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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/01/st-louis-man-arrested-twitter-threats-police

St Louis man arrested over alleged Twitter threats against police



This article is about a man who posted threatening tweets on Twitter aimed at the police which he was arrested for.

• accused of 10 counts of making a terrorist threat, a felony punishable by up to seven years in prison in Missouri. The charges relate to 10 tweets that Valentine, 35, is alleged to have posted in December with the intention of “frightening 10 or more people”.
• According to the probable cause statement, Valentine “admits to using the Twitter user handle @jdstl314 and being the sole poster under that user handle”. The account has since been suspended and cannot be viewed. Police said Twitter suspended it on 29 December.

This shows how powerful social media is. People take to Twitter to express the way they feel and give their opinions, as Twitter is used so widely they can get caught out in a matter of seconds and there is no hiding from it.