Which part of his recorded conversation with a 911 operator where he stated "I want these Jews to get out... I just want to make a point ... all these Jewish senators, all the media's being controlled by Jews. I'm sick and tired of it ... " led jurors to believe this was NOT a hate crime?
What part of the timeline in which he purchased his guns at two different gun shops, passed background checks both times, went through a waiting period because he was not licensed to carry a concealed handgun, found the Jewish Federation online, located the building, and drove 300 miles to deliberately reach it made jurors decide this was NOT premeditated?
And which part of him hiding from the cameras while he led his 14-year-old hostage into the building made jurors reach the conclusion he did not understand his actions were wrong?
This shooting was indeed caused by mental illness. Its name is hate.
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Thank you Ellie. I sat through part of the trial. For someone who was supposedly "unable to control his trigger finger" Haq had very little trouble controlling his urges in front of a jury.
I totally agree with you. Lots of people, unfortunately, suffer bipolar disorders and and other related illnesses. But they don't go around shooting and killing people in this manner. I think this is a misrepresentation of mental illness.
Please, someone with some sanity lock this guy up and throw away the key.
he must have been insane, but isn't everyone who murders people? I have no understanding of why the claim of insanity should work in these cases.
Anon - Interesting. It doesn't surprise me a bit. I'm so sorry that our community is going to have to repeat that difficult experience.
Leora - Well said! I think it is a complete misrepresentation of mental illness. The insanity plea is supposedly for people who were too impaired by their illness to know what they were doing. This person knew exactly what he was doing. He deliberately targeted a specific group of people and through elaborate planning, carried out his hateful agenda.
Rafi - I feel the same way. Anyone who runs around murdering people is almost by definition insane. But the question is - are they insane in the sense that they didn't know what they were doing, or didn't understand right from wrong? Like you, I think that applies only in a very few cases.
Don't forget that "normal" is antisemitic, but they don't call it that.
this makes me so mad, i can hardly breathe. is there any follow-up now?
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