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Related: About this forumIs Free Speech Dead? She Was Arrested For Saying Three Words - Thom Hartmann
Free speech rights are supposed to protect Americans, but if you criticize a healthcare company, you could go to prison like this woman.
Thom Hartmann explains. - Aired on 12/13/2024.
Easterncedar
(3,736 posts)This blatant misuse of the police and corruption of the courts should make us all howl. Did he say $100,000 bail? What judge imposed that?
Oopsie Daisy
(4,830 posts)She knew what she was saying and how it would be interpreted. She understood the message she was trying to convey, and so did everyone else. She was wrong.
MagaSmash
(8,340 posts)Dark Ages for sure.
MichMan
(13,844 posts)Abolishinist
(2,119 posts)increase in threats to people in general, to deem her 'conversation' a threat could be seen as going a bit overboard, and a $100,000 bail might be excessive.
However, I've never been a fan of Thom Hartmann. He apparently could not take the time to do even a modicum of research on this before blathering on. In the opening pic there is a woman, who one would assume is the person being arrested, especially after he says "Brianna Boston is a little old lady down in Florida who had a claim with UnitedHealthcare. Well guess what, Brianna is 42, and the call was to Blue Cross. Took less than a minute for me to find this. And there were the 3 words, "delay, deny, depose", but she also said "you people are next", and called them evil and deserving of karma. What if she HAD done something after this call, the police would have been in a world of trouble. Of course Thom leaves out 'the rest of the story'.
https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/NaN/NaN/NaN/lakeland-woman-faces-charges-after-threatening-insurance-company-using-phrases-from-ceo-murder-case