Man Charged With Obama Assasination Attempt Was Furious Over Marijuana Laws
Source: AP/TPM
JESSICA GRESKO MAY 2, 2013, 9:53 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the countrys marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a newly filed court document.
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is currently awaiting trial for the 2011 shooting, which didnt injure anyone but left more than five bullet marks on the executive mansion. Prosecutors filed a 14-page court document Tuesday that adds additional detail about Ortega-Hernandez, who allegedly shot at the White House the night of Nov. 11 while the president and first lady were away.
Ortega-Hernandez, 22, has pleaded not guilty to the attempted assassination charge and to other charges.
In the document, prosecutors said Ortega-Hernandez expressed anger towards the government regarding the continued criminalization of marijuana, which they said he acknowledged smoking and claimed makes people more intelligent.
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)IveWornAHundredPants
(237 posts)Why would a non-smoker be so furious about the laws? I know he claims to smoke the stuff, but that's an obvious blauchup.
tridim
(45,358 posts)Most likely alcohol, but meth would be a possibility too.
truthisfreedom
(23,154 posts)Fuck off.
fredamae
(4,458 posts)believed Drug Policy was included in his complaints? And Then it becomes a focal point in corporate media?
Never underestimate the power of a modernized "REEFER MADNESS" campaign in light of recent election results in WA & CO-They "must" turn the public, once again--very fearful in order to maintain the status quo. There is simply too much money at stake, imo.
I've learned to not believe everything corporate media gives us.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)"Prosecutors also reiterated previously disclosed information that Ortega-Hernandez repeatedly expressed contempt for Obama, whom he called the antichrist.""
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)far and few in between
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Prosecutors also reiterated previously disclosed information that Ortega-Hernandez repeatedly expressed contempt for Obama, whom he called the antichrist.
Ortega-Hernandez, who was arrested in Pennsylvania several days after the shooting, told investigators his car was stolen from him at gunpoint the same day as the shooting.
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...what a maroon.
NEXT!
dotymed
(5,610 posts)could smoke a decent joint and then go try to kill someone. it would make a great martyr for the reefer-madness crowd...
blackspade
(10,056 posts)MJ was probably a minor component of this guy's bullshit reasoning.
But the media need something to link this kook with the MMJ and legalization movements as a way to slow the momentum.
TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)Prosecutors are making these claims. Nothing strengthens a case like tossing "drug-crazed" into the mix.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)RainDog
(28,784 posts)OF COURSE someone who had decided Obama is the anti-christ is ONLY influenced by the WoD.
LOLOLOL.
The only people I know of who think Obama is the anti-christ are religious fundamentalists.
Why doesn't the article state that religious fundamentalism exacerbated this man's mental illness?
oh, cause we can't talk about religion because it's disrespectful to point out the absolute bullshit it teaches people.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)"....who he believed was the head of a government that was oppressing its citizens in various ways, such as by continuing to criminalize the use of marijuana"
How many want to bet that the top of his list was the Obama was coming to take away his guns? But the bought out media focuses on the one down the list that they are instructed to focus on.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)How bad pot is getting throughout the years. Had this asshole smoked Thai weed from the 80's he would get lost going home. Or been caught in a local 7-11 drinking everything in sight. Pot back then, made one really think and think and think and think and think. LOL!
Too much thinking, not enough time to drive out to the WH.
Oh well, light up another one.
0rganism
(23,970 posts)Framed correctly, this could be a winning argument for legalization.
Cha
(297,653 posts)shutting down meth labs.