California Court Decides that Radical Leftist Extremism Is a Form of Mental Illness as Riddhi Patel is Granted Mental Health Diversion

By now, the case of Riddhi Patel, the left wing activist who threatened to murder members of the Bakersfield City Council, has become more than just another local criminal proceeding.

What once looked like a high-profile public safety and political extremism case evolved into a de facto legal determination that radical left political behavior is a matter of mental health rather than ideological disagreement.

In a decision that will reverberate far beyond Kern County, a California...