Lakeland woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose.”

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    11 days ago

    What fucking hellscape are we living in? Even referencing the strategy of billion dollar insurance companies gets you arrested? I’m literally at my limit with how insane this has gotten.

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            9 days ago

            It actually does a little though. As long as my words aren’t used to manipulate and cause suffering I’m allowed to say it.

            This woman is absolutely allowed to say this, she didn’t shoot the guy so saying you’re next isn’t a threat. More of a warning or statement of observation. I don’t think she did anything wrong and a lawyer will easily argue this one out

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            9 days ago

            The first amendment does protect your right to predict a copycat with the same motives as the original. Which is all she did here. There is no part of her statement that actually qualifies as a threat. “I’m going to make sure you people are next” would be a threat, but that’s not what she said.