Yesterday I posted
http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/12/11/fake-hand-sign-interpreter-at-mandela-memorial/
about this guy who slipped by all the worlds top security and apparently stood next to all the world leaders and , well..flapped his arms around. Today we get to meet the man who stood 3 feet from said leaders.
~Steve~
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Interpreter for Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Originally published December 11, 2013 at 5:47 AM | Page modified December 12, 2013 at 2:25 AM
The man accused of faking sign interpretation next to world leaders at Nelson Mandela’s memorial has told The Associated Press that he has schizophrenia, had visions of angels coming into the stadium and was trying not to panic because there were “armed policemen around me.” Thamsanqa Jantjie also said he has been violent in the past.
President Obama waves standing next to the sign language interpreter after making his speech at the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto near Johannesburg, Tuesday South Africa’s deaf federation said on Wednesday that the interpreter on stage for Mandela memorial was a ‘fake.’
Jantjie, who stood gesticulating three-feet (1 meter) from U.S. President Barack Obama and others who spoke at the ceremony that was broadcast around the world, insists he was doing proper sign-language interpretation of the speeches of world leaders for the deaf correctly. He also apologized Thursday for his performance that has received unanimous condemnation from numerous sign-language experts who said he had been merely signing gibberish.
http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2022438684_apxmandelainterpreter.html
