James Chapman (pictured above hanging a naked Barbie doll from a fishing rod) wants to be the Republican nominee for State Representative for the district that includes Ypsilanti Township, and parts of Pittsfield and Superior township (District 32).
If you are a Republican voter, we implore to vote in the August 6 primary AGAINST James Chapman. Consider, for example, voting for Martin Church, who completed a candidate survey indicating strong support for conservative values.
“The protester whose display of a doll with a noose around its neck prompted an altercation at the Michigan Capitol Thursday is a candidate for state representative with a criminal record. […] He told a reporter with Sinclair Broadcast Group the doll was meant to identify Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.”
— Mlive, May 14,2020
When this story was published four years ago, Chapman was running for State Representative in the Canton area. Now, he's running again, this time hoping to embarrass Republicans in Ypsilanti.
James Chapman has a history of criminal violence indicating he is a psychopath. Per Mlive:
Chapman was sentenced to six months in jail in 2018 after being found guilty of resisting a police officer, according to The Belleville-Area Independent. A Michigan Court of Appeals opinion summarized the incident, noting Chapman argued with and attempted to stab an acquaintance at a house in Van Buren Township, and eventually dove into Belleville Lake in an attempt to evade police.
Chapman has also run unsuccessfully for several local and state political offices, Otzman said.
If this isn't psychotic behavior, what is?!
In another violent outburst, last year James Chapman assaulted an activist at a Republican gathering:
Mark DeYoung, who chairs the Clare County Republican Party, said he heard Chapman’s attempt to enter the room and opened the door after seeing someone flip him the bird through a window. “He kicked me in my balls as soon as I opened the door,” DeYoung said of Chapman, speaking to The Detroit News by phone from the emergency room.
DeYoung added that Chapman charged him, slamming his body into a chair, and said he now has a broken rib. He intends to press charges.