Sometimes, defendants say stupid things to incriminate themselves on prison phones.

Landon Copeland, accused of assaulting cops, is busy in his first hearing demonstrating that he can& #39;t control his anger and doesn& #39;t listen to authority.

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He promised he& #39;d shut up, and then as the magistrate was trying to explain pre-trial release, he interrupted again and asked, "is any of this negotiable?"
This fella.
Imagine a Zoom magistrate hearing with this guy, and then imagine something worse.
Anthony Antonio& #39;s attorney is describing how during COVID shutdown he got Foxitis, leading him to get involved in the riot.

Copeland interrupts claiming it& #39;s not pertinent information.
Incidentally, for those following along on this whack magistrate hearing, Copeland& #39;s mom called into the Zoom and had to be directed to the public line.
Copeland has at least one polite friend, who also called in on Zoom.
"Hello! I& #39;m alive!" Copeland& #39;s ready for his close up.
"I need a bunch of stuff, I& #39;m a veteran, and you owe this to me, I got shot at in Iraq. You guys just done fucked this up. I don& #39;t know who you are. I& #39;m clear out here in the middle of the desert in no man& #39;s land. You can& #39;t come get me if I don& #39;t you to."
"The government stealing all my money, 70% seven zero. Come fuck with me. Come get me."
Magistrate Judge Meriweather notes that if this were an in-person she would have had Marshals remove him.
For those asking abt his attorney--there& #39;s a lawyer in UT he trusts, but he& #39;s being repped by FPD in DC.
"You motherfuckers don& #39;t put me with these fucking people I want to talk in open court."
Reminder: Copeland& #39;s mom is probably listening in on the public line.
Note: We haven& #39;t gotten to whether govt wants him detained, but there& #39;s an FBI Agent here to testify, so presumably USG WILL ask to have him detained.
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