A Kentucky man who acknowledged threatening President Barack Obama in a poem has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison.
Johnny Logan Spencer apologized for writing the poem, which described a fatal sniper shooting of the president.
The 28-year-old said in federal court in Louisville on Monday that he was upset over his mother’s death and had fallen in with a white supremacist group that had helped him kick a drug habit.
U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr. called Spencer’s writing of the poem an extremely dangerous thing. Spencer will be on supervised release for three years after he completes the 33-month sentence.
The poem, titled “The Sniper,” was posted on a website in 2007 and again in 2009 after Obama took office.
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thats kind of crazy i can see if he had plans on doing it like a map and other stuff wow you cant say nothing these days
So he getz 3yrz but Obama pardon sum drug dealers WTF
during Obamas campaign running for president, they accused him for being a terrorist, referred him as “Barack Hussein Obama”…a Muslim…all these things had more damage than just a poem..i agree with Marcus..just a poem should not be enough, any plans, steps in completing the objective should have been part of the process in prosecuting this person.
& there goes freedom of speech
Writing a poem is like writing a song…