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by xeromal
1360 days ago
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Terroristic threats can kind of be a misnomer. Back in my youth, my buddies were driving in a jeep and ended up getting in a scuffle with another truck drive. My friend threw an empty Gatorade bottle at the driver and he followed them while calling the police. The cops charged my buddy with terroristic threats. They definitely deserved a charge, but I always thought Terroristic Threats was a strange one to choose. |
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Is this a case where meanings have diverged? In modern colloquial speech "terrorism" means certain kinds of extreme political violence (e.g. bombings) especially that committed by Islamists (e.g. al Qaeda and ISIS). "Terroristic threats" feels like it's legal jargon that may predate that by quite a bit.