archive.is is having stability issues at the moment so I updated the link
archive.is link - https://archive.is/gHCl7
Original source link - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-appointed-judge-gives-break-jan-6-rioter-sentencing-rcna93170
File this under examples of why there are no good apples.
“You don’t have anything to fear from the police if you’re not doing anything wrong” Really? REALLY? They are literal terrorists. I give you, exhibit….what do we do when we run out of letters anyway?
Yep, great example of a department with an extensive history of this is the LAPD Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was the subject of this fifteen part long form investigation that was also made into a podcast
And that’s just one example and one we know about
e; updated podcast link to a source the author provided
e2; County Sheriff’s Department, not city police like I’d initially misremembered
Not that there aren’t gangs in the LAPD this investigation is specifically about the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.
There is an in-group that the law protects, but does not bind. There is an out-group that the law binds, but does not protect.
He was convinced and his leniency is due to lack of direct involvement and being young. His sentence is house arrest.
All of this is in the article.
Lack of direct involvement? He showed up! He stole a riot shield! He maced people! He pushed towards breaking into the capitol!
What more do you need???
I am telling you what the judge considered in his judgment, not what I think about this person.
a “lack of direct involvement” would be something like showing up to the Capitol to protest, happening to be right in the gray area between the peaceful protestors and the violent ones, and getting rounded up by the capitol police who mistook you for one of the violent ones.
Stealing a riot shield and macing people is the textbook definition of direct involvement.
He maced his own people, so as far as I’m concerned he’s incompetent enough to be halfway to an ally.
Kids will be kids! They do dumb stuff all the time like busting mailboxes, tagging grafitti, stealing road signs, and stealing a riot shield during an insurrection.
Lmao I can’t wait til my kids come home and announce they MAY have committed some light treason
I already know the answer, but how does this not completely disqualify him from being a cop?
And why would other cops want to work with a guy who was part of a group that attacked cops?
WHEN (not if) these right wing fucks try to over throw the government again, we will only have ourselves to blame for it.
These traitors should have been given the harshest penalties possible - put them up as an example to deter others. Instead, example after example, these POS are given slaps on the wrist. We are essentially encouraging others to try again because the general public has forgotten about this event, the media never took this as seriously as they should have, and various government agencies not escalating the punishments being levied.
They’ll all wear their prison sentences as badges in 5 years. You’re looking at future senate candidates.
we will only have ourselves to blame
“We” who? I didn’t vote for any of these dicks.
Longer sentences don’t deter crimes. What deters crimes is certainty of being caught. We need to get them ALL, even if it’s for a little bit.
