Upset passenger arrested for posting on Twitter

Get to know this is Paul Chambers. Like thousands of passengers whose flights could be canceled due to bad weather, Paul was very upset. Paul was so upset that he threatened to blow up the airport on his Twitter account, and now he is in prison.




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"Heck! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You have a little more than one week to clear up all this shit, otherwise I will fuck up the airport. ”
“Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got to get the airport skyline together. ”

A little later, on January 13, the police knocked on his door, glancing with interest at a paper copy of that same tweet. Paul tried to explain that he simply threw out his frustration in the microblogging, but unfortunately the police had no idea what Twitter was. So, he was arrested, interrogated and released on bail until a hearing on February 11.

In addition, the threat tweet was removed, and the computer and iPhone were confiscated. I understand that some paranoid people are very cautious, but could not they first be able to track down this guy’s connections with terrorist groups? Or at least check his house for signs of explosives.

The only answer to his explanations, which he received from a police officer, was: "We live in such a world."

Yes, indeed, we live in a world in which, spitting on all human rights and civil liberties because of a dubious sense of security, some idiots rule.

via gizmodo