plenty of times. Seriously, I thought you could say whatever the fuck you wanted to on Xboxlive? Next thing you know it, you won't be able to say these kinds of things while in your house with the lights down low, in your basement with one hand on the mouse and one in your pants. that's how serious this is going to get.
Now the kid is going to know the TRUE meaning of red rings!
(just had to)
That was a joke people. A joke.
Glad to see that the kid called the cops, that Microsoft jumped on it, and that they found out he was a liar bitchface.
Responsibility is awesome.
Shooting up schools is the opposite of awesome.
Not necessarily all at schools, but I seem to recall in the last few years events of random shootings occuring quite a bit.
Check this source for proof of 30+, JUST, school shootings.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777958.html
then nothing would have happened. When you become mad at someone at school and say that "I'm going to fucking kill you", does that mean that you ACTUALLY will? no, of course not. You say dumb things when you're angry. It's human nature. You just can't think straight. Most people that get in a fight tend to regret what they had done to the other person and themselves when they calm themselves down.
Like just last week, some kid became angry at me when i received the highest grade on my Bio AP test in the class. He told me "People like you need to get fucking shot in the head before your kind get out of hand and blow up a fucking building." Do i take shit like that seriously? No way. The next day kid came up to me and apologized say he was sorry and asked me if we were cool. Of course I just said no. Not because i hated him, but because i hated him for his voice. Deep inside, however, i knew that he really meant sorry for what he had said.
wait... wtf?
XBL is not some anonymous lifestyle with free abandon. MS can track you down.
MS can and must track that stuff because things like what happened can be considered evidence if something had happened. I'd imagine that anything with an Vision camera probably gets archived somewhere too, so think about that the next time you wanna flash your ween on camera in Uno.
Fuckin idiot, i hope he goe to jail and gets ass-raped, that'll teach him
Yeah, i guess you're right. I guess I'm just a little paranoid because i said a few days ago that i would rape Hillary Clinton just to keep her out of the presidential election...WHICH IS A JOKE! I SWEAR!
t a smart idea.
That guy deserves a world class award of being a Dumbass.
I’m glad this punk got arrested. Hopefully, it’ll serve as a warning to future wastes of life who want to pull this shit.
GOD DAMN OREGONIANS I hate them so much
One about a nearly the exact same incident that happened last January.
and one more.
HE DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME FOR FUCKS SAKE.
Did he have every right to say what he did? Yup, free speech says you can, but there are consequences for it as well. If nothing else this kid should get a real good reality check from this.
Its one thing to say you're going to assassinate the president, that's just a crackpot talking really but shooting up a school is something much more likely and possible to happen. You just can't take the chance.
Yes its human nature to get angry and say things we don't mean. But if you say your going to shot up a school and give details then there is a problem. It clearly means that the kid thought it out. And he says he was kidding, he was caught of course he was going to say its a joke.
Oh and for this kid who said you needed to be shot in the head. Now what if he said he was going to shot you in the head? Said he was going to come to your house, stating the address, gave a range of time and date, told you what window he was going to break into. Seemed to be very familiar with the layout of your house. Knew were you slept. You see those are details and if he said that to you. You'd probably be a little worried. So come off it, I know you probably love hiding behind live for insults, racist remarks, and whatever else, but you gotta know these things can get you in trouble
This falls under the laws concerning the making of a terrorist threat, which following 9/11 has been broadened in many states to include "criminal" threats, not just terrorism.
The most commonly used definition of a terrorist or criminal threat has five elements:
1. Someone willfully threatens to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily harm. This means that the threat obviously has to be of a highly dangerous nature. Threatening to slash someones tires, for instance, would probably not be sufficient. However, the threat can be made in any medium, written, orally, or electronically transmitted.
2. The threat was made with the specific intent that it be taken as a threat. Although this certainly seems like a redundant sentence, it is meant to convey that the threat is a crime even if there is no actual intent to carry it out. The only intent you need is the intent to make the threat itself. So if you threaten to blow up a school, you will still be guilty of this crime even if you are completely unarmed and have no means of accomplishing this at all.
3. The threat is so unequivocal, unconditional, and specific as to convey a gravity of purpose and immediate prospect of execution. This extremely complicated sounding sentence is very important to the law, so let's break it down. Remember you must satisfy ALL of these requirements.
Unequivocal: This means that the threat must be a direct statement of what you WILL do, as opposed to CAN do (i.e. "I could be the next man to blow up the federal building" does NOT count).
Unconditional: This word is very bizarrely used here, because the courts have directly held that conditional threats ("If you touch me again I'll kill you") DO qualify. It is a gray area, but presumably, the fewer conditions used, the more likely the court will rule that it is a threat.
Specific: The threat cannot be vague ("if you don't give me a million dollars, something bad will happen").
4. The threat actually caused fear in the victim. People must actually believe your threat for you to be arrested for it.
5. The fear was reasonable. If you said that you are going to blow up the White House with your spaceship, it is unlikely that any reasonable person could take this seriously.
All of those apply. This kid is gonna get boned.
And in closing, I would also like to say that school shootings aren't common. Otherwise they wouldn't be news. And the only reason they occur is because teachers and counselors either aren't trained or don't care to pick out potential problem students. With a little care and compassion for these young people, many of these terrible events could have been prevented.
"nigga I didn't kno u wur ballin like dat... iz u gay..lmao..."
Fo' sho, he b gay. he b gay.
If you didn't know that you couldn't do those two things, learn from this kids mistake.
As far as freedom of speech, that went out the door when he threatened bodily harm in a public manner (these aren't private conversations, people).
I'm not defending his actions, but I'm not so sure I approve of the huge reaction either.
The guy made some remarks under his screen name, someone reported his ass by identifying his screen name, the police contacted Microsoft seeking the information belonging to that screen name, and the shit was arrested... Simple... Had no one reported him, I'm sure nothing would have been made of it. It's not like Microsoft records all the stupid vomit that's sprayed over XBL, getting some pleasure in listening to people say "Fuck you, Fag! You're soooooooooo gay, you homo." I'd feel sorry for whoever's job that is.
Another thing that sticks out for me is the fact that this guy was 19, and a University Student, not just some angsty 13 year old. This guy was plenty responsible for his actions.
Asshat...
I only saw one guy on here defending freedom of speech. Don't even get me started on the guy quoting the new oppression laws as a good thing. Sheep.
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