A Teen Was Jailed For A 'Sarcastic' Facebook Post Even Though The Cops Never Saw The Actual Conversation (FB)

On Feb. 14 last year, just two months after the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, an 18-year-old in Texas named Justin Carter was arrested. Carter, an avid gamer, got into a spat with a fellow League of Legends player on Facebook. After being provoked, Carter fired back with a startling comment: I think Ima shoot up a kindergarten / And watch the blood of the innocent rain down/ And eat the beating heart of one of them. Here's a screengrab of the conversation, which was sent to local Texas ...