Biff_Poindexter
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Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
The Miami resident received the harshest sentence so far for the Capitol insurrection.
floridapolitics.com
"Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Rising to speak before the sentence was handed down, Tarrio pleaded for leniency, describing Jan. 6 as a “national embarrassment,” and apologizing to the police officers who defended the Capitol and the lawmakers who fled in fear.
“I am not a political zealot. Inflicting harm or changing the results of the election was not my goal,” Tarrio said “Please show me mercy,” he said, adding, “I ask you that you not take my 40s from me.” U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, agreed with prosecutors that the Proud Boys’ crimes could be punished as “terrorism” — increasing the recommended sentence under federal guidelines. But he ultimately sentenced the Proud Boys to prison terms shorter than what prosecutors were seeking.
In asking for a lighter sentence, Tarrio’s lawyers pointed out that he has a history of working with law enforcement. Court records show the Proud Boys chairman previously worked undercover for investigators during a 2012 fraud case he was involved in."
Well, it seems clear the prosecutors were asking for 33 years; for something that Antifa and the FBI did; the judge even agreed with these Deep State prosecutors that this fit the definition of terrorism, but only sentenced him to 22 years...which is still an obscene amount....One must ask, was giving a slightly shorter sentence because he was a snitch for the FEDS, or was it because the judge was appointed by Trump, or something else?
Let's be honest, if there were a bunch of thug blacks storming the Capitol demanding more government handouts like welfare and crack; nobody would have been arrested; even if they assaulted congressional members or their staff; those thugs wouldn't even be arrested, they would be celebrated as heroes - or - let's say there are a bunch of muslims, storming the Capitol to stop some Muslim ban from taking effect, nobody would have been arrested - our law enforcement routinely lets radical muslims and these BLM thugs run around with no push back - but now, when someone stands up for real Americans, this government stomps them into the dirt. Why? What is the message being sent?
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