John Hinckley Jr. apologizes for 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan

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  • The man behind the assassination attempt on former President Ronald Reagan in 1981 blamed his poor mental health for his actions. In an exclusive CBS News interview with Major Garrett, John Hinckley Jr. apologizes to the nation.
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  • @SilentReaper44
    @SilentReaper44 Рік тому +681

    This man is the first person to step inside of a movie theater and go "wow, that guy is literally me."

    • @Mikebuster
      @Mikebuster Рік тому +13

      very similar to this case I believe is Mark Chapman, though it was the book not a film.

    • @MikeCee7
      @MikeCee7 10 місяців тому +8

      I’m confused?. . . There are people who do cameos in a movie. Brett Favre could go into “They’re something about Mary” & say:
      “That guy is literally me”

    • @pancakeperson1661
      @pancakeperson1661 9 місяців тому +9

      @@MikeCee7 ☝🤓

    • @cokesloth
      @cokesloth 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@MikeCee7bro...

    • @johns1625
      @johns1625 4 місяці тому

      ​@@MikeCee7it's a meme. 😂

  • @robertjensen1048
    @robertjensen1048 Рік тому +1090

    The true victim was Jim Brady. The man was shot through the brain, and was partially paralyzed and disabled and in pain for life.

    • @84saints
      @84saints Рік тому +50

      And he died of his wounds.

    • @robertjensen1048
      @robertjensen1048 Рік тому +40

      @@84saints I noticed that. 33 years after the shooting, though, which is very strange to call that a homicide.
      I'd love to know what the autopsy showed, that linked his death(at age 73) to his being shot in the brain 33 years prior.

    • @JodieFosterMuseum1
      @JodieFosterMuseum1 Рік тому +5

      Wish I could upvote twice.

    • @alexp8785
      @alexp8785 Рік тому +38

      @@JodieFosterMuseum1 begone redditor

    • @maureenmckillop3622
      @maureenmckillop3622 Рік тому +24

      Should not be free!!!

  • @jmbutler5
    @jmbutler5 Рік тому +579

    Brady may have not died from his injuries at the time, but he eventually died due to his injuries 💔

    • @mattk8810
      @mattk8810 Рік тому +20

      Yes. And many serve much longer for less.

    • @jakejerrison5181
      @jakejerrison5181 Рік тому +7

      Good.

    • @jackcherbourg2899
      @jackcherbourg2899 Рік тому +14

      His death was ruled a homicide for that reason.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +15

      @@jakejerrison5181 you seem like a nice person. 🙄

    • @22lyric
      @22lyric Рік тому +8

      And suffered and had an altered life. Really sad.

  • @mackersun
    @mackersun Рік тому +566

    What exactly is it you want this man to say? He has said he has true remorse for what he did. Asking him stupid questions like "what would've happened had you succeeded" he answered and the reporter says, that's it....what do you mean that's it? WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAY??!!

    • @justthefacts8872
      @justthefacts8872 Рік тому +41

      He's supposed to remember the names of the people he shot, not just the celebrities he shot.

    • @mackersun
      @mackersun Рік тому +12

      @@justthefacts8872 ok. That I can understand!! Thank you

    • @mackersun
      @mackersun Рік тому +43

      @@justthefacts8872 it just seems as thought they are trying to make him feel worse than he probably already does. I know the psycho part of criminality gets thrown around easily these days with the mass shootings but back than it wasn't normal to plead insanity and get it!

    • @wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442
      @wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442 Рік тому

      @@mackersun man you guys do this to people all day everyday lenient on one person and then going to burn the rest of everybody else especially people who don't look like you
      🤡🤡 ALL of you ppl..

    • @justthefacts8872
      @justthefacts8872 Рік тому +24

      @@mackersun I get it. But I find it hard to sympathize with a person who, as a free, 26 year old man, was able to purchase a gun, shoot 4 men to impress a 17 year old starlet, gets put in a mental institute not a prison, with free room, board, healthcare and unrestricted weekends away from the hospital, for decades. This is far better than he would have done on his own.
      To expect a "no harm, no foul", campaign to make way for a burgeoning singer-songwriting career is as nonsensical as the interview.
      People take vacations in the neighborhood where he lives. It is Shangri- La. So, I'd prefer reserving my sympathy for those in jail who were unjustly convicted.
      He should skip the PR interviews, be grateful that he gets the ambulatory life that Brady was denied and enjoy his advanced years, quietly.

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar7028 Рік тому +284

    Imagine for Jodie Foster to be 17, fitting into college life & this outrageous batshit

    • @strnglhld
      @strnglhld Рік тому +62

      He didn’t even know she was a lesbian!!!

    • @wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442
      @wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442 Рік тому +47

      ALL to impress some girl that he didn't even know

    • @jeffreywilliams5093
      @jeffreywilliams5093 Рік тому

      @@wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442
      Hinckley is ok. A lot of guys buy guns to impress women. Big guns scream big penis!

    • @sadiehawkins5908
      @sadiehawkins5908 Рік тому +14

      Scary.

    • @ctlt-pg4tm
      @ctlt-pg4tm Рік тому +5

      Never really found myself having the time or inclination to worry about Jodie Foster. But then again, I have a life

  • @costamesaresident
    @costamesaresident Рік тому +53

    I’m on the fence over whether it’s a good idea for Hinckley to do these interviews. The corporate media is very savage in tearing people apart for the sake of getting public approval. If I were Hinckley, I would lay low and not give interviews to anybody. I would also not be doing any “redemption concerts” either. With regards to the question of justice, I would have declined to answer it and said that the interviewer should ask his victims if justice was served.

    • @Folsomdsf2
      @Folsomdsf2 Рік тому +8

      They're not redemption concerts, and you have to remember he's over 60 and hasn't had a job. No one will touch him, he was willing ot take a payday for an interview, it's that simple. He was trying to do concerts because he wants to do a profession but no one will touch him again.

    • @Mikhail-Tkachenko
      @Mikhail-Tkachenko Рік тому

      @@Folsomdsf2 He'd lose his disability if he were paid for it.

    • @jesse-ll3dh
      @jesse-ll3dh 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Folsomdsf2 No one would touch him and his twin brother Mark David Chapman before 1980.

    • @jesse-ll3dh
      @jesse-ll3dh 11 місяців тому +1

      Your absolutely right. 👍💯

    • @gabemiller7171
      @gabemiller7171 4 місяці тому +1

      Hinckley wants to follow the new American dream of being a victim seeking empathy

  • @blakenelson8477
    @blakenelson8477 Рік тому +129

    He’s so heavily medicated it’s not even him anymore

    • @whoami7721
      @whoami7721 Рік тому +26

      Right, he's out of the hospital, but he's not off of his meds or out of mental health therapy. He's never had a job, family, or a normal life. It seems like he's not a danger anymore, and he's just an old man.
      It was a good idea, in my opinion, to cancel the musical performances. There's too much possibility of someone trying to get "revenge" for the late president or even press secretary Brady. For Hinckley's safety, it was better that he didn't do them.

    • @ctlt-pg4tm
      @ctlt-pg4tm Рік тому +8

      They should up the dose until there is no him anymore

    • @kawasakiwhiptwo5821
      @kawasakiwhiptwo5821 Рік тому +4

      Do you know him?

    • @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes
      @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Рік тому +2

      @@Jack91790 Do you know what fascism is?

    • @OptimusSatanas
      @OptimusSatanas Рік тому +1

      @@GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Do you?

  • @parkerthompson3447
    @parkerthompson3447 Рік тому +153

    My grandfather was a chauffeur and drove around many famous people and John Hinkley Jr. was one of them when he got let out he said the one word to describe him was just numb absolutely numb

    • @thekongstocks
      @thekongstocks Рік тому +30

      *just drugged absolutely medicated

    • @andyman8214
      @andyman8214 Рік тому +28

      i believe it.........the mental health system just threw drugs at him for 35 years. he just doesnt seem "all there" in this interview IMO

    • @ethanweeter2732
      @ethanweeter2732 Рік тому +21

      @@andyman8214 Better than a raging maniac like in 1981.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +18

      @@andyman8214 No they didn't. He received a LOT of therapy as well!

    • @anacom4238
      @anacom4238 Рік тому +11

      He seems truly regretful, at certain points tears barely surfacing but not a dramatic show.
      I've been damaged permanently by sociopathic abuse but I could forgive anyone completely if they became truly sorry for what they did and became better people. In fact it's what I'd like from them most
      (Not all survivors have to feel that way, tho).

  • @dianarendon5845
    @dianarendon5845 Рік тому +147

    Ronald Reagan (whom was the main target in Hinckley’s attacks) himself forgave him, and even prayed for him and wished him the best in life, plus was 40 years living under the scrutiny of the justice and the mental health system, so just leave the guy alone already and let him live out the rest of his life in tranquility. Nobody can change what happened, so what’s the point for Americans to keeping dwelling about an event that happened such long ago.

    • @r.williamcomm7693
      @r.williamcomm7693 Рік тому +3

      Yes just don’t mention Jody Foster in front of him. Man is he’d only known that being crazy was just the first reason he never had a chance with her.

    • @ghostwalk2446
      @ghostwalk2446 Рік тому +9

      This whacko while heavily medicated says "sorry" with no emotion whatsoever and you think he's just going to "live out the rest of his life in tranquility"? Lmao no, one thing the past has taught us is "therapy" doesn't fix people like this

    • @davanmani556
      @davanmani556 Рік тому

      Huey Newton?

    • @Eastern1978
      @Eastern1978 Рік тому +2

      Beautifully written thoughts Ms Rendon. 🧸

    • @xShounenx
      @xShounenx Рік тому +16

      @@ghostwalk2446 "therapy" does fix people like this..

  • @devonmitchell5294
    @devonmitchell5294 Рік тому +174

    I remember this like yesterday. I was in high school in the 11th grade when this happened. This was all over the news for a few days.

    • @wickway
      @wickway Рік тому +4

      Well he doesn't remember it.

    • @johnv2232
      @johnv2232 Рік тому +2

      I remember this too exactly in detail! I watched the news all day on tv with my family all day that afternoon and evening and I was just 14.41 years later and I can remember in detail on what I did that day.

    • @Iworkwithnitwits
      @Iworkwithnitwits Рік тому +3

      I remember it too. I was in the sixth grade.

    • @Lala_B
      @Lala_B Рік тому +1

      I can’t forget either. My husband proposed to me that morning. Later I was in a department store, walking past a row of TVs when I heard the news.

    • @catsj1767
      @catsj1767 Рік тому +1

      I came home from 6th grade and sat in my basement bedroom and listened to the news until supper time. Poured over the newspapers. Might have a clipping saved. I almost voted for no lips. I was stuck in a campus meeting. Good thing it would’ve tarnished my Democrat background now.

  • @TheHManShow
    @TheHManShow Рік тому +221

    The only presidential assassin in history to have ever been granted full freedom. I hope John has been able to find peace of mind and more people will be able to forgive him

    • @machakco
      @machakco Рік тому

      He was locked up in a mental facility for years. That will NEVER grant you a piece of mind. Mental health facilities are worse than prison.

    • @Eric-ys8do
      @Eric-ys8do Рік тому

      Attempted assassin.

    • @melbourne-heat.69-71
      @melbourne-heat.69-71 Рік тому

      I believe at the time his parents were multi-millionaires with that kind of money no matter what you look like you could get better-looking women than Jodie Foster...At the top I wrote my comment what happened.. I guarantee it will be taken down within 2 days maybe less..Why did Jeb Bush's son Neil have lunch with John Hinckley Jr. The day before the attempted assassination..At the time George Bush Senior was vice president by taking Reagan out he would go right to the top."WHOWHATWHY".. tells you 90% of the story..

    • @spiralentree737
      @spiralentree737 Рік тому +4

      No not the only one

    • @eoinplunkett3093
      @eoinplunkett3093 Рік тому +9

      He makes music now. W man

  • @hillaryroberts3623
    @hillaryroberts3623 Рік тому +60

    James Brady’s life was changed forever.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +13

      And he died prematurely! Cause of death: homicide.
      Horrifying.

    • @jeffreywilliams5093
      @jeffreywilliams5093 Рік тому

      True. James Brady's life became seriously different after he was shot in the head. He started liking gun control. Too much brain damage.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +1

      @@valmacclinchy Prematurely? Do tell. The life expectancy for men in America, which is actually going DOWN (and is the only first world country to do so) is about 76. Brady lived to be 73.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому

      @@retroguy9494 are you his doctor? The cause of death was homicide. It turns out a bullet can do long-term damage to a brain. What's your excuse?

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому

      @@valmacclinchy You want to insult me when I think its YOU who has brain damage. Now see if you can follow me on this. Try REALLY hard.
      I NEVER questioned his cause of death. I questioned your statement that he died prematurely. And I did it with FACTS. One does not need to be a doctor to read the government timetables about longevity. The average life expectancy for a man is 76. That's a FACT. Brady died at 73. That's ALSO a fact. So there was nothing "premature" about his death. Period full stop!

  • @carmileemcc2380
    @carmileemcc2380 Рік тому +24

    While there is now more focus on mental illness being a factor of the mass shootings that have become so much a part of our society that should have been a part of this conversation.

    • @gajn3887
      @gajn3887 Рік тому +1

      absolutely. I felt like the interviewer wasnt great at this. I felt more like. "Say your sorry, say you feel badly"

    • @catsj1767
      @catsj1767 Рік тому

      Heck no

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +3

      Yes and it just goes to prove that we, as a society, need to focus much MORE on mental illness rather than our own personal needs and greed and that of our immediate family.

  • @citrine65
    @citrine65 Рік тому +23

    I question why anyone would want to go see him sing.

  • @alexdejesus5548
    @alexdejesus5548 Рік тому +9

    i was in 11 at john f. kennedy H.S. when this happened,it was shocking when i saw it in the news at home coming out of school that day.

  • @unmermaid
    @unmermaid Рік тому +70

    “Apologises for assassination attempt” LMFAOOO. What a sentence

  • @keepnitredneck5578
    @keepnitredneck5578 Рік тому +41

    I was in central state mental hospital with him I want the classes with him in central state very intelligent person you wouldn’t even thought that he did what he did super nice guy

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +11

      That's no surprise dude. Many people who suffer from mental illness are highly intelligent.

    • @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes
      @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Рік тому +5

      @@retroguy9494 That's true. Wish they had a purpose.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому

      @@GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Oh, they DO have a purpose. Look at John Nash for instance. He actually won the Nobel Prize. But it was recognized by his wife that he needed help which he received. He was never cured. But they kept his illness kind of in check. The really sad think about Hinkley is that no one helped him in time. This is why we need to pay more attention to mental illness in this country!

  • @jamess.chandler7868
    @jamess.chandler7868 Рік тому +9

    I agree with the statement below. Brady is the real victim. He suffered many many years after the incident. It left him "Brady" completely disabled. Unfortunately Brady passed away for to other health issues.

  • @manuelgordillo520
    @manuelgordillo520 Рік тому +50

    Look at his eyes. This man has been under strong treatment with anxiety pills and countless drugs for 25 years. His brain must be absolutely shattered by his everyday massive pills and shots.

  • @johnv2232
    @johnv2232 Рік тому +72

    Why would he do the CBS interview on National television if he wasn't sincere and remorseful? He apologized to the Country,the Reagan families,Brady families and the rest.I think he's remorseful.

    • @janina8559
      @janina8559 Рік тому +1

      I agree. He was mentally ill and has done his time. I wish the best for him!

    • @johnv2232
      @johnv2232 Рік тому +10

      Hinckley should be given a chance to show to the Country that he can be a good American citizen 🇺🇸.He did show regret and remorse on National television.

    • @u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987
      @u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 Рік тому +2

      @@johnv2232 think 🤔🤔 so to friend

    • @patrickforrest4899
      @patrickforrest4899 Рік тому +12

      @@johnv2232 your kidding right? If not, how about you invite him to your place and maybe have him become your next door neighbor? I’ll go out on a limb and say your kidding.

    • @rainblaze.
      @rainblaze. Рік тому +1

      @@patrickforrest4899
      Well as long as he flies ol glory out side his door and keeps it in good order i get the feeling he'd be yanky doodle with that

  • @scottwalker6897
    @scottwalker6897 Рік тому +11

    if its up to him to take his meds its up to him to not take them or skip once in awhile,who's their to make sure he takes them?

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +1

      Hopefully the judge, as a condition of his release from the hospital, requires regular blood tests to ensure he continues to take his medicine.

    • @Tamunosoye
      @Tamunosoye Рік тому +1

      Exactly my thought, he might stop and look for a new celebrity to be obsessed with again

  • @user-eo1vi2nt1o
    @user-eo1vi2nt1o Рік тому +45

    We are all in need of forgiveness.

    • @wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442
      @wethepplwhorblackerthanblu6442 Рік тому

      Until some black guy or some other people of color does something
      THEN it is throw the book out of Judge make sure he burns burn him at the stake right

    • @jimhoctor2382
      @jimhoctor2382 Рік тому +1

      Maybe you are!

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 Рік тому +1

      We are also all in need of justice and it was not served in this case.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +1

      @@jimhoctor2382 Just based on that comment alone, so are YOU!

    • @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes
      @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Рік тому

      Murderers will not inherent eternal life.

  • @martinwhite418
    @martinwhite418 Рік тому +89

    He doesn't even know the names of the people he shot.

    • @patrickkenna6387
      @patrickkenna6387 Рік тому

      He is mentally ill. It was not some pea for leniency by him to the courts.

    • @Thrillpills77
      @Thrillpills77 Рік тому +13

      who care

    • @peaks781
      @peaks781 Рік тому

      he was in a mental facility for 30 years of course he doesnt remember

    • @martinwhite418
      @martinwhite418 Рік тому +3

      @@peaks781 I'm not sure what your saying. He was drugged up to forget what he did? Or what?

    • @larryhinze2330
      @larryhinze2330 Рік тому

      Biden doesn't know the names of those he left in Afghanistan.

  • @MikeCee7
    @MikeCee7 10 місяців тому +5

    He was released his mothers care in 2016. 3:39.
    He was 61 at that time. Not too many 61 year olds have a living parent.

  • @wednesdayschild3627
    @wednesdayschild3627 Рік тому +82

    I felt bad for John Hinckley's parents. I think they tried to help their son.

    • @quinnrollen
      @quinnrollen Рік тому +11

      That's very kind of you to say that.
      His parents wrote a book called "Breaking Points" that gives an inside view of the events that lead the Regan incident. They explain that he had lingering mental health issues for years prior.
      Please check it out.

    • @nicolelivington9154
      @nicolelivington9154 Рік тому +8

      They took him to a psychiatrist , who said nothing was wrong with him and he was just immure furthermore just needed tough love . That doctor was clearly wrong .That psychiatrist made his parents put him out and tell him to fend for himself . He ended up unsupervised and able to commit the crime .Clearly the doctor did more harm , than good . He was probably not even evaluated . His siblings wanted to have him institutionalized before he commit the crime , his father along with the psychiatrist objected . If he had been , he might never have commit the crime .

    • @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes
      @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Рік тому +2

      @@nicolelivington9154 Common sense Trumps degrees 👏

    • @nicolelivington9154
      @nicolelivington9154 Рік тому +1

      @@GunsDontKillSSRIDoes What do mean ?

    • @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes
      @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Рік тому +1

      @@nicolelivington9154 If a crazy looking guy wants to buy a firearm but he passed the background check. You cannot turn down a legal sale. Common sense trumps degree's

  • @user-eu9vi3ef7u
    @user-eu9vi3ef7u 6 місяців тому +16

    It wasn’t your fault dude! Signed, mk ultra

  • @zacelz9130
    @zacelz9130 Рік тому +9

    How does he not remember the names of his other victims

  • @markparfett5380
    @markparfett5380 Рік тому +179

    The guy is genuinely remorseful. Probably still delusional but so are the venues that were prepared to let him perform. I hope those people can all forgive him.

    • @superoldgamesaturday3277
      @superoldgamesaturday3277 Рік тому

      The human race will never forgive him, nor SHOULD they.

    • @ianmeadows8719
      @ianmeadows8719 Рік тому +20

      He deserves a second chance and I'm not big on giving second chances

    • @camuscat123
      @camuscat123 Рік тому

      If he’s alive… I guess he deserves a second chance. I have a hard time accepting his actions and/or forgiving him.

    • @josephcox736
      @josephcox736 Рік тому +12

      Do you think Jodie Foster is sleeping easy tonight?

    • @NeighborofKT
      @NeighborofKT Рік тому +1

      His desire for a career in show business gives me reservations about how mentally healthy he really is. If he craves the “limelight” perhaps he could become an advocate for the mentally ill; doing vlogs, or blogs or writing a book. He could try to sell his songs rather than seeking the adulation of being a performer.

  • @SmokeWithMeInCT
    @SmokeWithMeInCT Рік тому +176

    I can respect this man for stepping up and telling his story . Mental health is awful

    • @johnmitchell4709
      @johnmitchell4709 Рік тому +19

      he getting paid only reason he talking🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

    • @myshidonstink4918
      @myshidonstink4918 Рік тому +21

      @@johnmitchell4709 Wow I’m not feeling the love for humanity here. Who cares if he’s getting paid ? Oh I guess you do

    • @melanietatco30
      @melanietatco30 Рік тому +1

      Me too

    • @donnamariedavidson5065
      @donnamariedavidson5065 Рік тому +1

      @@johnmitchell4709 well DUH 🙄

    • @samarmisra4922
      @samarmisra4922 Рік тому +7

      Mental health should be free of stigma and glad Hinckley is speaking up.

  • @barneyfife4812
    @barneyfife4812 Рік тому +18

    He should have never been released.

    • @supercal3944
      @supercal3944 Рік тому

      What are you saying? He’s an American hero who almost saved this country but sadly missed his shot.

    • @Robsonski96
      @Robsonski96 Рік тому

      @@supercal3944 You're just as insane as him. You should be locked up.

    • @larryhinze2330
      @larryhinze2330 Рік тому

      Are you talking in the future about Hunter or Joe?

    • @marciopereira3359
      @marciopereira3359 Рік тому +1

      @@supercal3944 bruh why do so many people hate reagen

    • @user-ki1un4jg2d
      @user-ki1un4jg2d 5 місяців тому +1

      Mark David Chapman is the real hero , getting rid of that hippie John Lennon .@@supercal3944

  • @rickdavenport9538
    @rickdavenport9538 Рік тому +2

    How is this possible?

    • @nathueil1
      @nathueil1 Рік тому

      Because it was probable

  • @alinamast1229
    @alinamast1229 8 місяців тому +2

    too bad. What a hero.

  • @richardharrison859
    @richardharrison859 Рік тому +7

    He's 67 but looks 47

    • @nathueil1
      @nathueil1 Рік тому +2

      Thanks to prison. 3 hots and cot, no drugs or alcohol and doubt he smoked. That will do it.

  • @ctlt-pg4tm
    @ctlt-pg4tm Рік тому +15

    41 years in prison and he still doesn't know the names of the other families. POS

    • @jmb9040
      @jmb9040 Рік тому +1

      Not prison

    • @larryhinze2330
      @larryhinze2330 Рік тому

      AND WE FED HIM. NOW HE IS FREE AND HAS A BAND.

    • @ctlt-pg4tm
      @ctlt-pg4tm Рік тому

      @@jmb9040 Well if it wasn't prison then why didn't he just walk out ?

  • @MrRatingz
    @MrRatingz Рік тому +13

    Next time can we get a better interviewer for a big interview like this?

    • @mattk8810
      @mattk8810 Рік тому

      Yeah, just give him the fame he wanted

    • @MrRatingz
      @MrRatingz Рік тому +3

      @@mattk8810 He got that already long time ago. So whats new. Everyone wants there 5 minutes of fame. Even you. That's why you replied to my comment.

    • @_wormlet
      @_wormlet 2 місяці тому

      @@MrRatingz You're absolutely right. Would have got a more insightful interview with a skilled interviewer instead of the dingbat they chose. I think a segment on a morning show would be more his speed

  • @originaljackofhearts
    @originaljackofhearts Рік тому +35

    I was too young at the time for this to really affect me but the reporter seemed really rude during the interview.

    • @lkctom2546
      @lkctom2546 Рік тому +8

      Right??

    • @C.Chandler_May
      @C.Chandler_May Рік тому +8

      I was 13 when this happened. You're right, reporter does seem rude.

  • @Rockovissi
    @Rockovissi Рік тому +15

    He sounds like Morgan Freeman the first few times he’s up for parole in “The Shawshank Redemption”.

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri Рік тому +1

      At his clinic, every night was Enchilada Night! And, there was no buried cash in Mexico waiting for him to get out.

    • @RobARug
      @RobARug Рік тому +2

      Stamp "REJECTED".

    • @Rockovissi
      @Rockovissi Рік тому +2

      @@RobARug Haha! Exactly.

    • @louf7178
      @louf7178 Рік тому +1

      Assuming they were looking for the tell-tale signs, I never could figure out the denials. Maybe because already saw Morgan Freeman as a good person.

  • @biffalobull2335
    @biffalobull2335 Рік тому +3

    For some reason I think the guy on the right is more candid and truthful than the guy on the left

  • @simon5005
    @simon5005 Рік тому +5

    He'll probably have his own TV show next month. That would be so America in 2022.

    • @catsj1767
      @catsj1767 Рік тому

      Fox News will hail him a hero’s welcome

  • @partlycloudyoptimist809
    @partlycloudyoptimist809 9 місяців тому +1

    Untreated/ poorly treated mental illness is dangerous for the person suffering and all around them. Never ignore. It must be addressed.

  • @briangregory8223
    @briangregory8223 Рік тому +9

    I'd like for him to actually know the names of the other two people he shot. Probably had time to learn them.,

  • @bystanderbutch3509
    @bystanderbutch3509 Рік тому +3

    I wonder if he knew Jodie Foster was a lesbian?

  • @septsky98
    @septsky98 Рік тому +2

    he's a fantastic musician now! very nice folk music.

  • @TheConorsmithusa
    @TheConorsmithusa Рік тому +3

    That interviewer HATES john hinkley , it's so obvious

  • @kcirded11
    @kcirded11 Рік тому +3

    I could have interviewed this guy better and I’m an idiot

  • @Cyndy10
    @Cyndy10 6 місяців тому +3

    No one is perfect. My love for him remains the same. @ remains without Cynthia

  • @citrine65
    @citrine65 Рік тому +2

    Stand by...

  • @Userxxx840
    @Userxxx840 5 місяців тому +2

    This man is a patriot

    • @brianoleson9224
      @brianoleson9224 3 місяці тому

      look how worse its gotten right now in 2024 we have arguable the most unloved president in all of history worse then the 1970s , 1980s you have to go back to 1900 or before

  • @Marc816
    @Marc816 Рік тому +14

    Hey, Johnny......how do you plan on apologizing to James Brady!!!!!?????

    • @lil.loagie
      @lil.loagie Рік тому

      Bruh he had 40 years in jail, He dont owe anything, he said his sorrys

    • @nathueil1
      @nathueil1 Рік тому +1

      Johnny? What are yall fishing buddies?

    • @Marc816
      @Marc816 Рік тому

      @@nathueil1 NO!!!!!!!!!

    • @nathueil1
      @nathueil1 Рік тому

      @@Marc816 Was just curious you called him Johnny as if you know him. Didn't understand that, because I thought his name was John.

    • @Marc816
      @Marc816 Рік тому

      @@nathueil1 ok

  • @Buttersplaysgames
    @Buttersplaysgames Рік тому +3

    is it just me or is the fact that someone who tried to off el hefe presidente is being given airtime and a platform to talk about it? Why is part of his release agreement to lay low and move past this? I understand reform and release but there needs to be some kind of limitations for someone who does that

  • @TonyDanza4Lyfe
    @TonyDanza4Lyfe Рік тому +1

    It’s so interesting hearing people like him and berkowitz talk as elderly men

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому

      Sad I think. Mental illness robbed them of most of their lives.

  • @ctotheb7775
    @ctotheb7775 Рік тому +2

    Empty eyes.

  • @22lyric
    @22lyric Рік тому +48

    His shooting of James Brady led to an extremely altered life for Mr. Brady and his family, and was the CAUSE OF HIS DEATH in 2014!

    • @kawasakiwhiptwo5821
      @kawasakiwhiptwo5821 Рік тому +4

      Killing someone and murdering someone is two different things.

    • @Lala_B
      @Lala_B Рік тому +1

      @@kawasakiwhiptwo5821 That’s like splitting hairs. Makes zero difference to the dead person or their loved ones. Death is death. Many years of suffering followed by death is torture plus death. Would never have come to be without JH’s loading that gun and pulling the trigger.

    • @AarnessMusic
      @AarnessMusic Рік тому +3

      Everybody dies of something

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +3

      You can look at it ANOTHER way. The man DID live another 33 years to the age of 73. The average life expectancy for a man in the U.S., which has actually been declining (the only first world country to go backwards), is around 76. That's not bad despite his medical complications.

    • @jackcherbourg2899
      @jackcherbourg2899 Рік тому +2

      His death was ruled a homicide.

  • @Kylersinjin
    @Kylersinjin Рік тому +7

    apologize for is not taking more target practice beforehand

  • @paolo3815
    @paolo3815 4 місяці тому

    How does this guy live long enough to make bail

  • @jamesstewart8377
    @jamesstewart8377 2 місяці тому

    “It was all so traumatic”
    John Hinckley.
    I can’t even expound on the irony of that statement.

  • @rena8311
    @rena8311 Рік тому +3

    My nature is compassion and forgiveness, but something remains creepy about this man.

    • @wtfj4462
      @wtfj4462 Рік тому +1

      At least he’s putting his energy into music

  • @wickway
    @wickway Рік тому +9

    These shooters have shotty memories. Sirhan Sirhan was the same. (Pun intended)

    • @denniscarver7681
      @denniscarver7681 Рік тому

      I'm old remember when he was up for parole. " Kennedys would for give me. " The 1 person I killed would have forgiven me"

    • @09rja
      @09rja 4 місяці тому

      Yep. It dawned on a investigator that Sirhan was a liar when he noticed that Sirhan's memory was very selective (in a interview). I think it is the same with this guy.

  • @RockerT1000
    @RockerT1000 Місяць тому

    And he lived to tell about it is the crazy part

  • @zerocool1ist
    @zerocool1ist Рік тому +4

    Im sure Jodie Foster is looking over her shoulder.

    • @larryhinze2330
      @larryhinze2330 Рік тому

      She is just glad BUSH got licked in the election.

  • @texaslonestar748
    @texaslonestar748 Рік тому +12

    I want to see Sling Blade now

  • @benjiboy1245
    @benjiboy1245 Рік тому +5

    Funny that this clip doesn't mention how Hinckley was motivated to do this from the movie Taxi Driver. I guess that's where he got the idea to assassinate a politician and why he was obsessed with Jodie Foster (who was in the movie). At least that's what the internet tells me.
    (Not saying it's the movie's fault, but history would be different if this guy had not seen that movie lmao. Life is weird.)

  • @msrnda
    @msrnda Рік тому

    I knew someone that was apart of his rehabilitation with St. Elizabeth's hospital and DC Mental Health Court for years.

    • @crimony3054
      @crimony3054 Рік тому

      CIA troll. Hinckley had his toes in the sand in Bermuda by the end of the week and hasn't moved since.

  • @lindawilliams5638
    @lindawilliams5638 Рік тому +1

    He should NOT be out.

    • @PhoenixDemocrat
      @PhoenixDemocrat Рік тому

      If he shot four black homeless people and found insane, you would agree he should have been released decades ago. I guess it all depends on who the victim is.

  • @nancychace8619
    @nancychace8619 Рік тому +50

    Interesting interview. This incident changed the course of history one way or another. He has a chance for a new beginning. He might do well to consider finding a way to help other people.

    • @AndrewSmith-hw4ml
      @AndrewSmith-hw4ml Рік тому

      If that was the case, George HW bush would not run in 1992 as president.

    • @nancychace8619
      @nancychace8619 Рік тому

      @@AndrewSmith-hw4ml Do you mean if he had succeeded?

    • @AndrewSmith-hw4ml
      @AndrewSmith-hw4ml Рік тому

      @@nancychace8619 Yes

    • @petermartyn7873
      @petermartyn7873 6 місяців тому

      Your comment has cost me a lot of bother since I have found it hard to imagine how he could help anyone. If he has learned nothing from the mental hospital then he does not seem to be very much like what's his name was that some Salinger who did well among folks who are sicko in the head? And that one gave us The Catcher in the Rye. What a marvelous contribution. I had the impression that that was one of the most seminal works of the twentieth century.
      But this other sicko? At least he doesn't seem to know anything and you can tell from that by itself that he is probably not qualified for any openings in the political science department either.
      Did maybe someone imagine a job at McDonalds for example? But the folks who already got a job at McDonalds would outdo him several times over.
      As far as I can tell we don't even want him to take care of our garbage and now if I keep right on searching for even one grain of truth on your beachhead then it suddenly occurs to me that maybe he's good for digging the holes at the graveyard unless if maybe what he deserves is a job at the tombstones company. All that stuff with granites and letters? That would fit him. Course he would probably need to get some training for that opening.

  • @user-ck9db6yz8s
    @user-ck9db6yz8s 10 місяців тому +5

    The Hinkley family is very well-connected politically - there's a lot more to this story than meets the eye ... a lot more.

    • @crownuk4867
      @crownuk4867 5 місяців тому +1

      You think he was "used?"

  • @gerryorangefan6150
    @gerryorangefan6150 Рік тому +2

    Dirtbag..look what he did to Jim Brady...

  • @Davett53
    @Davett53 Рік тому +55

    I was in DC for an Arts conference, and jobs fair, staying in a hotel less than a block from where Reagan was shot. In fact we had walked the same route, near to where he was shot, a couple hours earlier. I'd never been to DC before and it was big day for myself and my fellow Art school grad students. We there hoping to get hired as new professors, by the colleges and universities represented at the jobs fair.

  • @trugirl10
    @trugirl10 Рік тому +50

    I accept his apology even if his family doesn’t you can tell he has suffered and was suffering when he did it

    • @jzm2293
      @jzm2293 Рік тому +4

      Yes I also accept his apology too and I'm proud of him for taking the first step in apologizing and thankful to the people that were brought to his path for helping him 🙏

    • @rigidlyrics6053
      @rigidlyrics6053 Рік тому +1

      I think he copped out a bit by not discussing the details of that day. You did this thing so many years ago. If you were genuinely detached, you could at least discuss the incident. If you don’t want to talk, then why do an interview? Make your apology video and go. I’m sure over the last 41 years, you’ve had plenty of discussions about why you were there in the first place. What’s one more discussion? Especially if doing so will show people that you’ve actually grown and moved past whatever it was that brought you there in the past. I’m sorry, to me, it feels disingenuous.

    • @bigstyx
      @bigstyx Рік тому +6

      It’s not for you to forgive his crimes it’s up to his victims.

    • @groovyli4502
      @groovyli4502 Рік тому +1

      @@bigstyx Yeah people are weird online can’t forgive someone on behalf of someone else

    • @larryfair752
      @larryfair752 11 місяців тому +1

      Remorse for what. He doesn’t remember that day in his own words. How can you have remorse for something you don’t remember.

  • @RainbowXplosionn
    @RainbowXplosionn Рік тому +3

    Don't apologize for trying to do the lords work, King.

  • @thedelightfullytacky
    @thedelightfullytacky Рік тому +2

    I bet he watches "Taxi Driver" a lot...

  • @Grandmas_Favorite
    @Grandmas_Favorite 4 місяці тому

    His eyes say it all😊

  • @joshuakeely5593
    @joshuakeely5593 Рік тому +38

    You know even he did a really bad thing at least he was man enough to admit he was wrong and apologized for his actions and got help unlike certain female blonde celebrities who think they can hurt others and gaslight a jury and blame the world for their court loss.

    • @911jehru
      @911jehru Рік тому +2

      Yikes

    • @samarmisra4922
      @samarmisra4922 Рік тому +2

      Well said and saddest and wrongly many female celebrities you mentioned can be much worse than males and at worst don't admit their mistakes truly and create a fake show.

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime Рік тому

      ​@Touch Blampied I don't see why. He committed a criminal act four decades ago due to mental illness. There's no indication he's going to commit another crime again.

  • @serenus6633
    @serenus6633 Рік тому +3

    Are you watching this, Tim Dillon?

  • @84saints
    @84saints Рік тому +2

    “We would have been a big historic event.” ….
    We?

    • @fredricgreenblott4169
      @fredricgreenblott4169 Рік тому +2

      I honestly think his mind has been permanently blunted and filled with 40 years of being on heavy anti-psychotic medication. He absolutely looks and acts like he’s drugged.

  • @kkkkkk6570
    @kkkkkk6570 Рік тому +1

    his brain has been rotted with antipsychotics, probably for a good reason lmao

  • @jeanettesmith765
    @jeanettesmith765 Рік тому +8

    He should not even be interviewed.

  • @louf7178
    @louf7178 Рік тому +19

    Difficult decisions, but it seems to be reasonable. He made all the right answers, and they sounded right; some not even the perfect "good" answer.

    • @PD-we8vf
      @PD-we8vf Рік тому +1

      Did you ever consider that criminals lie?

    • @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes
      @GunsDontKillSSRIDoes Рік тому

      @@PD-we8vf The left has no common sense. They believe whatever their TV tells them.

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime Рік тому

      @@PD-we8vf It isn't like he shot Reagan for a political cause or because he was a paid assassin. He was mentally unwell.

    • @dzenacs2011
      @dzenacs2011 6 місяців тому

      ​​@@PD-we8vfpeople here are strange. Defending maniac who clearly lies

  • @upnorthvlogs
    @upnorthvlogs 9 місяців тому +1

    Why is he not prison

  • @rexengstrom2586
    @rexengstrom2586 Рік тому

    Here are my comments about this event that took place on March 30th of 1981 it was like yesterday that this incident had occur I was a freshman in a junior college living in Titusville Florida at the time. Only 20 years old just in the prime of my life

  • @random_account2160
    @random_account2160 Рік тому +4

    Hinckley doesn’t even remember, or if he does, didn’t even acknowledge Tim McCarthy or Thomas Delahanty. Delahanty still sits with permanent nerve damage in his arm John, mind you!

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +1

      Its called MENTAL ILLNESS dude. You can't blame him. He was sick. He still IS but medicine and therapy helped him to be more normal. Stop treating the poor man like he was in full control of his faculties and knew what he was doing!

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime Рік тому +2

      To be fair, he's medicated in the interview. I doubt that gives him perfect clarity.

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому +1

      @@IsmailofeRegime Yes, you're right. And I'm sure a condition of his release from the hospital was that he continue to take his medicine. Hopefully, there is some kind of testing system in place to make sure he does on a regular basis.

  • @dmitrikrosikio2684
    @dmitrikrosikio2684 Рік тому +7

    "We've never heard his voice"
    *me having been listening to his music since he started using his own name*

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 Рік тому

    Violence doesn't ever help. Let's see if he is actually now healthy.

  • @AdrianSOG
    @AdrianSOG Рік тому +1

    I really dnt think he shoulda been able to walk away smh

  • @dluvsmalia
    @dluvsmalia Рік тому +3

    This man still can't be trusted. He's totally on medications.

    • @larryhinze2330
      @larryhinze2330 Рік тому

      Are you talking about Hunter or Joe?

    • @adrithgor7551
      @adrithgor7551 Рік тому +1

      @@larryhinze2330 He's talking about guy who wanted to shoot Reagan, but unfortunately, missed

  • @presidentpotato222
    @presidentpotato222 Рік тому +4

    Why Is this Human Walking around Free .. Criminal’s need to be in cell’s .. period

    • @pepelepew5145
      @pepelepew5145 Рік тому

      He literally shot a president and is free..people do less lakeith Smith and 65 years

    • @Saintinthecity-wh9nl
      @Saintinthecity-wh9nl Рік тому

      He served enough time. There has to be a humane justice system.

    • @presidentpotato222
      @presidentpotato222 Рік тому

      @@Saintinthecity-wh9nl The President Of The United States Of America .. sorry ..

  • @GalaxyTheCharmingTurd
    @GalaxyTheCharmingTurd Рік тому

    I remember when this happened I was in 4th grade at lunch when the news came in

    • @retroguy9494
      @retroguy9494 Рік тому

      Meh...you're just a kid! LOL I was in high school when it happened!

  • @justinstenstromofficial
    @justinstenstromofficial 12 днів тому

    This dude does not belong out on the street! Don't care how much meds he's on. He can be forgiven (metaphorically) but what he did cannot be forgotten or dismissed. He deserves life behind bars.

  • @karilakeforarizonagovernor7908
    @karilakeforarizonagovernor7908 Рік тому +23

    He's clearly heavily medicated at the time of this interview, what will happen if he stops taking his meds? I'm surprised he was released.

    • @TheRenHoek
      @TheRenHoek Рік тому +14

      Thank you for your expert diagnosis Kari.

    • @karilakeforarizonagovernor7908
      @karilakeforarizonagovernor7908 Рік тому +4

      @@TheRenHoek
      Ren, did you see this name and get mad? Ha.
      And you sent this comment to me because of the name of the channel or because of my comment? Here, I'll take care of that question for ya; Ha, _the name._
      Don't be so angry and immature, 'Ren'.

    • @JD-ht7yw
      @JD-ht7yw Рік тому +1

      @@HAL_9000__ In an NBC news interview he said he is on medications

    • @peaceonearth351
      @peaceonearth351 Рік тому

      I feel he was truly remorseful but it is up to the families to find it in there hearts to forgive or not. Only God can judge a man's heart.

    • @SquirrelTheorist
      @SquirrelTheorist Рік тому +1

      @@peaceonearth351 Reagan wanted to speak with him and forgave him.

  • @citrine65
    @citrine65 Рік тому +9

    I wouldn't want to be in room alone with him.

    • @larryhinze2330
      @larryhinze2330 Рік тому

      As long as you were the only one walking out.

  • @EF-fc4du
    @EF-fc4du 8 місяців тому +1

    And he never got to meet Jodie Foster.

  • @TheShape.
    @TheShape. Рік тому

    Are they trying to tell a lunatic to do something?

  • @uncleroams279
    @uncleroams279 Рік тому +43

    Under no circumstances should he be free. People who have done far less are serving way more time in horrible prisons. Remorse just does not cut it sometimes, especially when people have been permanently injured.

    • @kingmaxthe_first3389
      @kingmaxthe_first3389 Рік тому +9

      Christianity and Buddhism and all rielgons teach remorse it doesn't make sense to make someone suffer because of mistake that spreading the problem

    • @yvetteschools4979
      @yvetteschools4979 Рік тому

      He was in St. Elizabeth Mental Institution not prison

    • @peaks781
      @peaks781 Рік тому

      he was mentally ill at the time. he is no longer mentally ill, therefore he is not a threat, therefore he is allowed to be free

    • @Lala_B
      @Lala_B Рік тому

      Word.

    • @akashpisharody
      @akashpisharody Рік тому +9

      What is the point of retribution? It's disappointing to see so many people with this mindset that our justice system should only exist to exact useless revenge. Rehabilitation should always be the aim, and I think it's been reached with Mr. Hinckley. He's producing some great music and generally chillin.

  • @gregoryhayes2647
    @gregoryhayes2647 Рік тому +12

    How is this guy still is alive an free is boggling my mind right now 🤯🤯🤯 mind is blown right now

  • @MB-em1kn
    @MB-em1kn Рік тому

    Perfect timing.! I know a few more ppl

    • @dollysbob
      @dollysbob Рік тому +1

      So many sick, evil people commenting. Are you all trolls?

  • @AlexF-qx7co
    @AlexF-qx7co 3 місяці тому

    I'm calling BS on the insanity defense.

  • @FloridaFun10007
    @FloridaFun10007 Рік тому +3

    now he works at CNN

  • @smaree1703
    @smaree1703 Рік тому +7

    He’s nuts obviously still!!!!

  • @dadrewco100
    @dadrewco100 Рік тому +1

    If he is ok he needs to stand trial for what he did .

    • @renejean2523
      @renejean2523 Рік тому

      lol He was deemed to be mentally incapacitated at the time of the shooting. What would be the point of a trial?

    • @dadrewco100
      @dadrewco100 Рік тому

      @@renejean2523 when they are found to be mentally competent they are ready for trial .

  • @JamesBrown-nu8vk
    @JamesBrown-nu8vk 9 місяців тому +1

    MOST OF THESE COMMENTS ARE BOTS & WHY HAS THIS MAN BEEN ALLOWED TO LIVE?