[PhantomGremlin]

tptacek previously linked[1] to Brown's threats, but it was a screenshot. Here's a partial transcription:

   Brown called FBI Special Agent [RS] a "fucking
   chicken shit little faggot cocksucker"

   Brown stated "when I say [RS's] life is over,
   I don't say I'm going to kill him, but I am
   going to ruin his life and look into his fucking
   kids"

   Brown stated "I"m armed, that I come from a military
   family, that I was taught to shoot by a Vietnam Vet
   and by my father a master hunter ... I will shoot
   all of them and kill them if they come"

Sorry. Those are hardly the words of an objective "journalist". Law enforcement generally frowns upon threats of personal violence against them and against their children. Like it or not, this is settled law. You don't get a free pass about this stuff.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8932468

[tptacek]

First Amendment law makes this murky. A legally actionable threat has to be "true": credible, specific, intended to convey actual fear to its target. Even if it's to a federal agent.

[harry8]

https://www.google.com.au/search?num=100&site=&source=hp&q=d... One law for all, evenly applied.