Posted on 04/05/2018 1:36:01 PM PDT by deplorableindc
Two men were sentenced to one year and a day in prison Thursday for joining more than a dozen Turkish security officers who broke through a police line in May 2017 to attack protesters as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watched.
The sentences may be the only ones ever handed down for what D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham called an “unprovoked and brutal attack on peaceful protesters,” after U.S. officials allowed other assailants to leave the country.
Sinan Narin and Eyup Yildirim admitted to kicking a woman and a senior citizen, respectively, as they lay on the ground — as seen in footage that outraged U.S. officials and contributed to worsening relations with Turkey.
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Good to see that the thugs won’t get away with acting like that in the USA!
How about the thugs who were allowed to leave? They should never be allowed back in the country again.
Next, we should start working on American political thugs.
Just 12 months? That’s practically a slap on the wrist.
“How about the thugs who were allowed to leave?”
They probably had diplomatic immunity so we had to allow them to leave.
Treat them like Erdogan would treat the people they attacked if they attacked them in Turkey.
Exactly. ErDOGan’s thugs beat protesting citizens and mosr got away with it, due to politics. I suggest protestors take baseball bats with them next time.
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