Court: Tweets Did Not Constitute True Threats or Fighting Words

摘要

In People of the State of Colorado v. R.D. [No. 14 CA 1800 (Colo. Ct. App. 12/29/2016)], R.D., a juvenile, appealed the district court's adjudication of delinquency. The case arose out of an argument between students from Littleton High School and Thomas Jefferson High School on the social networking Web site, Twitter. The argument began after a student from Thomas Jefferson High School posted a Tweet expressing support for Arapahoe High School after a shooting had occurred there. A student from Littleton High School tweeted that students from Thomas Jefferson High School did not care about the shooting, leading to an argument between students from both schools.