SeesSeas
FLORIDIAN
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2015
- Messages
- 7,252
- Reaction score
- 17,226
The day Loyd shot Clayton he was on 'on-guard survival mentality'
Psychologist: The day Markeith Loyd shot Lt. Clayton he was on 'on-guard survival mentality'
Dec 2, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla. - On the fourth day of Markeith Loyd’s sentencing, the defense continued to get jurors to avoid the death penalty for the man convicted of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
Forensic psychologist Dr. James Campbell said after evaluating Loyd, he diagnosed him with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder caused by a long list of traumatic events that included being beaten and abandoned by his mother, seeing his cousin shot and die and being robbed at gunpoint while working.
[...]
Despite mental health issues, Campbell said Loyd is capable and does possess the feeling of empathy and the ability to understand and share the feeling with others.
Expert testifies Markeith Loyd has complex PTSD as jury weighs death penalty for Orlando cop’s killer
Expert testifies Markeith Loyd has complex PTSD as jury weighs death penalty for Orlando cop’s killer
DEC 02, 2021
Markeith Loyd has complex post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from years of “chronic” trauma, an expert witness told jurors weighing the death penalty for the convicted killer of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.
PTSD caused Loyd to constantly be in an “on-guard survival mentality,” said James Campbell, a clinical psychologist. Before Clayton tried to arrest Loyd at the Walmart on Princeton Street Jan. 9, 2017, for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, he believed police were going to kill him and his enhanced “flight or fight” response was already engaged, Campbell said.
[...]
Another traumatic event that contributed to Loyd’s PTSD was being kidnapped as a teenager and beaten severely, Campbell said. As a young adult, he saw others being killed, including another inmate during his time in federal prison, the psychologist told jurors.
“Each traumatic experience you have, your PTSD can get worse and worse and worse,” Campbell said.
After Loyd got out of prison, he worked multiple jobs, including as a delivery driver for Texas Fried Chicken in 2016, Campbell said. Loyd became “hyper-vigilant” after being robbed at gunpoint during a delivery and began carrying a gun, he said.
Loyd has testified that he was in “warrior mode” when he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon and her unborn child after an argument outside her home Dec. 13, 2016, in which she pulled a gun on him.
[...]
More witnesses called in penalty phase in Markeith Loyd murder trial
More witnesses called in penalty phase in Markeith Loyd murder trial
December 2, 2021
Defense attorneys began Thursday’s testimony with a clinical psychologist, Dr. James Campbell, who examined Loyd to evaluate him for PTSD and trauma.
“Mr. Lloyd spoke about very intense emotional experiences that he had as a child in relation to a couple of movies, specifically, one of them was Roots, another one of them was Mississippi Burning,” Campbell said. “They were again, racially motivated, systemic violence, systemic racism.”
Jurors are also hearing from a detective who was there the night Loyd was arrested by Orlando Police in 2017. The detective said Loyd said he was in pain, but he was not taken to the hospital or treated by paramedics.
[...]
Judge Leticia Marques also granted the defense’s request to strike an aggravating factor that Clayton’s killing was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, saying the state did not meet the burden of proof.
[...]
Psychologist: The day Markeith Loyd shot Lt. Clayton he was on 'on-guard survival mentality'
Dec 2, 2021
ORLANDO, Fla. - On the fourth day of Markeith Loyd’s sentencing, the defense continued to get jurors to avoid the death penalty for the man convicted of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
Forensic psychologist Dr. James Campbell said after evaluating Loyd, he diagnosed him with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder caused by a long list of traumatic events that included being beaten and abandoned by his mother, seeing his cousin shot and die and being robbed at gunpoint while working.
[...]
Despite mental health issues, Campbell said Loyd is capable and does possess the feeling of empathy and the ability to understand and share the feeling with others.
Expert testifies Markeith Loyd has complex PTSD as jury weighs death penalty for Orlando cop’s killer
Expert testifies Markeith Loyd has complex PTSD as jury weighs death penalty for Orlando cop’s killer
DEC 02, 2021
Markeith Loyd has complex post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from years of “chronic” trauma, an expert witness told jurors weighing the death penalty for the convicted killer of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.
PTSD caused Loyd to constantly be in an “on-guard survival mentality,” said James Campbell, a clinical psychologist. Before Clayton tried to arrest Loyd at the Walmart on Princeton Street Jan. 9, 2017, for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend, he believed police were going to kill him and his enhanced “flight or fight” response was already engaged, Campbell said.
[...]
Another traumatic event that contributed to Loyd’s PTSD was being kidnapped as a teenager and beaten severely, Campbell said. As a young adult, he saw others being killed, including another inmate during his time in federal prison, the psychologist told jurors.
“Each traumatic experience you have, your PTSD can get worse and worse and worse,” Campbell said.
After Loyd got out of prison, he worked multiple jobs, including as a delivery driver for Texas Fried Chicken in 2016, Campbell said. Loyd became “hyper-vigilant” after being robbed at gunpoint during a delivery and began carrying a gun, he said.
Loyd has testified that he was in “warrior mode” when he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon and her unborn child after an argument outside her home Dec. 13, 2016, in which she pulled a gun on him.
[...]
More witnesses called in penalty phase in Markeith Loyd murder trial
More witnesses called in penalty phase in Markeith Loyd murder trial
December 2, 2021
Defense attorneys began Thursday’s testimony with a clinical psychologist, Dr. James Campbell, who examined Loyd to evaluate him for PTSD and trauma.
“Mr. Lloyd spoke about very intense emotional experiences that he had as a child in relation to a couple of movies, specifically, one of them was Roots, another one of them was Mississippi Burning,” Campbell said. “They were again, racially motivated, systemic violence, systemic racism.”
Jurors are also hearing from a detective who was there the night Loyd was arrested by Orlando Police in 2017. The detective said Loyd said he was in pain, but he was not taken to the hospital or treated by paramedics.
[...]
Judge Leticia Marques also granted the defense’s request to strike an aggravating factor that Clayton’s killing was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, saying the state did not meet the burden of proof.
[...]
