Bill was moved out of Chicago MCC yesterday morning and got to Oklahoma City at five this morning. Terrible trip, as usual. He has email and phone privileges.
NEWS -The Supreme Court has refused to hear his writ of certiori/review the Chicago case, after all. This writ challenged the Seventh Circuit’s definition of solicitation. So, Bill is now a “violent career criminal” for his various ANSWP Commander antics. He likely will be in prison for two more years.
After he learned about the Court’s decision, Bill wrote a sort of open letter to the public about the Matt Hale juror case. A few selected bits, below. Whole paragraphs go around these quotes, paragraphs I censored for fear of the DOJ. If you read to the end, I think you will get a good idea of what Bill wants to say.
Bill White wrote:
…there is no question that much of my behavior and many of the things I said which gave “context” to this case were immature and foolish and way over the top. Now, I don’t believe I would make statements of that type…
…”intent” was really the only issue in the case, and, as I am the only person who knew my intent, I can say that I was completely innocent of these charges…
…My mistake was all of the rhetoric and atmosphere I created around these words that allowed them to be interpreted “violently”…
…There were, I believe, some people who understood what I was doing when I was behaving outrageously — that I was mocking the stereotype of the so-called “extremist” by, essentially, play-acting in a way the media stereotyped …
…Clearly, I made a terrible mistake…
…Maybe I was unaware of who was in my audience. But, the fact that no violence occurred at all makes me think that I don’t think so…
… most countries do not let political dissidents criticize their system of law — but, the ability to criticize the legal system and its acts was supposed to be a cornerstone of American “democracy.”
Anyways, I am sorry I did something so foolish that I brought all of these problems down on me. I was certainly immature, years ago, when these acts occurred, and I, and those around me, are paying for my foolishness and inability now…
So, I am very sorry to all of you. I think this case says more about what America is right now than me, but it also says that, in my late 20s, when I should have been taking a much more serious approach to the world, I made the mistake of enjoying tweaking my nose at the system a bit too much — and made the foolish mistake of thinking myself much more able to challenge the world than I really was.
…Thank all of you for your support, and, hopefully, for your continuing support.