Making a joke like that makes you an idiot. It doesn't make you a terrorism suspect. If a person had a bomb in their bag, would they be making jokes about it?
"I have a bomb in this bucket" isn't a joke, you twit.
Lucky you were an eyewitness and can tell us exactly what he said, in direct opposition to the cited article above. That's very convenient, I imagine.
It is a crime to make a false bomb threat, explained LAPD Lt. Andy Neiman.
One wonders why he bothers to clarify "false". Surely it is also a crime if it's a real threat?
I meant to tackle this question when I posted earlier today: he clarifies false mainly to state that it's also against the law to make a threat as well as it being the real thing. Since, as apparently seen here people don't seem to think it should be a serious thing.
It's the same kind of thing about it being against the law to incite panic by yelling "fire!" in a movie theater.
As you can see here they detail the protocol for looking into bomb threats and how to report them.
The site goes on to state that "Law enforcement takes threatening calls seriously, and so should you." Again emphasizing protocol for these kinds of things.
Also, as for why I posted it, well... cause the man who did the joke was a dumbass. Also I found it amusing he did it at a Hooters.
Fred, am trying to work out if you're being dense or obstinate:
The guy made what wasn't a funny joke. That wasn't why the Police arrested him. They arrested him and locked the place down because the pillock had said something that could be interpreted as a threat.
People do that all the goddamn time! People are idiots! There were probably millions of private bomb jokes over the last week. What do we do in response? Do we jump up and down, close the city down, arrest everybody? Or do we, you know, take it as a joke?
How did the police know this was a joke? Here's how
Threats are aimed at people, not made in private.
People who have bombs don't tell you they have bombs when they're sitting right there. Bomb threats happen over the phone.
SEARCH THE DAMN BAG.
I get leeway. I get zero tolerance in certain places- like airports. Sure, the cops should take stuff seriously when they're reasonable doubt. There was no reasonable doubt here. We should be able to tell the difference- and we goddamn can. We certainly could in this case.
But broad-based zero tolerance policies lead to teachers arresting children for 'threatening' other children with paper guns. That's the policy you're supporting.
Fred, for the last time stop being dense. You were doing so well for a couple days then you just couldn't keep it in anymore could you?
It's very convenient, I think, that 'well' is defined as 'agrees with me' and 'dense' with 'disagrees with me'. That's very convenient. Otherwise you might have to make an argument, and that could be difficult. Much easier this way.
PROTOCOL states that the police must take bomb threats entirely seriously, whether Dumbass Lt. Fred from FSTDT thinks they should or not.
If that's the case, if police truly have no choice in the matter, terrorists should just go around making bomb threats instead of planting real bombs. You could close down the country.
<lt. Fred>I want to live in a country where you don't have the right to own a gun -- even for purposes of defending yourself, but you do have the right to yell fire in a theater as long as it is a joke.</lt. Fred>
Is there anything in America that you are not opposed to simply because it came from the U.S.? I swear you are as bad as the Republicans who are always blocking Obama because they can't admit he might be right once and a while.
Again, this is very convenient. Agrees with me= loves America. Disagrees with me= irrationally hates America. Very convenient.
