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Jarvis Britton (@iTweet_Unspok3n)

Death threats and wishes are a sad state of Twitter reality, but it’s a federal crime to aim such rhetoric, whether real or hyperbolic, at the president. Jarvis Britton is the latest to learn that lesson. He was indicted today for threatening to kill President Obama.

Britton, who was denied bond, tweeted his first threat against Obama in June and, despite a warning visit from the Secret Service, posted a series of violent musings over the next three months. Here’s a sampling of Britton’s tweets:

Britton is the third person in the past month to be arrested or visited by the Secret Service for threatening the president or wishing for his death. The other two were Donte Jamar Sims and teenager Alyssa Douglas.

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