Stars & Stripes reports that Ikaika Kang was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury yesterday in Honolulu, Hawaii for four counts of attempting to provide material support to ISIS. He was arrested on July 7th and he’ll be arraigned on Monday in federal court.
[Kang’s court-appointed attorney, Birney] Bervar said he is working on getting Kang a mental health evaluation and that his client may suffer from service-related mental health issues.
A “turning point” for Kang’s mental state seems to be a 2011 deployment, Bervar said. “He’s a decorated American soldier for 10 years, goes to Afghanistan and comes back and things start going off the rails.”
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Federal officials say Kang met with undercover FBI agents he thought were with the terror group and provided classified military documents to the agents.
The FBI said in their criminal complaint that Kang wanted to commit a mass shooting after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Kang was an air traffic controller for the Army. I’m not sure how that job would make him want to kill a lot of people or pledge allegiance to a group of terrorists, but I’m sure they’ll find a doctor somewhere who can explain that to us.
Why is it always “service connected mental issues” when these shit biscuits get busted?
Why cant it simply be “pre-existing shit baggery with delusions of mediocrity”?
Seems to me, the vast majority of these individuals were marginal human beings to begin with…very rarely have I come across anyone that could justify their actions by claiming the Military “mentally scarred” them.
Anything to get some leniency so he has less years to get plugged by Thor and Bubba.
Just drop the prick off the highest tower on his head, problem solved!!
Sometimes the coffee wasn’t fresh when he got on shift. That caused so much of the PTSD he couldn’t contain himself.
Fuck that guy.
Do air traffic controllers get the 1000 Yard stare?
Kinda tough when the scope is 2 feet in front of you.
Yeah, but … I was told that the scope-dopes on Shimya used to get the “thousand yard stare” after only a short time.
Every muslim carries the jihad virus.
You never know when and where it will surface.
There is only one logical answer…
Kang fucks goats?
Just HOW GODDAMN OFTEN do U.S. Army Air traffic Controllers go outside the wire and get shot at?
“[Kang’s court-appointed attorney, Birney] Bervar said he is working on getting Kang a mental health evaluation and that his client may suffer from service-related mental health issues.”
OH, a Court-Appointed Attorney, and I’m sure that’s just the first thing he decided to pull out of his ass in a publicity stunt! IMHO 95% of Lawyers give the rest a bad name.
The shitbird Sergeant from Ft Drum, who murdered his wife, then a New York state trooper, has a lawer who’s claiming the same thing for him. The lawer said, “There were services that were provided to Sgt. Walters by the United States military,” Narrow told WWNY-TV. “However, it’s our opinion that the services that were provided post-deployment were wholly inadequate.” So, the military helped SSG Walters, they just didn’t help him the right way, at least according to his lawer.
http://woodtv.com/2017/07/18/attorney-military-failed-accused-killer/
In answer your initial question, prolly like never. A lawer’s job, especially when your client is guilty, is to make up shit and get people to believe it. This guy’s mental health issue is he is a dedicated believer in ‘Slamofascism. A so called religion whose basic tenet is to kill or subjugate everyone else who is unwilling to embrace it, including other Muslims.
Proud Infidel makes a great point. Unless he is JTAC,or on a TACP (and the last time I looked those are USAF mos’s) as far as being outside the wire.
A “turning point” for Kang’s mental state seems to be a 2011 deployment, Bervar said. “He’s a decorated American soldier for 10 years, goes to Afghanistan and comes back and things start going off the rails.”
I believe him; happens all the time. Guy goes to war, comes home and sides with the enemy. Just ask John Kerry.
Bam! Now there’s a retort or reposte.
That is pretty funny. Good one!