"When they put you in solitary confinement, you're no longer thinking clearly," Johnson, 33, says now. "You're thinking, 'Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I'm trapped.' "
To have to go through something like this I think is absolutely horrible especially while already having PTSD from the military.
Johnson later regretted not calling 911 because it might have saved him the ordeal of the next three years, he told The Post. At the time, he worried about how police would interpret the situation given his race. Would they believe he was defending himself?
Fear of not being believed. I hate it.
Then a nighttime encounter with two strangers in San Jose led to his arrest for attempted murder. Johnson insisted he was defending himself and had done nothing wrong. But at 26, he was sent to solitary immediately after he was booked into the jail to await trial.
solitary confinement to wait for a trial is insane. for any amount of time.