Wish they’d quit getting lenient sentences from complicit judges.
I was going to comment that 6.5 years is a pretty decent chunk of time for what he did, but after reading all the details about the statements he made and how brazen he was about literally overthrowing the U.S. government, I now agree with you–fucker should be locked up for life. He very intentionally committed high treason.
And kids are locked up for life for selling weed. It’s a tragedy
Treason is aiding an adversarial power in a time of war.
This is sedition though, and if memory serves seditious traitors used to be handled the same way as actual treasonous individuals.
As they say, he needs a short rope and a long drop.
Honestly it’s not so much the sentence itself but the lifetime of “Well, I could hire this guy and throw him a bone, or go with my 80 other non convict applicants.”
When that logic starts being applied across the board, I’ll accept it.
I mean, other than places that deliberately hire ex cons, it mostly is. You ever job hunt post prison?
I meant the “well, having it on his record is the main thing, ignore how brief the sentence was” idea. That’s not applied across all cases, and this traitor shit is getting preferential treatment from a likeminded judge.
That makes sense. I can agree with that.
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Most businesses will immediately disqualify anyone that has a criminal history, no matter what it was for, how long ago, or how severe. They just see it as a liability, even when it isn’t. They’ll have plenty of other applicants to pick from with no criminal history.
Most businesses will immediately disqualify anyone that has a criminal history, no matter what it was for, how long ago, or how severe.
I’m aware. The idea that this means that this guy’s lenient sentence is sufficient only seems to work for traitor shit like this guy, and not, say, non-violent drug offenses that routinely get the amount indicated by sentencing guidelines.
When are they gonna arrest the antifa people who were behind this? Or isn’t that a thing anymore? That’s what they claimed, right?
Like everything else they do, it is a thing and not a thing depending on what question is getting asked.
They are the light particle (or is it a wave?) of American politics.
Their defense is he’s a loser who is easily manipulated. That’s basically the description of MAGA, losers who are happy with themselves are convinced it’s the libs’ fault.
losers who are happy with themselves are convinced it’s the libs’ fault.
Hexbears?
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Libs do live rent free in the heads of hexbears… but why?
Just kidding, that question answers itself.
Headline belies the fact that the judge gave him less time than prescribed by sentencing guidelines. Which is bullshit.
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Doesn’t appear to be the sharpest lightbulb in the box of crayons.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON — A Trump supporter who engaged in a battle with law enforcement officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and then bragged about his conduct on the pro-Trump forum “The Donald” was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years in federal prison.
Jose Padilla was sentenced to 78 months by U.S. District Judge John Bates, who convicted the 43-year-old disabled Army veteran on 10 counts at a bench trial in May.
Video from Jan. 6 showed Padilla tried to rally other rioters, calling those who didn’t push against the police line “cowards.”
He later complained online about other Jan. 6 participants, saying they were “pathetic little LARPers" — live action role players — who “only pretend” to be patriots.
Many of Padilla’s online comments were made on “The Donald” forum, which frequently features violent rhetoric about the former president’s perceived enemies.
Padilla’s defense attorney, Michael Cronkright, called his client “somewhat of a loner,” until he “foolishly” engaged with likeminded people online related to the 2020 election.
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Oh no! Sadface!
This is swimming goggles guy isn’t it?
Somebody’s gonna get F’d in the B.
