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[TankRizzo]

On Monday, a Texas grand jury charged a Maryland man with “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon” after authorities say he tweeted an animated flashing GIF designed to trigger Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald’s epilepsy last year, “immediately” causing him to have a seizure.

After sending Eichenwald the GIF in December, Rivello allegedly messaged another Twitter user saying “I hope this sends him into a seizure” and “let’s see if he dies.” Another message sent by Rivello allegedly said “I know he has epilepsy” and authorities say a search of his iCloud account found a photoshopped version of Eichenwald’s Wikipedia page with his date of death edited to be December 16, about when the GIF was sent.

This guy is a real piece of shit

http://gizmodo.com/a-grand-jury-just-called-tweeting-an-animated-gif-assau-1793477149

 

[lastflowers]

Eichenwald's a piece of shit...but this guy's an even bigger piece of shit. That's heinous.

 

[Violence Jack]

Well, he did use the GIF to try and kill the man.

Still, hearing a GIF referred to as a "deadly weapon" is something I never thought I would've ever heard.

 

[Patryn]

We just had this thread. With this exact same title. Which also totally dominated conversation until mods changed it.

In other words, old.

 

[TankRizzo]

We just had this thread. With this exact same title. Which also totally dominated conversation until mods changed it.

In other words, old.

welp, lock it up.