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(4,175 posts)
Fri May 21, 2021, 05:28 PM May 2021

Court orders 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley to undergo a mental health exam

"Court has just ordered psychiatric examination of Jan 6 US Capitol riot defendant Jacob Chansley.... also known as the 'Q-Anon Shaman.' This case now faces delays. Chansley remains in jail, pending trial," NBC's Scott MacFarlane tweeted this Friday.

https://www.rawstory.com/court-orders-qanon-shaman-to-undergo-a-mental-health-exam/

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Court orders 'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley to undergo a mental health exam (Original Post) 634-5789 May 2021 OP
ya think? WarGamer May 2021 #1
Beat me to the "ya think?" I use that a lot. If that guy can't pull off some sort of insanity brewens May 2021 #4
Definitely. WarGamer May 2021 #7
Me too. And I'm a mental health pro. nolabear May 2021 #12
evil man is as sane as i am !!!!!! LOCK HIM UP... IN JAIL--25 YEARS no parole. Trueblue1968 May 2021 #2
The Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes want their fucking hat back n/t ChubbyStar May 2021 #3
Several of these people, Chansley included, are simply fools greenjar_01 May 2021 #5
I agree. Yet they're the ones that get released pre-trial to go on family vacations kcr May 2021 #13
Time served? Are you kidding? The fucker invaded the nation's Capitol along with... brush May 2021 #22
pffft. the same guy that demanded organic food IcyPeas May 2021 #6
I'll take... angrychair May 2021 #8
Maybe littlemissmartypants May 2021 #9
We may end up with proof that Trumpsters are certifiably insane. Sanity Claws May 2021 #10
He's not mental - he's just a narcissist like Trump tenderfoot May 2021 #11
You got that right I_UndergroundPanther May 2021 #16
He's a Republican and voted for Trump edbermac May 2021 #14
Hmmmmm..... spanone May 2021 #15
This will be good. I think he's taking a bad path. You can mentally and still criminal. marble falls May 2021 #17
Catch-45 lpbk2713 May 2021 #18
The lawyer is sane, and he's very much a shyster FakeNoose May 2021 #19
Or as they used to say, a candling. Sneederbunk May 2021 #20
He already failed the idiot test. ZonkerHarris May 2021 #21
What a weasel. Ilsa May 2021 #23
too bad they can't be ordered for all Trump humpers Skittles May 2021 #24

brewens

(13,598 posts)
4. Beat me to the "ya think?" I use that a lot. If that guy can't pull off some sort of insanity
Fri May 21, 2021, 05:35 PM
May 2021

defense, then it really shouldn't be viable for any crime.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
5. Several of these people, Chansley included, are simply fools
Fri May 21, 2021, 05:37 PM
May 2021

It's the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and really violent types (like Jack Whitton of Georgia, AKA "Scallops" ) that I'm worried about. Chansley should probably receive probation and a fuckload of counseling, with time served. He's simply a fool, an idiot. Focus on the serious and scary ones.

kcr

(15,317 posts)
13. I agree. Yet they're the ones that get released pre-trial to go on family vacations
Fri May 21, 2021, 06:17 PM
May 2021

I'll never get it.

brush

(53,792 posts)
22. Time served? Are you kidding? The fucker invaded the nation's Capitol along with...
Fri May 21, 2021, 07:06 PM
May 2021

the rest of them. You don't get off because you're a fool. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

I'm already worried about sympathetic judges and juries letting these insurrectionists off easy because they look like them and feel sorry for them (not Black of other POCs), and you're calling for time served.

Oh hell no. They attempted a coup against the government.

littlemissmartypants

(22,695 posts)
9. Maybe
Fri May 21, 2021, 05:58 PM
May 2021

They're seeking to affirm or refute the statement his lawyer made about him being on "the spectrum" a couple of days ago.

edbermac

(15,941 posts)
14. He's a Republican and voted for Trump
Fri May 21, 2021, 06:18 PM
May 2021

And they have to give him a psychiatric investigation? Why bother?

lpbk2713

(42,760 posts)
18. Catch-45
Fri May 21, 2021, 06:40 PM
May 2021



If an insurrectionist is deemed insane, they don't have to be imprisoned.

To be deemed insane, an insurrectionist must request to be evaluated.

If an insurrectionist requests to be evaluated, this demonstrates that he must be sane.

Therefore, no insurrectionist can ever be deemed insane, and no insurrectionist can get out of prison.

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