by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 3 – Back on May 22, 2023, at 3:15 a.m., Recep Akbiyik used a blue metal bar to shatter approximately 10 windows of the Turkish Consulate’s by the UN, according to DOJ.
Two security officers who had been in the Turkish Consulate’s lobby stepped outside of the building. Akbiyik sprinted toward the security officers with the blue metal bar raised as if to strike them.
On August 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which Inner City Press closely covers, Akbiyik pled guilty and was immediately sentenced to four months in prison by Judge Katherine Polk Failla.
Tellingly his conditions included "you just participate in an outpatient mental health treatment program... You must continue to take any prescription medications unless otherwise instructed by the health care provider.
The case is US v. Akbiyik, 24-cr-462 (Failla)
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