I saw a video clip of this on Thursday's edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, but it turns out that it translates pretty well in print. If and when I find the video clip, I'll add a link to it.

You've got to admit the guy's logic is solid.

Read the whole story below.

OLBERMANN: Each night, we hope for something singular for our No. 1 story. We know that the whole world can offer it. Sometimes, we just don‘t know where it will come from. Sometimes, we just can‘t believe where it does come from.

How about an ordinary arraignment in a courtroom in Spokane, Washington, where, amid the dregs of society, we discover a man who, in his own way, has a pride in his work and a righteous indignation when he is accused of something he considers beneath him.

His name is Donnell Winston. And he may have been accused of being a bank robber, but he will risk anything, including his right to avoid self-incrimination, to prove he has not sunken that low.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUDGE: It says, at that time, you readily admitted your involvement in the robbery and stated that you were forced into it to pay a drug debt. You were searched incident to the arrest. Nine $100 bills, two $20s, one $5, and four $1 were located in your right pants pocket. You were transported, where you were interviewed, and taken to jail, where you were booked.

DONNELL WINSTON, CHARGED IN BANK ROBBERY: Well, first of all, where are you getting all this information from about me walking into the bank and getting something else for a drug debt? I‘m a drug dealer, not a bank robber. I‘m the one with the drugs. He was the one that robbed, my co-offendant. I‘m sitting out in the car waiting for him. He jumps in my car.

JUDGE: Mr. Winston, one of the rights that I advised is your right to remain silent, because anything you say can and will be used against you.

WINSTON: Yes, but you all got the wrong information. You all got wrong information. You‘re all saying I walked in the bank. I‘m on camera sitting in my car.

JUDGE: OK. I‘m advising you—I‘m cautioning you about making any statements, sir.

(CROSSTALK)

WINSTON: Man, I‘m telling you, I heard what you said about anything that I say can be used against me in court, man. I heard. I heard you loud and clear on that. But you all are talking about, I walked in the bank and I‘m using the money—I want the money because I need to pay off a drug debt.

I‘m the mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED) drug dealer. I‘m waiting for him to come out to give me money. He robs the bank. We go down two blocks. Cars surrounded me.

JUDGE: OK. OK. Well, I do find that probable cause exists. You wanted to know where I got the information? It‘s from the arresting officer‘s affidavit. I said I found that probable cause existed to make the arrest. The probation department is suggesting that bond be set.

Counsel, do you have any recommendations?

(CROSSTALK)

JUDGE: Based on the severity of the charges...

WINSTON: I‘m going to kick that mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED) I‘m going to kill that mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED)

(END VIDEO CLIP)

OLBERMANN: Any similarity between Mr. Winston and Eddie Murphy‘s old “Saturday Night Live” character Gumby - "I'm Gumby, damn it" - is purely coincidental.

By the way, Mr. Winston is still in jail, in lieu of bond of $150,000. And one can imagine that he told that judge he should get that 150 large from some bank robber.