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06-08-2018 02:31 PM |
Re: David Hogg shakes down Publix,schedules "Die I
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Originally Posted by BuckeyeBukaroo
(Post 1532973)
I don't think you're right.
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Telling a business either pay up or we're going to harm your business is extortion. Telling a business that either they must 1) stop supporting a certain politician and 2) pay a certain organization of Hogg's choosing OR ELSE their reputation will be trashed, and their businesses will be disrupted until they give in to Hogg's demands (against their will).
That's a literal example of the definition of extortion from the FL statute below:
"836.05 Threats; extortion.— Whoever, either verbally or by a written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse another of any crime or offense, or by such communication maliciously threatens an injury to the person, property or reputation of another, or maliciously threatens to expose another to disgrace, or to expose any secret affecting another, or to impute any deformity or lack of chastity to another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatsoever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened, or any other person, to do any act or refrain from doing any act against his or her will, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree"
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