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Maine Man Imprisoned For E-Mail Threats To "All Things Considered" Hosts

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

Meanwhile, in other NPR news this week...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/man-jailed-threats-against-npr-hosts-123964

The Smoking Gun says John Crosby, 38, "sent more than 20 bizarre, and often threatening, messages to NPR via a “Contact Us” form on the organization’s web site. Many of the messages--which were sent during a two-month period ending with Crosby’s arrest--“referenced ‘kikes’ and contained other generalized threats directed toward NPR,” Jacobs noted." He's been held without bail since late January.
 
Re: Maine Man Imprisoned For E-Mail Threats To "All Things Considered" Hosts

This guy is a wacko.
 
Re: Maine Man Imprisoned For E-Mail Threats To "All Things Considered" Hosts

He's just using Steve Martin's criminal-making-them-think-you're-crazy gambit.

Steve Martin said if you hijack a plane, then demand things like ransom, have another plane waiting because that's what you're supposed to do, and then demand to have the letter M stricken from the English alphabet, just to make them think you're crazy.
This guy threatened people by email and demanded ransom. His make-them-think-you're-crazy gambit was doing it to NPR. Then he threw in some stinkeye.
 
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