So you rebut my comment completely ignoring 13 other arrests, including a felony. LOL. The judge made him write a letter of promise for fuck's sake. And you likely think everything was handled appropriately I bet. Soft on crime is the badge the left wears proudly. How about a little more accountability than writing a letter promising something for 14 arrests and a diagnosed schizophrenic? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see how that could go horrible wrong. You can also follow the DEI trail of those involved to see that it was predictable.
You don’t have an understanding of the facts or the law here. He was charged with the misdemeanor of misusing 911 back in January. The charge stemmed from him having an episode where he thought someone was putting “materials” in his body to control him. When the police responded and tried to talk him down, he called the 911 on them, thinking they were in on it. They then arrested him.
Nobody is going to be sitting in jail for that. By NC law, the magistrate (it was not a judge) was required to set conditions of release for that charge, which she did. In addition, the US and NC Constitutions prohibit excessive bond. To be frank, the State probably was not going to be able to get a conviction in that charge because they would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he
knowingly misused 911. Based on the psychotic episode he was having, he most likely did not
knowingly misuse 911. He most likely believed he was using it for its intended purpose.
But let’s say hypothetically that he was not released from jail after that arrest. Based on his prior record level, the maximum sentence he could have faced for being convicted of misusing 911 was 45 days. So after sitting in jail for 45 days awaiting his next court date, one of two things would have happened: (1) his lawyer would have moved for his bond to be unsecured, resulting in his release, since he had already served his maximum punishment, or (2) he could have pled guilty and, under NC law, the judge could sentence him to no more than the time he served, thus resulting in his release. So even if he was held in jail, he would have been released a long time ago anyway.
As the claim of 14 arrests, there were not actually 14 separate arrests. There had been 14 charges. A number of those charges occurred during the same arrest as they arose out of the same incident. (Referring to those charges as 14 arrests would be like referring to Donald Trump’s 34 charges in NY as 34 arrests. Trump was not arrested 34 times, however). Many of them were for minor offenses, including disorderly conduct.
As for his felonies, he had been convicted in all of those matters. Two of them were from 2014 and arose out of the same incident. They were low level (Class H) felonies. The last one was the more serious one. That was for robbery with a dangerous weapon from 2015. When he was sentenced, the judge imposed the maximum sentence he could legally receive for that offense, which was 73-100 months (6 years, 1 month to 8 years, 4 months). Under NC structured sentencing, every sentence has a minimum and a corresponding maximum. That was the highest minimum and corresponding maximum he could receive by law. Pursuant to NC law, he was given credit for the 176 days he had already served while in custody awaiting arraignment (he remained in custody while that case was pending). Once a defendant goes to prison, they have an opportunity to work their sentence down to the minimum— and no less than the minimum (in this case 73 months)— if they participate in rehabilitative programming, work jobs, while incarcerated, and avoid serious infractions. He worked his case down to the minimum of 73 months and was released on September 20, 2020. He was then placed on post-release supervision for 12 months as required by law. That ended on September 20, 2021.
As for him being schizophrenic, that is not a crime. Also, one cannot be involuntarily committed simply for being schizophrenic.
So despite the narrative that some want to push that someone in the criminal justice system did something wrong or was soft on crime, that was not all the case. Now, you could certainly point to a lack of availability and/or affordability of metal health treatment as a problem.
