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A college student in Michigan who posted a picture of a semi-automatic rifle lost an appeal to drop the “terrorist threat charge he faces.
Lucas Gerhard, a student at Lake Superior State University in
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, can be charged for posting a Snapchat story of an AR-15 accompanied by an offensive caption, the Michigan Court of Appeals
“Takin this bad boy up, this outta make the snowflakes melt, aye? And I mean snowflakes as in snow [winky face emoji],” Gerhard wrote in the Aug. 22, 2019 post, referencing his plans to bring his gun with him to college.
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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.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals says a trial can go forward against a university student accused of making a threat of terrorism via a social media post. The