They released him on bail even after he admitted to driving over to the HQ once with a firearm. YouTube better beef up security cause the nutter may think its his only chance now to act.
Apparently "terroristic threats" means something different in California. Letting him out on bail was crazier than the headlining part of the story.
That would be Utah. Orem, Utah police arrested him and Utah County Jail released him on bail.
You are right. They say people only remember the beginning and the end of a story. That's precisely what I did.
My understanding is that due to the 8th ammendment, it's very unusual to refuse bail outright, and when it is, it's generally done on the basis of arguments that forfeiture of bail money would not be coercive to the defendant.
Additionally, measures are often taken to prevent the defendant violating their bail conditions (electronic monitoring, forfeiture of passports, etc).
How is it that you can be arrested with a firearm with evidence of an intention to attack, and walk out on bail?
The article is light on detail, but it doesn't seem like he was "arrested with a firearm". He was arrested later for making the threats, in his home state it seems, rather than police near Youtube HQ thwarting his attack.
What was he upset about? Their bad DMCA/Flagging process?
He was quoted saying "get woke go broke" so it seems like he is a reactionary who is upset about perceived left wing values among YouTube leadership.