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A federal judge overseeing several cases of defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol ordered a defendant who thought he was on a mission from God released from jail on Thursday.
Trump supporter Joshua Black, U.S. District Judge Amy B. Jackson ruled, will be subject to home confinement in Alabama (with exceptions for work, church and medical and legal appointments), GPS location monitoring, and would have to surrender all firearms in his residence.
Jackson said she struggled with whether to keep Black detained, and said it was a very close call. But ultimately she said the government had failed to prove that there were no conditions or combination of conditions that would assure the safety of the community until trial, as required under the Bail Reform Act.
Jackson told Black, who said that the Lord wanted him to plead the blood of Jesus inside the U.S. Capitol, that she wouldnt hesitate to lock him back up if he violated any of his conditions of release.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/capitol-attack-joshua-black-insurrection-bond-181455177.html
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,429 posts)Silent3
(15,265 posts)LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)And break the law. Or push religion into government.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)If they acting violently upon hearing voices in their head, that sounds like their schizophrenia or whatever they have going on is a danger to others.
liberaltrucker
(9,130 posts)I suppose even he makes the occasional mistake.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Graphic Warning: photo there looks like he has a hole clean through his cheek, yikes
https://seditiontracker.com/suspects/joshua-black.html
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)What is "plead the blood of Jesus"?
He would be ok with it if someone killed his family and said 'God told me to do it'?
Silent3
(15,265 posts)Freedom of religion is one thing.
Getting to use your religion as a get-out-of-jail-free card which an atheist, or person of another religion, wouldn't be entitled to when committing the same acts, is quite another thing.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Instant conversion... Once you fake sincerity................