Man Arrested for Death Threats Against Eric Cantor
AP
A Philadelphia man was charged today with threatening to kill House Republican Whip Eric Cantor and his family, the Washington Post reports. The threats came in the form of a YouTube video, which has been taken down.
Norman Leboon, 33, reportedly faces charges punishable by up to 15 years in prison, three years supervised release, a fine up to $500,000 and a $200 special assessment, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
"The Department of Justice takes threats against government officials seriously, especially threats to kill or injure others," U.S. Attorney Michael L. Levy said in statement to the Post. "Whether the reason for the threat is personal or political, threats are not protected by the First Amendment and are crimes."
Cantor's press secretary Brad Dayspring said in a statement that Cantor was notified over the weekend of the credible threat and of the arrest of a suspect. He said Cantor thanks the law enforcement involved but will have no further comment on the issue.
Last week, Cantor held a press conference to reveal that he had received death threats and that a bullet was shot through the window of his Richmond, Va. office. He made the point that Republicans as well as Democrats are the targets of such threats, in the wake of a number of threats made against Democrats because of their support for health care reform. Cantor said that Democrats were politicizing the serious threats by blaming Republicans for encouraging hostile behavior.
Local police later determined the bullet shot through Cantor's office was the result of random gunfire.
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Norman Leboon ? No relation to Shia LaBoef, I hope.
Norman doesn't know anything about that random gunfire, does he ?
He wasn't down there recently ?
Wow, CBS finally had a sidebar coverage of this story. By the way the so called racist words by the tea party people that you covered all day Saturday in your headlines has not been substantiated.
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We have eyewitness testimony.
I wouldn't trust any Youtube video -- it's too easy to tamper with that sort of evidence.
You can edit in all kinds of strange things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_hefPEiIfI
Some of these imbeciles...
I've seen Youtube videos that contain graphic threats of bodily harm against various celebrities.
Give some people a box of matches to play with, and they try to burn the house down.
"Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Obama
Daniel Cowart, a 21-Year-Old Alleged White Supremacist, Planned Cross Country Crime Spree Ending in Murder of Obama"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/29/politics/main6344678.shtml
"No... I don't wonder. I know there are loons on both sides of the aisle, but that the media only wants to acknowledge the right wing loons and turn a blind eye to the lefty loons."
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That's why CBS did this article, right? I mean to turn "a blind eye"...?
And to the "CBS sidebar" comment, FOX News had a 15 second clip about the $2K spent at the bondage club "right" before fading into a commercial....Was this not a FOX "sidebar"? When are you bozos going to understand that media coverage has little to do with the truth in "news" and more about about ratings and generating income? Their are "loons" on both side of the media - Your task to finding "truth" is to determine what the facts behind the story is by listening to both sides and making up your mind. If you have already done that, then fine that's your "right", but your biased comments seem to indicate otherwise.
Everyone in for a group hug!!!!!
I can't put a finger on what... but my BS meter is on full report. In the next several days, clarification will come.
I have read and seen a lot of threatening statements aimed at politicians lately and they have all been directed at the "left/liberal/progressive" politicians.
We'll see...
"velma...i would put money on it...."
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Exactly what is the "it" you speak of? I understand the RNC has an extra $2K to play with that they "may or may not" be using to put a down payment on a private jet for Steele. They might be interested in "going in" with you..........