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   Spocko (spocko@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 06:47:38 JST Spocko

   Colorado judge who sentenced election denier #TinaPetersls to prison receives threats
   https://apnews.com/article/tina-peters-election-clerk-sentenced-threats-d565bd42bc566d4d178491a258238765

   Courthouse staff in Grand Junction, Colorado, received multiple threats

   My questions:
   1) Why do death threats keep happening?
   Because:
   The people making them WANT to intimidate
   They believe they won't be caught
   They believe they've done nothing wrong
   They think they won't be caught & PROSECUTED & if tried, they think they won't be jailed.

   2) How do we change their behavior?
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     Spocko (spocko@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 07:11:38 JST Spocko

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     Make threats a PRIORITY.
     Reuters' showed local cops & DAs DON'T make this a priority. It takes skill, time & money.

     Provide $$ & resources to law enforcement & prosecutors.

     DOJ's Election Threats Task Force was created to provide resources to prosecute threats.
     Use them on this!

     They've had success. BUT THEY DON'T PUBLICIZE THEM, so there's no awareness for deterrence to change behavior.

     TEACH:
     #DeathThreats are NOT #1stAmendment protected speech! They are condemnable criminal acts.
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     Gatekeeper..Harris Walz (gatekeepken@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 07:19:26 JST Gatekeeper..Harris Walz

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     @spocko
     Longer sentences. She'll be out at the end of the
     Harris first term stoking bull shit. When 9 is 4.

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     Spocko (spocko@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 06-Oct-2024 07:19:26 JST Spocko

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     • Gatekeeper..Harris Walz

     @GatekeepKen I heard last night that the sentences were sequencial NOT concurrent.

     She did the Trump thing saying she did nothing wrong, but she is not Trump.
     I think it is good that the judge's speech was shared, and now we see how the MAGA have responded.

     This is why we need to go after the people who make threats instead of accepting that the person commited a crime & is being appropriately punished.