Saturday, February 13, 2016

David Fry's Payback Begins

The final four holdouts in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge appeared one by one in federal court Friday afternoon, a day after they surrendered to end a 41-day occupation of the federal bird sanctuary.

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David Fry, 27, the last of the occupiers, was led into court wearing a thick full-length anti-suicide smock, his arms and chest bare beneath it.

  Oregon Live
I never heard of an anti-suicide smock before.  It's something designed so that there's nothing a person can use to hang himself.  Here's an example (not Fry):


Now, there's no way a person is going to use their clothing to hang in the courtroom, so the only reason I can think of to keep them dressed like that in court is to humiliate them.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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