A Florida woman was charged after police said she threatened an insurance company with the phrase "delay, deny, depose."An arrest affidavit obtained by WFLA said the FBI contacted the Lakeland Police Department on Tuesday with information about an alleged threat.According to the affidavit, 42-year-o...
The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States does not protect speech that threatens or incites violence.
Without the means to do it it’s not a threat.
Incorrect
How do you know she didn’t have means to do it?
Is it really a threat though? Idk. She’s repeating some words and saying “you’re next”, but not what they’re next for.
You’re next…to get no health insurance cover.
It seems pretty obvious what she was implying, but that’s what a trial is for. She may not have meant it, but it is clearly a threat of violence.
In all honesty it can be perceived as them being next in getting their claim denied and not only as the threat it as well be perceived.
It’s so very close to Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It that it could as well be a misunderstanding as a threat.
If someone referenced a recent assassination then said, “You people are next,” would you seriously not take that as a threat?
They are going to have a tough time proving that in court. I bet this will get pleaded out to some small charge though.
If she were a parrot yeah sure, but there she is, and yet, featherless