U.S. District Court Chief Judge James E. Boasberg sentenced Easterday to 30 months in prison as well as 500 hours of community service, along with $2,000 in restitution.
All of those numbers should be higher.
Agreed but there is an important win here:
Isreal Easterday, 23, was arrested in Florida in December 2022 and was found guilty in October on several counts, including felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting officers.
No more gun ownership for him, nor voting rights (in most states). He’s removed himself from the most important parts of political discourse.
Something else I’m interested in seeing in the future is the sentence of a second conviction for some of these folks in the future when they inevitably decide to try some kind of insurrection again. What does sentencing look like for a two time insurrectionist?
What does sentencing look like for a two time insurrectionist?
There is no second failure. I’m pretty sure the pattern goes:
- Beer Hall putsch
- Light prison sentences and pardons
- Political minority take over
- Dismantle democracy
Look for step 3 on Jan 2025.
Do we need to look to Europe for a pattern when we experienced a Civil War right here at home?
No more gun ownership for him, nor voting rights (in most states). He’s removed himself from the most important parts of political discourse.
I agree with your sentiment, but neither of those matters to someone who a) doesn’t respect the results of an election and b) is OK with insurrection.
Sure it does. That future traffic stop where they would have gotten away with a misdemeanor speeding ticket now turns into a felony firearms charge in itself.
I suppose it could be describe as: their footprint for anonymity has drastically shrunk now. Any infraction under the law will be examined in microscopic detail not just by federal officials but even local law enforcement. Any consequence is now magnified 10 fold.
No more gun ownership for him, nor voting rights
Yeah, I suspect the Venn diagram of “Convicted felons” and “Non-Firearm Owners” has a distressingly small overlap.
nor voting rights (in most states)
That matters less than you think.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/capitol-rioters-non-voters-invs/index.html
How am I not surprised?
“The election was stolen! Rigged! Sham!”
Did you vote?
“Uhhhh…no, the whole thing is rigged, why would I?”
Hoisted be his own retard.
If these were black people causing an insurrection, you can bet those numbers would be higher
Thank you.
Nice. It’s too bad he won’t get to meet his love in prison though. If they were to both go there, it definitely wouldn’t be in the same place…
‘Isreal Easterday’
Isreal or istypo?
before he temporarily blinded two officers with chemical spray
Oh, those poor, poor piggies… enduring what they themselves regularly perpetrate on people with complete impunity! Oh, the humanity!
Hold on while I dig out the world’s smallest violin for them!
