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A federal judge rejected the argument of a Georgia man that his email to an Indiana public school administrator, saying people should punch, kick, urinate on and throw feces at her, is not merely “ill-mannered and rude” but a jury could find it “extreme and outrageous.”

The lawsuit brought by Jennifer Oakley and her husband, Justin Oakley, of Martinsville, Ind., can proceed after defendant Samuel P. Warren of Canton, Ga., asked for it to be dismissed, Judge Matthew P. Brookman of the Southern District of Indiana ruled.

Raw Story first reported on Warren’s email as part of an investigation published in August....

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A Georgia man’s assertion — first featured in a Raw Story investigation — that people should punch, kick, urinate on and throw feces at an Indiana public school administrator is not “extreme and outrageous” but merely “ill-mannered and rude,” according to the man’s response to a federal emotional distress lawsuit against him.

The email from Samuel P. Warren of Canton, Ga., to Jenny Oakley of Martinsville, Ind. — sparked by a Fox News report earlier this year — also included a passage where Warren wondered why Oakley hadn’t found a “tall tree with a short piece of rope.” Warren expressed hope that someone would push Oakley out of an airplane at 30,000 feet.

The legal response denied the email was “extreme and outrageous conduct,” a part of how Indiana law defines intentional infliction of emotional distress, which Oakley and her husband Justin allege in the lawsuit.
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Indiana public school administrator Jenny Oakley and her husband, Justin — featured recently in an exclusive Raw Story investigation — filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, alleging a Georgia man sent Jenny a violent and threatening email soon after a report on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime.

The report used hidden-camera video from Accuracy in Media, a Washington, D.C., non-profit, obtained under apparently false pretense. The lawsuit says the “highly edited” video purports to “prove” Oakley and administrators from six other Indiana public school districts were deceiving parents about race-related curriculum.

The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of Indiana, lists Samuel P. Warren as the defendant. That was the name signed on the email, which also carried an address in Canton, Ga., and cell and fax numbers. The lawsuit seeks "compensatory and punitive damages," listing no specific dollar figure.
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MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — It started April 12, right after Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, one of the most-watched news programs in the country.

A phone call: “You stupid b***h.”

Then an email: “Everyone you ever encounter … should spit in your face, fling their feces at you (with impeccable aim), punch you, knock you down, kick you, piss on you and hold you there for similar treatment by everyone waiting in line for their turn — you despicable sad excuse for a sub-human being.”...

[rebelmouse-image 24863256 original_size="275x146" expand=1]When the "kill gays" bill in Uganda was denounced today by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton at the National Prayer Breakfast, everyone knew it would fire up the bigots -- and Cliff Kincaid (usasurvival.org) was quick to hit the send button on this hate-filled press release. You won't believe the defense -- the execution and "cleansing" by Uganda of its gays is all about ensuring national health.* I sh*t you not.