Charlie Kirk’s Murderer’s Cowardice Rears Up Again With Bizarre Requests for Court

RedState 

Charlie Kirk's suspected murderer apparently thinks he has some right to request that for his court appearances, he is not shackled and is allowed to wear street clothes. And the court absolutely has every right to deny it on legal grounds.

Defense attorneys representing Tyler Robinson, the alleged killer of the late founder of Turning Point USA, have requested that Robinson appear "unshackled and in regular street clothes instead of jail attire" for all court appearances so as to avoid looking guilty, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

The report read:

They say that's "necessary to maintain the presumption of innocence" and avoid any possible "prejudicial effect" for a future jury.

On Monday, prosecutors filed the request with the 4th District Court Judge Tony Graf, in a response that was allowed to be kept secret because it contained "secure information that might endanger personal and public safety if disclosed."

The report went on:

That includes information from the court's security director "regarding specific security measures in this case."

On Friday, a hearing will take place where both sides can argue their reasoning in private.

After the arrest, Robinson made an appearance in court virtually, wearing a suicide prevention vest. 

Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany perfectly captured how many Kirk supporters will feel when hearing Robinson's request, given the evil crime he's accused of.

"Where does he get off suggesting that he deserves this or is owed this?" the Fox News host said, noting that she refreshed her constitutional law background. "Fifth Amendment, you get the protection against self-incrimination. Double jeopardy."

"You get your due process rights from the Sixth Amendment. You get the speedy and impartial jury, right to counsel," she added. "And then the right to compel witnesses. Nowhere in here, Mr. Robinson, is there a right to wear street clothes. Yeah, you can request that. You certainly don't have a right to that."

"What I do know is the evidence against Tyler Robinson is strong," McEnany continued. "There is a text message where he methodically recounts what he had done in a very cold and sadistic fashion."

This is from the person who is suspected of firing a bullet from a rifle at Kirk and killing him in front of thousands of college kids during Kirk's appearance on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10. His alleged actions killed the 31-year-old giant in the conservative moment, leaving his wife a widow and his two kids without a father.

This is the same person who agreed to surrender to police but only if his arrest was peaceful, as my RedState colleague Mike Miller reported. 

Miller wrote:

During a press briefing with reporters, [Washington County (Utah) Sheriff Nate] Brooksby said Robinson was afraid a SWAT team would harm or even shoot him. Robinson "thought it was 'inevitable' that he would be caught and feared being shot by law enforcement," Brooksby added. 

Cowardice to the max? You bet. A level of hypocrisy seldom reached? That, too. But the off-the-charts irony is beyond comprehension by normal, moral, and rational people.

The judge should simply turn to Robinson's attorneys and, with a one-word response, say, "No."