Whitmer kidnap suspect wants out of jail. He's diabetic, and fears COVID-19

[demmiblue]

After three weeks in jail, one of the suspects charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the judge to reconsider her decision to keep him locked up: He's worried about getting the COVID-19 virus.

Kaleb Franks of Waterford, a recovering heroin addict who says he has turned his life around after doing time for cocaine and home invasion, has diabetes and high cholesterol, takes insulin daily and fears contracting COVID-19 in jail, his lawyer argued in court documents filed this week.

The filing shed more light on the life of the 26-year-old defendant known as 'Red Hot,' who maintains that he can be trusted not to flee and that he is not a threat to society, despite the judge concluding on Oct. 13 that "he remains a danger to the community."

According to testimony and court records, Franks was part of the surveillance operation outside Whitmer's cottage and was one of five suspects who drove to a meeting hoping to buy explosives and tactical gear, only to get arrested in what turned out to be a setup by the FBI.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/30/suspect-whitmer-kidnap-plot-jail-kaleb-franks/6085247002/

[malaise]

1. Hope he gets it

They can dish it out but can't take it - fuck off you woman hating terrorist

[Lochloosa]

2. Darwin.

[mitch96]

19. Yup, poor baby..

[Lochloosa]

33. lol...Tots and Pears

[chwaliszewski]

45. Tots & pears....awesome!

[denbot]

111. I an so stealing this!

Yoink!

[mitch96]

115. Be my guest..... I stole it from someone else. When I saw it I cracked up.

It sorta takes the emotional gravity of "thoughts and prayers" and smacks it in the face with
m

[DonaldsRump]

3. This is how one "turns their life around"? n/t

[reACTIONary]

62. You would think they would be...

...embarrassed to make that claim.

[phylny]

93. OMG, that was the first thing I thought of reading this! n/t

[beachbumbob]

4. fuck him, welcome to the adult world of accountablity asswipe

[In It to Win It]

5. Sucks

[soothsayer]

6. Wasn't he kidnapping her partly because Covid is a hoax?

I mean, isn’t that part of their narrative somewhere?

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Dammit! There's that thing called logic again!

[iluvtennis]

97. + 1. nt

[DonaldsRump]

23. Bwahahahahaha!

Case closed!

[Botany]

29. Yup!

no needs for masks and quarantines ... it is all a big government hoax

[PatSeg]

30. Exactly

If this was fiction, it would be considered too absurd.

[Bengus81]

35. Yup...can't hurt anyone,no mask mandate,all business should be open

So yeah...by participating in this kidnapping plot has said that covid is bullshit.

[Joedog]

43. Yep for sure

Their beef was that Covid was a hoax according to the dumbass in chief and should not require special circumstances.

[catbyte]

76. Yep. Covid is a hoax and is an excuse for the government to snatch our freedumbs from us

and do something nefarious.

[Eyeball_Kid]

81. Whoa! Franks is a CONVERT! Now he believes that COVID is real!

And he can contemplate his vulnerability and what he did to increase it. I'm sobbing in my bourbon.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. If you do crimes in the time of COVID-19, that excuse can't be used.

[mopinko]

8. thoughts and prayers.

i think he's an idiot.
i pray he gets it.

[GoCubsGo]

10. Tough shit.

And, what's with this "He turned his life around" bullshit? No he didn't. He's part of a plot to kidnap and execute the Governor of Michi8gan. In what universe is that "turned his life around"???? What bullshit. Let him rot.

[ProfessorGAC]

96. Well, He's Off The Smack!

It's just the meth now!
And, he doesn't know where to get meth in jail!
Give the guy a break, can't ya!

[nycbos]

11. So he was so enraged by public health efforts to protect people like him...

... he hooks up with terrorists and NOW says he is afraid of COVID?

[hatrack]

12. It's a hoax, so shut the fuck up

Asshole.

[mucifer]

13. Maybe he should ask for a pardon from the governor

[Bengus81]

36. +1000

[MerryBlooms]

14. So, he's already done time for home invasion, which proves he's capable

of carrying out what these terrorists were planning. Nope, do not pass go, and do not get out of jail.

[SMC22307]

15. Tough shit, Kaleb.

And good job of turning your life around...

[Botany]

34. That's Kaleb 1/2 down the page with assualt rifle "turning his life around."

https://www.michiganradio.org/post/how-alleged-plot-kidnap-governor-unfolded-and-how-fbi-tracked-every-move

[Celerity]

109. on the left

[MyOwnPeace]

16. I'm not sure how

being part of a surveillance operation to kidnap a government official and planning to buy explosives and tactical gear is showing evidence that you have "turned your life around........"

[mitch96]

22. " "turned your life around........" Yup, to the dark side of the force there storm trooper... nt

[Cartaphelius]

17. By his own decisions

he forfeited ANY such rights by actively PLANNING to deny
Governor Whitmer of her rights.

[Newest Reality]

18. Freedumbs

Freedumbs make you immune from hoaxes, so don't use the virus as an excuse.

Turned his life around? 360-degrees, huh?

[secondwind]

20. So he "turned his life around" and decided he would kidnap and possibly murder the

Governor of Michigan?

I have no words..... his folks must be proud..

[Bengus81]

21. Funny how these BADASSES become pussies so quickly....

Usually shows up first in their mug shot where they look like they've been crying.

[getagrip_already]

46. not so tough without a gun and instagram eh?

How about posting a selfie of you acting tough in jail? Waiting on that one.

[OrlandoDem2]

24. Covid, Do your thing!

[eppur_se_muova]

25. Well, damn, ya shoulda thought of that earlier, ya stupid cuck.

Remember, this bunch wanted to kidnap her because of her efforts to protect people from COVID!!

I've heard of voting against your own best interests, but criminal conspiracy against your own best interests ?? That's some kind of a new record.

[snowybirdie]

26. Is this the guy

So against the Governor for trying to prevent Covid spread? Wait, it's a hoax, isn't it? Bless his heart.

[kacekwl]

27. Lots of people in prison have

diabetes and fear covid. What makes you special snowflake ? Cry to your law and order president tough guy.

[DonaldsRump]

28. I wonder if Trump will pardon

this "very fine person"?

[getagrip_already]

47. state charges......

He could grab him from the state though and put him in witness protection.

[Thunderbeast]

31. I have a pen pal doing over 20 years for stealing $130

He's also afraid. Prisons are dangerous Covid hotspots. If you are a black man convicted of a felony, you are going to wait in fear.

This whole militia thing isn't the Boy Scouts.

Maybe sitting in his cell will be a deterant to others thinking of strapping on an assault rifle and kidnapping a governor.

[dalton99a]

55. +1

[Blue_true]

32. Maybe, just maybe, he should have thought of that before getting involved

in a plan to kidnap, try, and likely execute a sitting Governor for “crimes” those idiots determined.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

50. Exactly what I was thinking n/t

[onecaliberal]

37. Too bad. It's nothing more than the flu.

[Mr. Ected]

38. Mama's basement keeps looking better and better, doesn't it, Kaleb?

All you tough guys hiding behind your paramilitary clothing and toting weaponry that no citizen needs to own are really pathetic cowards stricken with ignorance and hate.

Sounds like the perfect candidate for 20-30 years behind bars.

[Bengus81]

39. If I was him I'd think BUBBA would be a much "larger" fear...............

[PatSeg]

40. Whoa

He's a mess for someone who is only 26 years old.

[dem4decades]

41. Aren't these the same assholes that were screaming in the Police's faces in the Capitol? Fuck 'em.

[Mike 03]

42. These Keyboard Warriors don't do so well once they step outside into

the sunlight.

[marble falls]

44. So he's not one of those "out of my cold dead hands" kind of extremists. What's he got to fear, ...

he'll wear a mask there, I bet.

[gab13by13]

48. No fear dude,

your dictator declared the virus has turned the corner. Get the fuck to jail.

[Ferrets are Cool]

49. Suck it up, buttercup.

[muntrv]

51. Can't do the time? Don't do the crime!

[The Magistrate]

53. Hear Hear, Sir

"Never commit a felony when a misdemeanor would do."

[paleotn]

52. Let me think about that....

NO!!!

[dalton99a]

54. So his 'turnaround story' includes plans for kidnapping and murder

[blueinredohio]

56. An anti mask wearing afraid of covid?

A guy who wanted to kidnap and torture someone afraid he won't get his medicine? Fuck these people. Put them in jail and never let them out.

[Historic NY]

57. Well Golly gee....don't do the crime.

I guess the final sentencing should be dismissed too . Put him in an isolation cell and give him his meds. He can pretend he is like millions of Americans shut into their homes.

[Zambero]

58. Not a great resume for someone deciding to commit felonies

Someone needs to get this jerk-off a dictionary so he can look up the definition of "consequence". Sincere apologies to those jerk-offs who might consider this remark as being offensive!

[Harker]

59. He risked his precious life and liberty

by planning to deprive another of theirs.

He lost.

[onetexan]

60. Tough luck. Ahoulda thought of that before u plotted to commit a crime, knucklehead

[raccoon]

61. Should've thought of that before getting involved in a kidnapping plot. Nt

[ancianita]

63. Gee, the very thing he stupidly disbelieved she was trying to do for him.

Dumbfucks always fight for their rights at the expense of others; so no, he IS a threat to society.

Where he is is where he can do the least harm to others. He brought his jail time on his own unempathic, armed grasshopper self.

[MineralMan]

64. Poor little snowflake.

He haz a worry.

[roamer65]

65. No.

[matt819]

66. Wahwahwah

Snowflake.

Oh, and domestic terrorist.

[DFW]

67. The Governor would REALLY like to pardon you, but.....

She fears getting kidnapped or murdered. She hopes you understand.

[Frustratedlady]

68. I'll bet you are scared, but you should have thought ahead. We've had COVID longer than your plans

to kidnap Gov. Whitmer. Weren't you one of those who refused to wear masks and hated her because she was trying to save your life? Karma's a bitch, not Whitmer.

[appleannie1]

69. As my mother would say: You should of thought of that BEFORE you did what you did.

[catbyte]

70. Boo effing hoo. Cry me a river, terrorist.

[Vinca]

71. He's "turned his life around?" I don't think so.

Throw the key away.

[FailureToCommunicate]

72. Poor babies don't like the accommodations at the "gray bar hotel"?

Tough.

Baby Kaleb is pictured in the bottom row

[Illumination]

83. Ugh! Terrorists that are trying to overthrown our government...& they want special treatment?

Disgusting dangers to society! Colorado might take them here. We've got the Super Max Prison in Canon City...

[NCjack]

84. Kaleb, you poor little baby. I picked your pic immediately

as the weakest one who would cry. You just have realize that Covid-19 is a hoax, and then man-up. Don't let it own you, you own it. Power through it.

If you can't man-up, then ask Gov. Gretchen for a deal. The jailers will deliver you to a Governor's peace "regulator", who will convene a judge and jury. If they convict you, then the peace "regulator" beheads you. Same deal as you were wanting to give the Governor.

[pamdb]

73. Red hot

Tough shit. She’s my governor. As long as you get your insulin, you play the game, you take your chances.

[keithbvadu2]

74. And now he has turned his life around to terrorism.

No!

It's a hoax.
We've got it under control.
Almost nothing says Donnie Jr.
We're turning the corner.

And the jail has complete medical coverage, paid by the taxpayers.

Ingrate!

[pamdb]

75. Red hot

Tough shit. She’s my governor. As long as you get your insulin, you play the game, you take your chances.

[Marthe48]

77. Should have thought of that before the life of crime

I have no sympathy for any of the bully boy thugs creeping out from under the rocks. With or without political parties, there are things decent people do not do. Kidnapping plots, threatening people with guns, running buses of the road are not acceptable.

I grew up in the 60's and there was a lot in the news about organized crime and protection rackets, and criminals threatening citizens with property damage, physical harm or harm against their families. Whatever steps were taken to make those crimes stop needs to be put in place to stop the modern thugs. Every single white supremacist arrested needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and if found guilty of charges, get the maximun fines and time.

[safeinOhio]

78. Let him out of jail.

One plan they had was to tie her up, put her in a small boat and leave her adrift in Lake Michigan. Great terms for his release.

[PatrickforO]

79. I hate to seem harsh here, but he really should have thought about

the consequences before he entered into a right-wing extremist plot to KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN. Seriously.

I'm all for fair and humane treatment, and a fair trial, but this guy conspired to commit an act of domestic terror.

He did. He should not be let out.

[Eyeball_Kid]

80. Whoa! Franks is something SPECIAL.

He's a domestic terrorist who wants a free pass because he's a diabetic. Oh. Well, Kaleb, you have a thinking deficit, I see. You could have assessed your health risks BEFORE YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THE KIDNAPPING PLOT. Now you're panicking. Cry me a river, Kaleb. You fucked up. Now you want special treatment, but not nearly the special kind of treatment you were willing to bestow upon the Michigan Governor. Take heart, Kaleb. You have a lawyer.

[Baitball Blogger]

82. What is he afraid of? Under the Trump administration rules, even if he gets Covid and

dies from his diabetic pre-condition, the death certificate will still say Diabetes. So what if his life is shorten by the Covid. Trump doesn't see that as a factor to be concerned with.

[yellowcanine]

85. He wasn't worried about Covid when he was playing soldiers

with terrorist buds, was he?

[warmfeet]

86. K & R

They all deserve to rot in prison. I hope every last one of them gets Covid-19 and suffer the consequences of their traitorous actions.

[flibbitygiblets]

87. That whole "turning your life around" thing needs work, Kabob.

Can be trusted not to flee... good one.

[MontanaMama]

88. Oh Kaleb.

You bought the fucking ticket, now you take the fucking ride.

[bringthePaine]

89. gee whiz, I guess that's just too damn bad, huh?...

[OldManTarHeel]

90. Bless His Heart

[Mickju]

91. Fuck him.

[Lucky Luciano]

92. That's really cute.

[AllyCat]

94. The jails provide medicine on tax-payer dime.

You’d think that would appeal to him. If he was worried about COVID-19, maybe he shouldn’t have been at the Capitol for an armed insurrection while wearing no mask.

[iluvtennis]

95. Leave him in jail. He needs to learn that their are consequences for his actions. nt

[Aristus]

98. What a fucking crybaby.

He has access to medical care. Prison medicine isn’t the best in the world, but if you’ve got a medical license and anything between the ears, you can manage insulin treatment for diabetes and statin therapy for high cholesterol.

[Fla Dem]

99. The I don't care Bear

[RockRaven]

100. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[kairos12]

101. Can't die from a hoax.

[sarge43]

102. OK, another Snowflake whine ordinaire. Whoda thought. n/t

[struggle4progress]

103. "it's unfair to put me in such dangerous conditions! I was only planning to kidnap

a public official! It's not like I would hurt anybody else!"

[Tribetime]

104. He turned his life around...from heroin addict to stone cold killer

[SaintLouisBlues]

105. I have a poker with Red Hot's name on it.

[BobTheSubgenius]

106. I question just exactly how much he has "turned his life around."

Great that he's no longer using heroin. Radical right-wing views, up to and including REAL domestic terrorism, though? I find it a tad troubling. Just a smidge. Anyone else?

[Blue Owl]

107. Shut up and start doing the time you earned

n/t

[tblue37]

108. Whomp whomp. nt

[Hekate]

110. Sucks to be him

[dweller]

112. TFB asshole

Rot in prison, then rot in Hell ...
🖕🏻


✌🏻

[Meowmee]

113. Huh... but covid is scam

Wow he really turned his life around

[bdamomma]

114. Just

keep him there, if he contracts it, too bad.

[AmericanCanuck]

116. womp womp

[UTUSN]

117. Bwah!1

[area51]

118. Time for some "Baretta":

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.