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A COLORADO JUDGE HAS DEEMED ROBERT LEWIS DEAR
INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL.
IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHO ROBERT LEWIS DEAR IS, HE IS THE
PERSON WHO SHOT UP A PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN COLORADO
SPRINGS, KILLING THREE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING ONE
POLICE OFFICER, AND ALSO INJURING OTHERS.
DURING COURT PROCEEDINGS, MANY THINGS HAPPENED THAT LED TO
THE JUDGE ASKING FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION, TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT DEAR WAS COMPETENT ENOUGH TO STAND
TRIAL.
BASED ON WHAT TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS AND ONE DETECTIVE
TESTIFIED, THE JUDGE HAS DECIDED, NO,
WE NEED TO SEND HIM TO A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL WHERE
HE WILL RECEIVE TREATMENT, AND THEN 90
DAYS LATER THE HOSPITAL WILL REACH BACK OUT TO US AND
LET US KNOW IF HE HAS MADE ANY IMPROVEMENT.
AND ONCE HE IS COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, HE WILL.
I WANT TO ADD REALLY QUICK, THE JUDGE ASKED THE
PSYCHIATRISTS TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT,
AND THEN HE LOOKED AT HIM AND HE WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, HE'S
WHITE, CHRISTIAN, AND A RIGHT-WINGER, SO TREAT HIM.
ANA IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FULL DETAILS, AND SHE
DOESN'T EXACTLY AGREE, BUT ONCE YOU SEE THE FULL DETAILS I
WILL MAKE MY CASE AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT A BLACK GUY
OR A MUSLIM TERRORIST IS GOING TO GET TREATED THE SAME WAY
AS THIS TERRORIST DID. THAT'S WHAT HE IS, HE'S A TERRORIST.
HE SAID HE WENT TO GO TERRORIZE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING ABORTIONS,
AND HE DID, HE KILLED THEM, AND HE WANTED TO TERRORIZE
MORE OF THEM FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REASONS.
BUT IF YOU'RE A RIGHT-WING TERRORIST, OH MY GOD YOU
MUST BE CRAZY.
BUT IF YOU'RE A MUSLIM TERRORIST, YOU DID FOR
POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REASONS, PUT THEM AWAY FOR LIFE AND
EXECUTE THEM RIGHT AWAY.
WHITE GUY, TREATMENT.
I'M A GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND A SECOND, BUT BEFORE I
GET TO THAT, WE DO DISAGREE TO SOME EXTENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE WITH THE JUDGE'S DECISION, I DO
AGREE WITH THE JUDGE'S DECISION.
I THINK THE JUDGE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WHETHER THE JUDGE'S DECISION IS ACCURATE OR NOT, HE IS BIASED.
YOU MAY THINK THAT'S FUNNY TO SAY, BUT HE DOESN'T EVEN
KNOW HE'S BIASED.
BECAUSE IF YOU PUT A MUSLIM TERRORIST THAT KILLED THREE
PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE, NO WAY HE SAYS, LET'S GIVE HIM
TREATMENT.
OKAY?
OKAY.
THE ANSWER IS, MAYBE THEY SHOULD BOTH GET TREATMENT BECAUSE
THEY ARE BOTH CRAZY, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE CASE.
BUT I DON'T TRUST THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED
OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN BIAS.
AND WHEN I SAY DON'T KNOW GNOME ñ
THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR OWN BIAS, THIS IS WHAT I MEAN.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ARE LIKE, WE HATE THE MUSLIMS, I LIKE
WHITE PEOPLE!
THEY JUST ASSUME, THAT GUY LOOKS LIKE US, WOW HE'S CRAZY,
WHO WOULD KILL THREE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THESE CRAZY
POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS REASONS?
THAT'S CRAZY, NO NO NO, LET'S GET HIM TREATMENT.
THEY SEE THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF TERRORIST, BUT HE'S
BROWNELL HE'S MUSLIM, THAT'S NOT CRAZY, THAT GUY IS A TERRORIST.
PUT HIM AWAY FOR LIFE, EXECUTE HIM ALREADY.
ALL RIGHT, GIVE US THE DETAILS.
THIS JUDGE HAS NOT PRESIDED OVER MUSLIM TERRORISTS THAT I
KNOW ABOUT, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER HE HAS THAT BIASED.
I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT ABOUT HIM.
YEAH YEAH, AFFLUENZA TEEN JUDGE, WELL YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
LOOKS LIKE MY KID! LOOKS LIKE MY KID!
HE'S GOT AFFLUENZA, HE'S FREE TO GO.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN DECIDE
FOR YOURSELF.
THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT THE COLORADO FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE KEVIN MARTINEZ DECIDED THAT HE
WILL BE SENT TO THE COLORADO MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE AT
PUEBLO FOR PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT.
ATTORNEYS HAD REVEALED IN COURT FILINGS THAT A COURT
ORDERED PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION FOUND HIM TO BE
INCOMPETENT, AND MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATORS SAID DURING THE
APRIL HEARING THAT HE SUFFERS FROM DELUSIONS.
A POLICE DETECTIVE SAID THAT DEAR APPEARED LUCID DURING
HIS INTERVIEWS AND SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO CLAIM INSANITY.
KEEP IN MIND THAT DEER REMAINS CHARGED WITH 179
COUNTS, INCLUDING 1ST∞
***, ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE ***, AND ASSAULT.
HE'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST HIM
BECAUSE HE'S BLEEDING INSANITY, IN FACT HE DOESN'T THINK
HE'S INSANE AT ALL.
THE REASON THE JUDGE ORDERED THESE PSYCHIATRIC
EVALUATIONS IS, BECAUSE DURING PROCEEDINGS HE WOULD DO
RANDOM OUTBURSTS, HE WOULD TALK TO HIMSELF, AND HE REFUSED
TO COMPLY WITH THE LAWYER THAT WAS UPSETTING HIM.
HE WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER, I WANT TO DEFEND MYSELF.
IF HE'S MUTTERING TO HIMSELF AND SAYING DELUSIONAL THINGS,
REFUSING TO COMPLY TO WITH THE LAWYER, AND ON TOP OF THAT
INSISTS ON REPRESENTING HIMSELF, IT IS THE JUDGES OBLIGATION
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PERSON IS
COMPETENT WHEN THEY STAND TRIAL, SO THE CASE OR THE VERDICT
DOESN'T GET THROWN OUT IN CASE OF A TECHNICALITY.
SO THE DEFENSE DOESN'T COME FORWARD AND SAY THAT IT WAS
UNFAIR, THE GUY WAS INCOMPETENT AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT
WAS HAPPENING.
AS A RESULT, WE HAVE TO DO A RETRIAL.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THE JUDGE MADE THIS DECISION.
LET ME GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS AS TO WHAT HE SAID ñ
I WANT TO STEP IN.
A LOT OF THE MUSLIMS WHO WERE DETAINED SAID HE DIDN'T
WANT LAWYERS, THEY WANTED TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES.
I DON'T KNOW THE DEGREE THROUGH WE WENT THROUGH PROCEDURE,
BUT I DO KNOW THAT NONE OF THEM WERE DECLARED INCOMPETENT
OR NEEDING PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT.
THERE LIKE, WELL I GET IT, OF COURSE, HE'S DONE IT FOR
POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REASONS.
THE REALITY IS, THOSE LUNATICS THINK THEY ARE TALKING TO GOD.
AND NOW THIS LUNATIC THINKS HE'S TALKING TO GOD, BUT HE'S
RIGHT, SO KNOW HE'S CRAZY.
THE OTHER GUY, HE'S NOT CRAZY, HIM KILLING PEOPLE MAKES
SENSE TO US, BECAUSE LOOK AT HIM.
JUST LOOK AT HIM, RIGHT?
I ASKED ANA OVER AND OVER TODAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO
COME OUT AND SAY THIS AND MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, IF IT TURNS
OUT THEY HAD REAL, CONCRETE EVIDENCE.
THE PSYCHIATRIST SAID, THE GUY THINKS HE HAS MONKEYS
FLYING OUT OF HIS *** AND THEY SECRETLY CONTROL HIM.
OKAY, THAT DUDE IS CRAZY.
THAT MAKES IT MORE LIKELY.
HERE, HE DOESN'T WANT TO REPRESENT HIMSELF, LIKE ME
MUSLIM DETAINEES; HE KILLED PEOPLE ñ ONE OF THE PSYCHIATRIST
SAID WHAT HE DID WASN'T LOGICAL; NO *** SHERLOCK.
WHEN YOU KILL THREE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT LOGICAL.
HE THINKS THESE PEOPLE ARE SELLING BABY PARTS.
AT LEAST 35%
OF THE COUNTRY THINKS THEY ARE SELLING BABY PARTS.
SHE WOULD PUT ALL OF THEM IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT?
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT WHEN
YOU'RE A RIGHT-WINGER AND YOU DO IT, NO, NO, NO HE JUST THOUGHT
ñ NO, HE HAD THE WRONG ASSUMPTIONS.
BUT GO AHEAD, READ ME MORE ABOUT ñ
OKAY, LET ME JUST ñ
BY THE PUT HIM AWAY, IN TREATMENT ñ
FIRST OF ALL, SOME COURT RECORDS ARE SEALED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT TESTIMONY OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS
IS, BUT THAT BEING SAID I TRUST THE TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THE
DETECTIVES THAT HAVE THE FACTS, THEN THE MEDIA INTERPRETATION ñ
NO NO NO, THE DETECTIVE SAID THAT DEAR
DID NOT WANT TO CLAIM INSANITY AND HE APPEARED LUCID.
YES, BUT HE DID TESTIFY THAT HE APPEARED DELUSIONAL.
BEING LUCID DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T BE DELUSIONAL.
LET ME GIVE YOU DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
DEAR INTERRUPTED PROCEEDINGS MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES,
YELLING, "I AM GUILTY, THERE'S NO TRIAL, I'M A WARRIOR FOR
THE BABIES.
PROTECT THE BABIES."
I'M GOING TO STOP YOU FOR A SECOND, JUST TO GIVE YOU
CONTEXT.
THAT IS ALMOST LITERALLY WHAT A LOT OF THE MUSLIM DETAINEES DO.
THEY INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS AND SAY, I AM GUILTY, I DID
IT FOR ALLAH AND TO PROTECT MUSLIMS.
IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL!
OKAY, BUT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING CENK, IF THE MUSLIMS SEEM
INCOMPETENT AND THEY ARE NOT GIVEN THE SAME TREATMENT,
THEN YES THERE IS A BIAS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A BIAS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
NO, NO, 50% OF THE COUNTRY ñ
IDIOTS ON THE INTERNET THINK THERE IS NO BIAS AGAINST
MUSLIMS, THAT'S A SMALL GROUP OF MORONS AND I'M NOT
CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEY SAY.
THERE IS A BIAS AGAINST THEM, WE ALL KNOW THAT, BUT THAT'S
NOT TO SAY THE WAY THE JUDGE RULED IN THIS CASE IS UNFAIR.
THE WAY THE JUDGE RULED IN THIS CASE IS RIGHT.
LET ME GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.
HE ACCUSED HIS PUBLIC DEFENDERS OF CONSPIRING WITH PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AGAINST HIM.
HE'S A CONSERVATIVE LOON, HE THINKS THE GOVERNMENT IS
CONSPIRING AGAINST HIM.
35% OF THE COUNTRY BELIEVES THAT.
HE BELIEVES ROBIN WILLIAMS COMMITTED SUICIDE BECAUSE
TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE DID SO, HE CRITICIZED OBAMA, AND OBAMA
IS THE ANTICHRIST TO CONVINCE ROBIN WILLIAMS TO KILL HIMSELF.
BECAUSE WITH THIS.
WE JUST UP EARLIER THIS WEEK, A PUBLIC POLICY POLLING ASKED
FROM SUPPORTERS, 24% OF THEM THINK THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
ANTHONY ELLIOTT DID NOT DIE OF NATURAL CAUSES, HE WAS MURDERED.
IF WE WERE IN THIS COURSE ñ
IF WE WERE IN THIS COURT, THE PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY ñ
WOULD SAY THEY REQUIRE PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT.
65% OF THEM THOUGHT, NOT THAT OBAMA IS THE ANTICHRIST,
ALTHOUGH THAT WOULD BE A GOOD QUESTION
ñ 65% OF THEM THOUGHT THAT OBAMA IS MUSLIM.
YOU KNOW THIS GUY IS?
HE'S A VERY STANDARD ñ YES, RADICAL RIGHT-WINGER, AND
I'M NOT SAYING HE'S A MODERATE REPUBLICAN, BUT RADICAL
RIGHT-WING IS 25 ñ 35% OF THIS COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
JAYAR, COME ON.
I'M NOT SAYING LOCK UP THE RIGHT WINGERS, BUT THIS GUY
KILLED PEOPLE FOR A POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REASONS.
HE'S A TERRORIST, AND WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION BECAUSE
HE'S WHITES, AND RIGHT-WING AND CHRISTIAN.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A PERSON STAND TRIAL IF THEY ARE NOT COMPETENT.
IF THEY ARE DELUSIONAL, IF THEY ARE CRAZY, IF THEY REFUSED
TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR LAWYER, THEY CAN'T STAND TRIAL.
THAT'S HOW OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
AND BY THE WAY, I *** DESPISE THIS GUY.
THERE'S THE VENGEFUL SIDE OF ME THAT DOESN'T WANT JUSTICE
FOR THIS GUY.
I WANT IT TO BE AN INJUSTICE FOR HIM.
I WANT HIM TO STAND TRIAL WHILE HE'S INCOMPETENT, I WANT
THEM TO EXECUTE HIM.
THAT'S THE IRRATIONAL SIDE OF ME.
BUT THE PART OF ME THAT VALUES A FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM WANTS
THEM TO CARRY THIS OUT THE RIGHT WAY.
AND I WANT THE SAME TO BE DONE FOR EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF
THEIR RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND, ADVERSITY AND NATIONALITY.
AT THE CORE OF IT WE TOTALLY AGREE, BECAUSE MY WHOLE
ARGUMENT IS FOR A FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND I'M NOW GOING TO CLARIFY FOR THE SECOND TIME THAT I AM
NOT SAYING THIS GUY IS DEFINITELY NOT CRAZY, THAT
HE SHOULD GET TREATMENT, OR THAT THIS JUDGE IS WRONG IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I WOULD LIKE SOME DEGREE
OF FAIRNESS WHERE EVERYBODY IS TREATED THE SAME WAY.
AND THAT IS NOT THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
THE WRONG SKIN TONE, THE WRONG RELIGION, OR THE WRONG POLITICAL
PERSUASION YOU WILL NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BUT IF YOU ARE OF THE ONE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN POWER
SUBSCRIBE TO, YOU GET ALL OF THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
THAT'S WHY WHEN THE CHARLESTON SHOOTER GOES INTO COURT, IF
HE'S MUSLIM WE'RE GETTING THE EXECUTION READY.
WE'RE HAVING LITTLE DEBATES IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
ABOUT WHETHER HE SHOULD HAVE ANY RIGHTS.
THERE'S NOW A PARTY THAT SAYS THAT MUSLIMS, IF THEY ARE
ARRESTED, SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS.
THERE'S NUANCES TO THAT ARGUMENT, WHETHER THEY ARE
CITIZENS OR THEY WERE NOT, AND IF THEY ARE NOW THERE'S A
NEW WING OF THE PUBLICANS THAT SAYS KICK THEM OUT OF THE
COUNTRY ENTIRELY.
THAT IS A DEBATE THEY ARE HAVING, ABOUT IF THEY
SHOULD HAVE ANY RIGHTS AT ALL.
AND AGAIN, BACK TO THE CHARLESTON SHOOTER.
HE GOES IN, AND INSTEAD THEY'RE LIKE, LET'S FIND FORGIVENESS FOR
HIM, AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE POOR PEOPLE WHO GOT SHOT AT, WHO
SURVIVED LOOKING FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THE WHITE SHOOTER WHO
SHOT THE BLACK CHURCHGOERS.
AND THEN THE COPS GET HIM A BURGER.
I JUST INTERVIEWED TWO PEOPLE FROM BALTIMORE JUST EARLIER
IN THE WEEK, ONE OF THEM, HER BROTHER WAS KILLED BECAUSE
HE MADE AN ILLEGAL U-TURN.
THEY DRAGGED HIM OUT OF THE CAR AND BEAT HIM TO DEATH.
ANOTHER ONE, HE GOT BEAT TO DEATH IN FRONT OF HIS
THREE-YEAR-OLD KID IN HIS OWN DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY MADE
UP SOMETHING ABOUT A SEATBELT.
AND IF THEY WANT PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT, THEY MIGHT HAVE
KILLED HIM.
BUT YOU KILL NINE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH, THEY BRING
YOU TO BURGER KING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE.
IF THEY TREATED EVERYBODY THE SAME WAY THEY TREAT DEAR, THEN
OKAY WE HAVE A HUMANE SYSTEM AND WE'RE HAVING A REAL
DETERMINATION IF SOMEONE IS CRAZY OR NOT CRAZY; WHETHER
THIS TO GET PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OR NOT.
AS A PROGRESSIVE, I DON'T MIND THE SEQUENTIAL TREATMENT IF
HE NEEDS IT, AND THE CHARGES DON'T GO AWAY.
BUT EVERY TIME I SEE A RIGHT-WINGER WHO IS WHITE,
THEY GET ALL THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE SYSTEM GOES, OH MAN I LOOK LIKE
ME, OR THAT GUY ACTS LIKE ME, OR THAT GUY IS ONE OF US, NOT
ONE OF THE OTHERS.
WHEN IT'S ONE OF THE OTHERS, CRUSH THEM AND BE DONE WITH
THEM.
TO BE FAIR TO JUDGE MARTINEZ, I DON'T THINK HE LOOKS AT THIS
LOONY GUY AND THINKS, HE'S ONE OF ñ
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
MINORITY THAT IS STANDING TRIAL FOR A TERRORIST ACT ñ
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
THERE IS PRESSURE BY THE JUDGE TO ACT A CERTAIN WAY,
TO RULE A CERTAIN WAY ñ?
YES, YES ñ
BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN BIAS THAT IS PERPETRATED BY
THE MEDIA, A PARANOIA THAT IS PERPETRATED BY THE MEDIA
ABOUT CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY.
SO IF YOU DON'T RULE THE WAY THAT NARRATIVE FORCES YOU
TO, THEN YOU ARE IN A WORLD OF HURT.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE ARE BIASES IN OUR JUSTICE
SYSTEM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO-TIER JUSTICE SYSTEM
SEVERAL TIMES ON OUR SHOW, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
BUT THAT SAID, THIS GUY IS NOT FIT TO STAND TRIAL.
WE ARE NOT DOING THIS TO BE NICE, WE ARE DOING IT
BECAUSE WE WANT THE TRIAL TO WORK SO IT IS SUPPOSED TO.
LAST TWO THINGS.
ONE IS, THE PROBLEM IS SYSTEMIC.
IT'S NOT ONE PARTICULAR JUDGE OR TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS.
BUT THOSE TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS, LOOK, IF YOU HAVE BEEN
INTERVIEWING MOHAMMED ABDUL JUST SHOT THREE PEOPLE BECAUSE
OF ALLAH, I'LL BE SUPER SURPRISED ñ
YOU PICK THEM, AND I DON'T EVEN CARE WHAT THEIR RACE IS,
BECAUSE OUR ASSUMPTION IS BUILT IN BY THE MEDIA ñ
IF THEY ARE IN THIS CATEGORY, THEY ARE GOD DAMN TERRORISTS.
IF THEY'RE IN THIS CATEGORY, ALL HE'S CRAZY, HE'S CRAZY, WHY
ELSE WOULD HE DO IT?
HE'S CRAZY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE JUDGE.
IF A JUDGE PUT A MUSLIM TERRORIST WHO HAD JUST SHOT
UP A PLACE INTO PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT, OH, I MEAN IF THERE'S
AN ELECTION WHERE DIFFERENT LOCALITIES HAVE DIFFERENT
RULES, JUDGES CAN GET ELECTED IN SOME PLACES, HE'S A GONER.
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT, THERE'S NO QUESTION.
AND EVEN IF HE'S APPOINTED, IF HE'S IN THE SOUTH FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU THINK HE'S WAY TO GET APPOINTED AGAIN?
NO, HE'S GONE.
YOU ARE GIVING ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT TO KNOW GOD DAMN
MUSLIM TERRORIST.
IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN TERRORIST, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
THIS GUY IS, HE SAYS IT!
HE SAID, I KILLED THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE GOD WANTS ME TO
PROTECT THE BABIES.
IT'S ALMOST LITERALLY WHAT THE MUSLIMS SAY.
REPLACE BABY WITH MUSLIMS.
SO YOU ARE INCREDIBLY BLIND IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT.
AND LET ME JUST ASK YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT HE WAS MUSLIM
BUT THEY WOULD HAVE DECLARED HIM PSYCHOLOGICALLY INCOMPETENT?
I DON'T.
O ñ WHAT THEY DEEM HIM PSYCHOLOGICALLY ñ
NO, THEY WOULD NOT.
THEY WOULD NOT, AND I DO THINK THAT THERE IS PRESSURE ON
THE JUDGE ñ ON THE JUDGES TO RULE A CERTAIN WAY SO THAT
THEY DON'T GET ANY TYPE OF RETALIATION, WHETHER IT IS
CAREER WISE OR OTHERWISE FOR THEIR RULING.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CARRIED
OUT, FOR EVERY TYPE OF PERSON, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS RESPONDED TO THIS RULING IN A VERY
UPSET, FRUSTRATED WAY, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT,
AND EVEN THOUGH I'M EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM, I DO
BELIEVE THIS GUY IS CRAZY, AND I WANT A FAIR TRIAL TO MAKE
SURE THAT HE IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
WE HAVE SEEN CASES WHERE A VERDICT WAS THROWN OUT
BASED ON A TECHNICALITY, AND I WORRY ABOUT THAT, THAT'S
WHY I THINK THE JUDGE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION.
I THINK WE ALMOST ENTIRELY AGREE, IT'S JUST A POINT OF
EMPHASIS.
OF COURSE I WANT A FAIR TRIAL FOR HIM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE
AS AN AMERICAN IS A FAIR TRIAL FOR EVERYONE.
AND THAT APPARENTLY SO FAR IN THIS COUNTRY IS TOO MUCH TO
ASK FOR.