Today i want to share a great news that name is Facebook Rapper Arrested on Terrorism Charges Jailed Another Month.
Cameron D'Ambrosio, an 18-year-old high school student charged with making terrorist threats on Facebook, will sit in jail without bail for another month. The judge in the case agreed to delay D'Ambrosio's probable cause hearing until June 27 after the prosecution said Monday it wasn't prepared to make the proper arguments.
D'Ambrosio, a student at Methuen High School in Methuen, Mass., was arrested early last month after posting lyrics referring to the Boston bombing from his amateur rap video to Facebook. D'Ambrosio has been jailed without bail since being arrested. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of "communicating a terroristic threat," a felony carrying a 20-year jail sentence.
"[Expletive] a Boston boming wait till u see the [expletive] I do, I'ma be famous rapping, and beat every murder charge that comes across me!" rapped D'Ambrosio, per the Boston Herald's quoting of court documents. The video, which was posted to YouTube but apparently not to Facebook, is embedded above.
Police and prosecutors say the lyrics are evidence D'Ambrosio was planning a terrorist attack.
D'Ambrosio's defenders, however, say the lyrics are merely the braggadocio of an average teenager with rap career ambitions — though some admit it wasn't the smartest phrasing in the aftermath of an attack that left three people dead and 264 injured. Their arguments were bolstered after a police search of D'Ambriosio's home did not turn up weapons or evidence D'Ambrosio had violent intent.
Free speech advocates have rallied around D'Ambrosio, framing his case as a critical moment in the legal struggle between the first amendment and concerns over terrorism.
"It’s untenable and unconstitutional that, amidst such broad criticism from civil liberties groups and legal experts for this blatant attack on the First Amendment, the prosecution has come to court unprepared to show probable cause for this young man’s incarceration," said the Center for Rights and Fight for the Future's Evan Greer.
"We’re talking about a Facebook post that is one paragraph long, and they’ve had ample time to prepare," she continued. "They have not shown that they have a case here, and while they drag their feet a family is suffering."
The Center for Rights and Fight for the Future have set up a website and petition in D'Ambrosio's defense at FreeCameron.org, arguing that his lyrics don't meet the standards required for the "communicating a terroristic threat" charge under Massachusetts law. They have already collected more than 90,000 signatures to secure D'Ambrosio's immediate release.
Is D'Ambrosio a harmless teenager caught up in a post-attack state of alert, or are prosecutors right to pursue the case against him? Share your thoughts in the comments.