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Title: Felony charges for writing a zombie story
Post by: TehBorken on Oct 17 08 06:02
 F*cking stupid Kentucky police a**holes. Unbelievable.
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 High school student in Kentucky faces felony charges for writing a zombie story

     
 "William Poole, an 18-year-old Kentucky high-school student wrote a story about a high-school over-ran by a plague of zombies. Not exactly the most original scenario, but just the sort of thing for a young writer to cut his teeth on. Unfortunately the kid's grandparents found the manuscript and assumed the very worst. The high-schooler was arrested on Tuesday morning and is currently being held at the Clark County Detention Center. The local police seem to be treating this work of fiction as if it were some kind of terrorist threat." [div class="entry-body"][blockquote]"My story is based on fiction," said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. "It's a fake story. I made it up. I've been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies." Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "[span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky[/span]," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill. [/p][/blockquote]  [a href="vny!://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614"]Student Arrested For Terroristic Threatening Says Incident A Misunderstanding[/a]               [/div]    
Title: Re: Felony charges for writing a zombie story
Post by: P.C. on Oct 17 08 06:31
Investigators say they discovered materials at Poole's home that outline possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers, and police.

    They found 'materials' ?  Like lined paper and a bic ?  

I understand that the pen is mightier than the sword, but that's stretching it a little.

  On the one hand, I'm glad to see them paying attention to any possible signs....but isn't arresting him a little premature ?