I haven't seen the site, so I don't know what it said or if it was true, etc. I will assume, however, that it was libel. In this case, I can certainly see a civil suit or two being brought up because of this, but a police raid? I think that the strong reaction to this is probably a result of the "Columbine incident". It bothers me that the police move so quickly when dealing with things that aren't really threatening. If the kid had threatened someone, then maybe it would be okay to raid his house, but because he put someone down? What was on his computer that they wanted? How could they possibly have gotten a warrant for such an absurd venture? This all just bothers me a great deal.
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I haven't seen the site, so I don't know what it said or if it was true, etc. I will assume, however, that it was libel. In this case, I can certainly see a civil suit or two being brought up because of this, but a police raid? I think that the strong reaction to this is probably a result of the "Columbine incident". It bothers me that the police move so quickly when dealing with things that aren't really threatening. If the kid had threatened someone, then maybe it would be okay to raid his house, but because he put someone down? What was on his computer that they wanted? How could they possibly have gotten a warrant for such an absurd venture? This all just bothers me a great deal.