I want you to listen to me real closely.
An emoji threat gets the same amount of jail time as a man who admits he raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster.
Our justice system isn’t very just is it?
A Peoria man was sentenced Thursday to probation and released after spending 85 days in the Peoria County Jail for writing a threatening message to a then-Peoria police officer on Facebook.
Brian C. Tyler, 21, pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to one count of attempted aggravated intimidation.
Tyler had come into contact with Moore on May 10 after the former police officer kicked him off another person’s property. Tyler took a selfie of himself making a vulgar gesture toward Moore, who can be seen in the background. The picture then mentioned Moore’s street name, “Pacman,” and used an expletive toward him.
The message then had several emojis, including a picture of a police officer and a handgun pointing to it.
Our justice system isn’t very just is it?
