Posted on 03/04/2021 11:43:19 AM PST by RandFan
Richard Barnett, the Arkansas man charged with breaking into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and stealing her mail during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, threw a tantrum during a virtual court hearing on Thursday, yelling at the judge and his own lawyers that it wasn’t “fair” that he was still in jail weeks after his arrest.
One of the most recognizable figures from the Capitol assault, Mr. Barnett, 60, was photographed on Jan. 6 with his feet up on a desk in Ms. Pelosi’s office and a cattle-prod-like stun gun dangling from his belt.
From the moment he was taken into custody, he has waged an ongoing — and so far unsuccessful — effort to be freed on bond, and he loudly lost his patience with the process at an otherwise routine hearing in front of Judge Christopher Cooper of Federal District Court in Washington.
Appearing by video from jail, Mr. Barnett erupted into anger after Judge Cooper set the next court date in his case for a day in May, shouting that he did not want to remain behind bars for “another month.”
“They’re dragging this out!” he hollered. “They’re letting everybody else out!”
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Boy, whoever promised you fair?
He’s not a Trump support and not MAGA. We don’t behave like spoiled children.
Strange times we live in.
S H O W B O A T I N G
In NYC, you can literally stab or rape somebody and be back on the street in hours.
Sorry, only BLM rioters get out quickly. That’s, uh, “white privilege.”
Who is he?
If he didn’t want to go to jail he should have burnt down a local Taco Bell
Sullivan is on video stating that he was pretending to be a Trump supporter. There is evidence that he was intentionally taking part in provoking the capital break in. And yet he was the first to be released on bail. And he is not charged with more serious crimes. The FBI directer stated that his kine did not exist. So this guy has a point.
They need to keep him for now because the concentration camps are still under construction.
At his age and income he is unlikely to be a flight risk.
Just fine him $10,000 for being a doof and be done with it.
You mean like when Pelosi tore up Trumps SOTU speech?
That kind of tantrum?
He sat in Pelosi’s chair. How does that translate into two months with no bail? It is trespassing and that’s it.
This is police state crap.
Or murdered a white girl with a rifle lost by the feds.
More like Pelosi’s revenge!
He should have sold drugs while he was there. He’d be out same day...............
We don’t keep people in jail by contrived technicalities either.
You don't know that for certain. But what is certain is that he IS being treated like a Trump supporter........
That should concern you.........
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