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June 30, 2021
A newly introduced bill in Lansing aims to clear up the definition of a terroristic threat.
It is based off the arrest of Lucas Gerhard, then a 19 year old Lake Superior State University student, who was arrested for posting on Snapchat a photo of his rifle and saying he was going to take it up north and “melt some snowflakes.”
Gerhard was arrested for making a terror threat while the student said he was joking and referencing actual snow.
Now, Representative John Reilly, of Oakland Township, introduced a bill that will clarify the definition of a terror threat, to need context and a direct intent to do harm to bring charges forth.