A Capitol rioter accused of assaulting police officers wreaks havoc in court on Thursday by repeatedly screaming at the judge and court officials.
Utah man Landon Kenneth Copeland invited some of his pro-Trump friends to a Zoom hearing and interrupted the day’s proceedings.
“You people fucked this up,” Copeland said. “You’re going to give me a psych eval. I don’t like 70 percent of my income going to the government. Fuck all of you!”
He apparently tried to object when a defense attorney for another riot suspect, who appeared in court before Copeland, said his client had “Foxitus” from watching Fox News.
According to the Daily Beast, the chaos began even before Copeland’s hearing as he shouted while other accused rioters made their appearances before the judge, forcing court officials to put him on mute.
Once he was allowed to speak again, he began to rant.
“I’m going to tell the truth,” he said. “I don’t like you people… you’re a robot to me… you can’t come get me if I don’t want you to… Fuck all of you… Fuck all of you. I wanna talk in open court you motherfuckers!”
Copeland’s interruptions got so bad that the court was forced to take a break.
He ended the call when his lawyer told the judge that his client “is in a crisis.” He re-joined about 10 minutes later, according to the Daily Beast.
He has been charged with assaulting police officers, obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering a restricted building and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
