# WV black lawmaker gets email with KKK graphic and anti-abortion message...also sues. Is this right?

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**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845 "2022-02-21T00:09:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845/44 "2022-03-01T01:45:26Z")

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> [@Kimstu](#):
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> But it’s completely implausible that the email wasn’t intended to be offensively assholish and intimidating.

This much I admit. But the lawsuit is brought under statutes that mention intimidation of public officials _with threats of violence_.

~Max

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