Wednesday, September 17, 2014


Man posts song lyrics on Facebook, arrested for terrorist threats

Posting the lyrics of a song on Facebook could send you behind bars. That's what happened to a Kentucky man who has been jailed and accused of terrorist threats for posting the lyrics of a metal song to Facebook.

James Evans, a 31-year-old from Central City, Kentucky, posted the verses of the Exodus song "Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)" on August 24 on his wall, including a verse that read "student bodies lying dead in the halls, a blood splattered treatise of hate / Class dismissed is my hypothesis, gun fire ends the debate."

After someone reported his post to the police, agents arrested him and brought him to jail on August 26. He was released a week later, on September 3, according to records at the Muhlenberg County Detention Center.

Police arrested him for threatening "to kill students and or staff at school," according to the arrest warrant seen by local TV station 14News. Evans counters saying he only posted the lyrics of a song he liked on his Facebook wall.

"It's surreal," Evans told Billboard. "I didn't think anything would come of it."

But something did come of it. Evans is now facing charges for "terrorist threatening," a crime that in Kentucky could potentially land him between 5 and 10 years in prison, according to Kentucky Law. Evans is due in court for a hearing on October 1.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kentucky announced on Wednesday that it's taking his defense.

"At this point, we're looking to have him completely exonerated," Bill Sharp, an attorney with the ACLU, said.

The ACLU is presenting this as a First Amendment issue.

"The First Amendment exists to protect people from government censorship of unpopular, but otherwise lawful, speech. And there is no greater threat to our ability to exercise that right than to be thrown in jail for doing so," said ACLU's Executive Director Michael Aldridge in a statement.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Exactly why would such a disgusting song be his favorite? Perhaps he could explain?

Anonymous said...

Curious how they would react to posting verses of the Quran (somebody please explain why the name of the terrorist handbook keeps getting a name change, it used be the Koran), probably be given a citizens award for being a dhimi. The useful idiots are at it again. Patrol the borders you and keep the nation safe. Arresting people for Facebook posts when so much potential terrorism is around seems like a complete waste of resources.

Bird of Paradise said...

Songs like I,LL BE GLAD WHEN YOUR DEAD YOU RASCAL YOU?

stinky said...


Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end ah little girl

-- Lennon-McCartney


We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin' on
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

-- Johnny Horton


Grab your weapons, citizens!
Form your battalions!
Let us march! Let us march!
Let their impure blood
water the furrows (of our fields).

-- French National Anthem


If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will

-- Tennessee Ernie Ford



Stan B said...

The "Terroristic Threat" law is supposed to be applied to specific threats against specific people. The basic "you ask me to turn my stereo down again,. neighbor, and I'm going to kill you" type thing. It is NOT supposed to be used to police the internet for lyrics, or stop people from posting free speech.

This is an obvious case of a "busy body" having an axe to grind and the Muhlenburg County police having too much time on their hands.

Non-specific "threats" such as "I feel like blowing the place up" are not applicable, and this case should (and probably will be) dismissed when it gets before a judge.

Go Away Bird said...

Hey Stinky we used to have a Johnny Horton LP record with that BATTLE of NEW ORLEANS on it and WE FIRED OUR CANNONS UNTIL THE BARRELS MELTED DOWN,THEN WE GRABBED ALIGATOR AND WE FOUGHT ANOTHER ROUND,WE FILLED HIS HEAD WITH CANNONBALLS AND POWDERED HIS BEHIND,AND WHEN WE TOUCHED THE POWDER OFF THE GATOR LOST HIS MIND i always thought that line was funny