Posted on 05/04/2026 12:21:28 PM PDT by MarlonRando
Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui slammed attorneys during a Monday afternoon court hearing over the conditions of Allen's imprisonment. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first jailed.
'At a minimum I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to,' the judge said.
Faruqui went on to compare Allen's imprisonment to defendants arrest for rioting at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
'To me, it’s extremely disturbing that he was put in five-point restraints, a person with no criminal history,' Faruqui added. 'It’s troubling. I never heard of one Jan. 6 defendant who was put in five-point restraints or in a safe cell. If the only way to keep him safe is the most punitive thing, that’s a problem.'
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Agree. They will ignore all evidence and find him not guilty.
The judge who apologized to the WHCD shooter is the son of migrants from Pakistan
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