• Man Accused of Murder Believes He Shot and Killed Donald Trump
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[URL]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/21/justin-barkley-accused-wal-mart-shooter-tells-judg/[/URL] [QUOTE]A man accused of fatally shooting a UPS driver in a [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/wal-mart/"]Wal-Mart[/URL] parking lot this month told a judge Monday that he believes the person he killed is Donald Trump. [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Justin Barkley[/URL], 38, attempted to plead guilty to second-degree murder and menacing a police officer at a hearing held in a central New York courthouse Monday in connection to the Dec. 8 slaying of William Schumacher, 52, outside an Ithaca [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/wal-mart/"]Wal-Mart[/URL]. Tompkins County Court Judge John Rowley rejected his plea, however, after [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Mr. Barkley[/URL] insisted during the hearing that the man he shot and killed was none other than the president-elect. “I shot and killed Donald Trump purposely, intentionally and very proudly,” he told the court, according to the Ithaca Voice. “I went there to purposely shoot and kill him and put him down,” he added. Schumacher’s family sat behind [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Mr. Barkley[/URL] in tears as he told the court that he had killed Mr. Trump, the Voice [URL="http://ithacavoice.com/2016/12/man-accused-ithaca-homicide-shot-killed-donald-trump-purposely-intentionally-proudly/"]reported[/URL]. Investigators say the 52-year-old UPS driver had stopped to purchase something to eat from an Ithaca [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/wal-mart/"]Wal-Mart[/URL] just before 1 a.m. on the morning of Dec. 8 when he was abruptly shot in the chest by [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Mr. Barkley[/URL] in the parking lot. [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Mr. Barkley[/URL] fled the scene in an automobile moments later and led officers on a chase to his home in the nearby town of Dryden before firing off a warning shot from his rifle and engaging in an hourslong standoff with police, according to a two-count indictment unsealed last week. [URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Mr. Barkley[/URL] admitted pulling the trigger in a subsequent interview with investigators, and said he had “intentionally driven over the body of the victim and spun his tires” before leading police on a pursuit, according to police [URL="http://www.wbng.com/story/34004865/man-fatally-shot-in-ithaca-walmart-parking-lot-suspect-not-in-custody"]documents[/URL]. Authorities said previously that the men did not know one another. In lieu of accepting his guilty plea Monday, Judge Rowley ordered Mr. Berkley to submit to a psychiatric evaluation before court proceedings continue further. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE][URL="http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/justin-barkley/"]Mr. Barkley[/URL], a former social worker, is expected to appear back in court on Jan. 6, but his attorney said it may take another month before the court-ordered evaluation is complete. He faces a maximum of 25 years in state prison if convicted of both felony counts.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;51586688]There's no photo of the victim in the article, I'm curious if the guy even vaguely looks like Donald or if the shooter has just completely and utterly lost it (he clearly has, but you know what I mean).[/QUOTE] [url=https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?CFID=2447f86d-7d03-4f42-b195-2fa3160dacb7&CFTOKEN=0&o_id=4035722&fh_id=14255]Victim's obituary[/url] Sounds like a really desperate insanity defense
For a second I thought Donald Trump was secretly working as a UPS driver.
[QUOTE=Perrine;51586701][url=https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?CFID=2447f86d-7d03-4f42-b195-2fa3160dacb7&CFTOKEN=0&o_id=4035722&fh_id=14255]Victim's obituary[/url] Sounds like a really desperate insanity defense[/QUOTE] oh wow, he looks nothing like Trump. Unless a Trump wig was part of his UPS uniform.
Clearly the man either is insane or this is an insane way to try and get off his sentence. I feel sorry for the victim either way and his family.
it must be fucking awful for the family that their dad/uncle/relative was killed because some schizo bought into the media too much But honestly how did he even mistake that guy for Trump? I guess if he's really schizophrenic he might have just been seeing a hallucination.
[QUOTE=FinalHunter;51586688]There's no photo of the victim in the article, I'm curious if the guy even vaguely looks like Donald or if the shooter has just completely and utterly lost it (he clearly has, but you know what I mean).[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/yIWcPQK.jpg[/img] [quote]William E. Schumacher - July 5 ,1964 .- December 8, 2016 Our Beloved Bill went to be with the Lord suddenly and tragically on December 8, 2016. - See more at: [url]http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theithacajournal/obituary.aspx?n=william-e-schumacher&pid=183062831#sthash.wpLWhUV6.dpuf[/url][/quote] [editline]a[/editline] whoops, late
[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51586714]Clearly the man either is insane or this is an insane way to try and get off his sentence. I feel sorry for the victim either way and his family.[/QUOTE] But why would a sane person randomly kill a UPS driver in public for no reason anyway? Unless it's revealed the two people actually had some connection, I'm willing to believe the dude is indeed mentally ill.
someone should tweet it @therealdonald because he seems pretty passe about the whole security thing, using private guys instead of all secret service
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51586729]But why would a sane person randomly kill a UPS driver in broad daylight for no reason anyway? Unless it's revealed the two people actually had some connection, I'm willing to believe the dude is indeed mentally ill.[/QUOTE] It was 1 am
[QUOTE=Ott;51586889]It was 1 am[/QUOTE] Oops. Still, killing someone randomly in public is not something a sane person does :v:
As much as I hate to make jokes at a tragedy, I could not stop thinking of [URL="http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1247"]this SCP[/URL]. Maybe to him everything and everyone is Donald Trump. It is totally within the realm of insanity (as broad as it is) that a person could hallucinate that one person or a multitude of people are someone else, or even all a specific person.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;51586729]But why would a sane person randomly kill a UPS driver in public for no reason anyway? Unless it's revealed the two people actually had some connection, I'm willing to believe the dude is indeed mentally ill.[/QUOTE] Oh there is a reason. Just not a rational reason
Going for broke with the insanity plea, I see.
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