Were his rights violated?

[Guns Guns Guns]

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A California man accused of posting comments on ESPN’s website saying he was watching kids and wouldn’t mind killing them was in jail Tuesday on $1 million bail after he was arrested for investigation of making terrorist threats, authorities said.




Several guns were found Monday at the home Eric Yee, said Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Steve Low.




Yee was arrested after the sports network ESPN reported threatening posts were made in a reader response section to an online ESPN story on Thursday about new Nike sneakers named after LeBron James that cost $270 a pair.



Some of the nearly 3,000 reader comments on the story talked about children possibly getting killed over the sneakers because of how expensive they are, said ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys.



Soltys said ‘‘We closely monitor the message boards and anytime we get a threat, we’re alerting law enforcement officials.’’



The online post on ESPN said that a shooting would be like the one in Auora, Colo., where 12 people were killed and 58 were injured in July, authorities said.




Yee’s parents’ home is on a street that overlooks an elementary school and a middle school, Low said.




http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2...illing-kids/BBqkU3uW9jzAW9tTr4zyDL/story.html

 

[SmarterthanYou]

depends on how direct and/or specific the 'threats' were. My guess is that unless they were overt threats, the police dept will be settling this lawsuit in a couple of years.

 

[Disillusioned]

depends on how direct and/or specific the 'threats' were. My guess is that unless they were overt threats, the police dept will be settling this lawsuit in a couple of years.

Sorry no suing police for carrying out a valid arrest warrant. He might attempt a suit against the district attorney, but probably no dice.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Sorry no suing police for carrying out a valid arrest warrant. He might attempt a suit against the district attorney, but probably no dice.

totally incorrect. lots of issues would have to be resolved first, for instance, what info was used to present to a judge for a warrant? if it was blatantly false or no reliable info was used, the police have no immunity. the DA can never be sued because the courts gave them absolute immunity. Even if the cops get qualified immunity, it does not insulate the city from a lawsuit.