So this Nazi war criminal gets sentenced to death, has it commuted, then gets released early and then a Mutual Aid group for the Waffen SS gets him a job at Porsche?!?!
Thank goodness French communists took him out. Take notes kids. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim...
![D. Mr. Cole Breaks.
The record of Mr. Cole's last hour of resistance is difficult to read. He asked for
a break "just to process all of this." (Tr. at 86.) Alone in the interrogation room,
shivering while wrapped in the blanket, he chanted to himself: "I didn't, I didn't, I
didn't, I didn't.... [E]ven a small chance.... Even a small, tiny chance. Smallest,
tiniest chances.... Do whatever you can to clear your name. You can get out of this.
(Tr. at 86-87.) This was "stimming"-the self-regulating repetition characteristic of
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an autistic person in acute physical and emotional distress? captured on the
government's own recording. When the agents returned, Mr. Cole reported "a giant pain in my stomach." The response: "I know. Are you ready? Are you ready to
explain?" (Tr. at 87.)
Minutes later, the agents asked whether he wanted the interrogation to end.
His answer revealed a mind that had stopped functioning: "I don't know what to do
anymore. I just-everything is just, everything is just blank. Being told, being told all of this, it's just a little too much to process. I'm sorry." (Tr. at 91.) Rather than honor that answer, the agents pressed on. They cued a surveillance video and asked Mr. Cole to identify the man in it. He denied any familiarity with what he saw—
twice. "Do you recognize that person?" "No.")Have you watched this video before?"
"No." (Tr. at 92.) Only then did the agents remind him what a denial would cost:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/bafkreidmgfdbknh2yclq6olo34i5jlia2wzqa6nbvfml6mgbzmjtkp6ota)
