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Civil Liberties

Anti-DEA Facebook Rant Leads to Arrest

Chipping away at free speech

Reason Staff | 10.16.2012 8:07 AM

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Yet another arrest has resulted from intemperate, but not specifically threatening, anti-authoritarian scribblings on Facebook. In a case evoking the brief detention of former marine Brandon Raub, who was later released by a quite annoyed judge, Matthew Michael, of Indiana, faces charges of transmitting threats in interstate comments for fiery Facebook posts that "were directed at natural persons, namely DEA agents, law enforcement officers, and government personnel."

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