WASHINGTON (AP) – Anthony Elonis claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent. But his wife didn\’t see it that way. Neither did a federal jury. Elonis, who\’s from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was convicted of violating a federal law that makes it a crime to threaten another person.
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