America has an incarceration crisis. We imprison a much larger percentage of our citizenry than anyone else. We need to fix this. We do not need to fix it by selectively imprisoning people for futurecrimes that have not yet occurred.
Police in Louisiana arrested a 15-year-old boy last week and charged him with terrorizing and interference with the operation of a school after he allegedly uploaded a YouTube video of himself "shooting" classmates using the popular mobile app Real Strike.
A working mother who has had a negative experience with law enforcement officials in the past took to her private Facebook account to express her thoughts on the matter — and was promptly fired for it.
