Prof. Carpenter Quoted in Pioneer Press on First Amendment

Professor Dale Carpenter was quoted in a Pioneer Press article entitled "Pig Tattoo Lands Reputed Gang Member in Hennepin County Jail." The article detailed an event of a person's body art possibly becoming an illegal act. Carpenter stated, "It would constitute, in my view, what's called a 'true threat' under the Supreme Court's First Amendment decisions. It's a serious threat to the health or life of another person and such statements, no matter what form they're made in—written, verbal, put on Facebook or put on your body—it is unprotected."