00:00I believe I lose power when I expose my head.
00:02I will find you in direct contempt of court.
00:04When this defendant refused to remove his hat, claiming it would take away his spiritual power,
00:09the judge called his excuse manipulative and found him in direct contempt when he refused to back down.
00:142-5-1-9-2-8-5-M-1-3-1-2.
00:16Mr. Richmond, come on up. Join your attorney, please.
00:18Mr. Richmond, would you please remove your hat in the courtroom?
00:19I'd prefer, for spiritual reasons, not to.
00:22Would you describe that to me further?
00:23I believe I lose power when I expose my head fully,
00:27so I'd prefer not to remove my hat because I feel like I need power in here.
00:30Okay, I'm going to order you one more time.
00:32I do not find that persuasive. In fact, I find it manipulative.
00:34I'm going to order you one more time to remove your hat out of respect for the court as I
00:38order,
00:38and I just want to let you know that failure to comply, I will find you in direct contempt of
00:43court.
00:43Do you understand that?
00:44As long as you feel, as long as you understand you're asking me to yield my power spiritually,
00:50in a literal sense, this is what you're doing.
00:52This is what you've done last time.
00:54This is what you guys always do.
00:55And, you know, I think that's really...
00:57I don't understand your answer.
00:58I'm ordering you to remove it again, with you understanding the consequences.
01:01Do you understand the consequences of failure to remove your hat?
01:04Can you please explain them?
01:05Yes, I will hold you in direct contempt of court,
01:08finding that after repeated warnings, you failed to comply with the court's order,
01:12and that it undermines the dignity and the authority of this court.
01:15What is your response to my final order to remove your hat?
01:19Sir, I really insist on this, and I feel really strongly spiritually about it,
01:23and it's time for me to take the consequences of that.
01:27The court has found that the defendant has been warned multiple times to remove his hat.
01:31He's been given sufficient notice and given a direct order, in fact, to remove his hat.
01:35I find it to be incredible, manipulative, and in direct contempt of the court.
01:40I find that he does so intentionally, and because of that, he is in direct contempt.
01:44Mr. Richmond, you're given the opportunity, and you can just stay right there,
01:47to tell me anything you want before I decide on the sentence or the direct contempt.
01:50If you want to say something, you may. If you don't, that's fine, too.
01:54I don't want to say much, but, I mean, all there is to say that it's like a religion to
01:58me.
01:58It's personal. It's semi-parallel to what a lot of religions and cultures believe,
02:03and if I embellish too much, then that would be wrong.
02:06If you embellish, you mean add more to it?
02:08Yeah, like, that is part of my belief.
02:10Thank you. I'm not going to call it anything.
02:12I will note that you are wearing a traditional black winter hat.
02:16There's no signs of any cultural or religious affiliation,
02:19nor have you identified any other than a personal belief that you would like to wear a hat to maintain
02:23power.
02:24Again, I don't find that to be persuasive, as I've already said.
02:27Again, finding the defendant, direct contempt of court.
02:29I'll sentence you to one day in the Boulder County Jail.
02:32The rules remain the rules.
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