He wasn't just accused at this point, yeah? He was convicted. What a thug.
Klein was accused of using a stolen police riot shield to jam open an entryway to the Capitol building and push back officers.
More sentences like this, please.
The heavy sentences have certainly been racking up lately. I wonder if they got all of the small fry out of the way with plea deals to build bigger cases.
Another good thing about these people being convicted is that the conviction should bar them from working in the same capacities as they previously did. All of these people are now felons.
These aren't misdemeanor crimes with a slap on the wrist and you know kind of have to shamefully report it to HR when you get a new job, no.
This is the, "Our firm is not going to work with you because you attempted to overthrow the government you felon" kind of thing, the kind of thing where your family has a realistic possibility of experiencing extreme financial distress and poverty or homelessness for the rest of your life because you are that guy.
This is betting it all on what was supposed to be a loaded set of dice and rolling snake eyes.
Do these convictions mean they cannot vote in the next election?
Afaik felons can't vote in most states, but there's been a push to reverse that.
Pretty sure that was the plan, all along.
The party of "law and order" and "just comply" have no issues with assaulting and killing police officers?
Very shortly after 01/06, a man met me at the house to get something I'd advertised on Nextdoor.com.
"Hey, I've seen you on there! You've made a bunch of comments about the riot. My brother is a cop."
(Take my word or not, that statement was not confrontational, more like, "I've seen you and I might not agree.")
"Those scum overran the cop's barricades, beat them with an American flagpole, injured hundreds of cops and 2 more suicided directly after. Fuck them and their "we love cops" bullshit."
(That was the gist of it, I can hardly remember the actual words, but everyone clapped.)
You could see the gears turning, see him truly thinking about the thing. It was certainly the first time he was hit with cognitive dissonance on that particular issue. I could see him getting a bit angry thinking on the "riot" from a new perspective.
He got what he came for, we shook hands, parted amiably. But at least he was thinking.
That slogan only counts when they're not breaking the law, then they're making things right.
The sad part is the second part could be taken from freedom fighters under a repressive regime and be thought of as a good fight, not that I think this is comparable but I'm sure people that are getting prison sentences and many of their friends do. It'd be nice if they at least had a coherent argument backed up by facts but I haven't seen much so far. Just parroting talking points by right wing shills out to make a buck.
I mean I think the play was to justify it after the fact.
"We were fighting for America" is what they told themselves.
And had they won, and had they dragged all of the senators and Congresspeople out onto the public square and executed them and forcibly shoved Trump back into office they would have told themselves that they did a good thing and made sure they had a nice juicy write up in the history books for their successful coup and "the protection of the American way of life".
I think it can show that everyone needs critical thinking skills, which unfortunately is what some don't want as opposed to blind followers. Like you can pull one lever (religion, race, etc) it means every action is justified.
Only the best people.
His defense attorney, Stanley Woodward said a significantly lower sentence was warranted.
Oh, look.
But I read on Twitter today that the people who mobbed the capitol were actually anti-fa! They had a video as proof! /s
