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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCourt 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/
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)I mean it's completely normal to act the way he does, right?
brewens
(13,598 posts)defense, then it really shouldn't be viable for any crime.
WarGamer
(12,452 posts)nolabear
(41,987 posts)My shocked face. 😳
Trueblue1968
(17,228 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)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)I'll never get it.
brush
(53,792 posts)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.
IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)angrychair
(8,702 posts)"Things that don't surprise me" for $200 Alex.
littlemissmartypants
(22,695 posts)They're seeking to affirm or refute the statement his lawyer made about him being on "the spectrum" a couple of days ago.
Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)eom
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Fucking narcissist playing the poor widdle me mental illness card.
edbermac
(15,941 posts)And they have to give him a psychiatric investigation? Why bother?
spanone
(135,846 posts)marble falls
(57,112 posts)lpbk2713
(42,760 posts)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.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)I say ... "Lock them both up!"
Sneederbunk
(14,292 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,229 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)He'd rather be labeled insane, even temporarily.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)sick, sick folk