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> clear indications the stalker is actively planning to do harm.

You might be interested in the "cannibal cop" case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Valle

Where, exactly, is the line crossed between "this guy is talking shit" and "this guy is actively planning to do harm?"

(I don't know where I even stand on that case. The ramifications of every alternate outcome is equally unsettling.)




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