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Mayers, appearing in a knee-length leather trench coat and a black surgical mask, seemed calm as he moved through the courthouse, stopping to thank a passerby for complimenting his jacket.

“I’m certainly not shy about criticizing police departments when criticism is due, and complimenting them when it’s not,” he said.

"Mix it up a bit by complimenting them on the quality of the food," Mr Wesson says.

That is a little like complimenting a career criminal for pleading guilty instead of insisting on a jury trial.

After complimenting her and getting a picture, he began his campaign of abuse.