The prosecutor thinks what the guy said does constitute “true threat” (p.2-3), and at least messages 2 and 3 can certainly taken to look that way. It’s a bit hard to make out between all the insults, but I guess this is the gist of it:
Message 2: […] Let’s see how you would like it
if somebody endangered your children in school or your grandchildren in school. […] Again, maybe that’s not a bad idea, Tit for tat. […] maybe we need to make sure your children or grandchildren have to face the same flight.[…]”
Message 3: “[…] Maybe the same needs to happen to your kids. I’m not saying it will be me,
[…] but I would say you need to be very careful. […] Tit for tat,
just remember that— an eye for an eye—[…]”
In the other messages he backpedals from that a bit, and explicitly says he’s “not threatening” her. But that doesn’t mean the previous messages don’t count as a true threat.
I can understand his anger, and I don’t think he should go to jail for 5 years for that. And at the same time I can see he said a some of stupid things, and I have no idea what he thought would happen.
