Was the bridge closing an act of terrorism?

[TriplD]

The FBI defines Terrorism:

Definitions of Terrorism in the U.S. Code

18 U.S.C. § 2331 defines "international terrorism" and "domestic terrorism" for purposes of Chapter 113B of the Code, entitled "Terrorism”:

"International terrorism" means activities with the following three characteristics:

Involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law;
Appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
Occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S., or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum.*

"Domestic terrorism" means activities with the following three characteristics:

Involve acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law;
Appear intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination. or kidnapping; and
Occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S.

18 U.S.C. § 2332b defines the term "federal crime of terrorism" as an offense that:

Is calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct; and
Is a violation of one of several listed statutes, including § 930(c) (relating to killing or attempted killing during an attack on a federal facility with a dangerous weapon); and § 1114 (relating to killing or attempted killing of officers and employees of the U.S.).

* FISA defines "international terrorism" in a nearly identical way, replacing "primarily" outside the U.S. with "totally" outside the U.S. 50 U.S.C. § 1801(c).

[link:http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-definition|

[Sienna86]

1. The government calls everything else terrorism. Why not....

[Lost_Count]

2. Keep on watering down that term...

... until it doesn't mean anything.

[RKP5637]

3. People died from it ...

If they had been from another country and brown skinned, they would have immediately called it terrorism.

Death(s) attributed to this act ...

http://www.northjersey.com/fortlee/GWB_lane_closures_delayed_EMS_response_in_Fort_Lee.html

[gcomeau]

4. Let's not contribute to diluting the significance of that term...

...by nitpicking technical definitions.

No, it wasn't. It was criminal, but it wasn't as "act of terrorism" as any rational people should be employing that term.

[spanone]

5. it was an act of uncivil, bare knuckled, unbridled dirty politics. christie is the best at it.

obviously

[Happyhippychick]

6. No, simply because it didn't terrify. It angered and frustrated.

[Whisp]

7. but now that the truth is known, it sure the hell is terrifying

that some jerkoff Governor, possibly anywhere as long as he/she is a jerkoff Repug/Bagger/Tarian, could fuck with people like that - any time.

Yes, I would consider it terrifying.

[bobclark86]

8. No.

"Involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law;"

Did he blow up the bridge? Or bomb it?

No.

Not terrorism.

trashed.