Even if you’re homeless and crazy, watch what you say to the Secret Service.
Homeless people on the East Coast seem to follow a migration pattern similar to that of birds. Florida in the winter, and D.C. and New York in the spring and summertime. (Washington is especially welcoming of the homeless, especially if they’re running for president.)
Speaking of the homeless and the presidency, “mentally ill homeless” Timothy Wade Pinkston was still in Florida last August — which is crazy in itself — when he issued threats against President Bush. Despite his bipolar disorder and a substance abuse problem, he was taken seriously.
Now he’s headed to federal prison for five years. From Breitbart (sh, don’t tell the AP):
Timothy Wade Pinkston threatened in August to go to Washington and shoot Bush. At the time, the 48-year-old was committed to a hospital psychiatric unit.Court records say he repeated the threat to Secret Service agents, saying he didn’t like the president’s foreign policy or his handling of the war in Iraq.
Pinkston told a federal judge in Tampa on Wednesday that he is HIV-positive and bipolar and has a substance abuse problem. He said he’d been taking drugs and drinking when he made the threat and didn’t know what he was saying.
After a few drinks, we’ve been known to do things that were not knowing and willful. But we’re wise enough not to do so when the Secret Service is around.
On the upside, Pinkston will no longer be homeless.
Homeless man gets nearly 5 years for Bush threats [AP via Breitbart]
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umm, link down
Am I missing something w/ that link to the Legal Information Institute? What's up with that?
11:37 - The links work fine for me.
downed link
I'm guessing that Kash gets drunk and then donates to the Legal Information Institute without knowing it. But then don't we all...
A post by Kash w/o inuendo? WTF?
How about capital punishment next time. The homeless are a leach on society.
The LII link is not down. Just click on the "no thanks" option and you get taken to the relevant statute.
God Bless America
You are all too negative...
So the guy goes to jail for five years. He'll get top notch medical treatment for what ails him, right? I mean, it's abominable to take away one's freedom, but to neglect his medical needs as well...
You have to appreciate the silver lining Kash adds at the end of it...
Loyola needs to work on their career services office.
It was funnier when I thought Kash had drunkenly donated to the LII.
I'd have to be drunk and high to donate to the LII.
Kash clearly needs to be bought a few more drinks.
The guy probably made those comments so he could go to jail. 3 hots and a cot is a nice change from living on the mean streets of the USA. And you do get medical care.
Kash, is that you in the picture?
So, if you're an idiot law school dean at a below 4th tier school, and you threaten the President with hanging--that's cool. If you're homeless (although also not ABA-acreditted)--it's the klink for you/
That's justice!
Kash, is that you in the picture?
Ah, 11:47. Always great to see the crazy cons posting on ATL.
11:47 is just crazy forget about the cons
I think it makes some sense to take the threats of a bi-polar substance abuser seriously. I mean, sane, sober people don't go around trying to assassinate people.
It's sad but not unheard of that a homeless person would commit some kind of crime so to escape street life.
I want to be around when Kash decides to make some bad decisions.
This is just the Bush administration's way of fighting the war on homelessness.
Like the last line said, he's not homeless anymore. Smart move by the critical homeless man! Now he gets meals every day for five years.
nutraloaf????
these comments betray a serious ignorance of the nature of mental illness. bipolar (and even more so schizophrenic) individuals are not necessarily homeless because they have nowhere to go. if this guy needs treatment, get him treatment. don't give me this "at least he'll be treated if he's in prison" crap.
11:47 - Or leech.