Only in Trump’s America could such a heinous event occur.
But wait – there’s more: WZZM13 reports from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
A convicted sex offender who says he identifies as an eight-year-old girl will spend at least a decade in prison for dozens of images of child pornography found on his home computer.
Joseph Gobrick, 45, claims the images were computer-animated and protected under the First Amendment.
“I’ve always been an 8-year-old girl,’’ Gobrick said at sentencing. “And even my drawings and fantasies, I am always an 8-year-old girl.’’
But police said eight child victims were identified in the pornography recovered from Gobrick’s computer.
[…] Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Daniel Helmer called Gobrick “a danger to the public.’’
“Even during the trial, the defendant continued to draw, talking about raping babies in the Kent County Jail and making other statements about how this is his constitutional right to continue to do so,” Helmer said.
Kent County Circuit Court Judge Paul Denenfeld recently sentenced Gobrick to between 10 and 20 years in prison.
“Based on everything he’s said and done, including bragging about what he was drawing in his cell, he obviously doesn’t think child sexually abusive material is wrong,’’ Denenfeld said. “This isn’t just virtual stuff; this is also real people being harmed.’’ […]
The case was bizarre, to be sure. At a bench trial, Gobrick fired his court-appointed attorney and opted to represent himself.
He argued the images found on his computer were created using an image manipulating program. He also said the images were protected under the First Amendment. […]
Gobrick continued to maintain his innocence at sentencing and challenged the legality of his prosecution.
“Under the law, Auschwitz was legal,’’ Gobrick said, in an apparent reference to the Nazi concentration camp in southern Poland. “What you’re doing here is wrong, just as Auschwitz was.’’ […]
WZZM13
Editor’s Note: On the plus side, he’ll still be childbearing age by the time he’s released…
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