Posted on 08/20/2019 3:05:52 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Two members of the right-wing Proud Boys group were convicted Monday for brawling with leftist antifa members in Manhattan last year.
A jury found John Kinsman and Maxwell Hare guilty of attempted gang assault, attempted assault and riot stemming from the confrontation near the Metropolitan Republican Club following a speech by former Proud Boys leader Gavin McInnes in October 2018.
Both men face up to 15 years in prison and will remain free until their sentencing.
Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. hailed the convictions as a blow against the rise of extremism and “mob violence.”
“As extremism rises in America, a Manhattan jury has declared in one voice that New Yorkers will not tolerate mob violence in our backyard,” he said in a statement.
Before the 2018 skirmish, about 60 protesters, including members of antifa, massed behind barricades to jeer McInnes’ address.
To avoid a confrontation, cops had the Proud Boys head west on 83rd Street then south on Park Avenue, while they shepherded their opponents in the other direction.
As the Proud Boys approached East 82nd Street, they saw six suspected antifa protesters heading toward them and a brawl erupted.
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Which is interesting as there are homos and Blacks in the Proud Boys.
They’re mostly pro American, anti liberal, and typically Conservative and/or Libertarian.
Clinton was sandwiched by Bushes. He was damaging as can be but he didn’t have all that much power after the midterms in 94. I considered him an aberration and a clown. Obama wasn’t so much a clown as a dangerous Marxist activist.
Having a Marxist for President changed the whole country. Instead of calming the racial divide Obama purposely inflamed it. He was a terrorist with great power. Nothing compares with the damage he did or could do hiding behind his half black force field.
“Nothing”
Stupid government. Not doing anything. Don’t they know doing nothing is the people’s work?
It's not a Federal crime they were charged with, it's a State crime. The President's pardon power doesn't cover State crimes, only Federal ones.
What did they actually do?
What message do the Proud Boys push?
Funny how it’s NYC.
Good point.
“The victims in the case were never identified, and antifa refused to cooperate with the investigation.”
This whole thing smells rotten.
I'm not defending these guys, but something doesnt square up here imho.
Same liberals who claim benefit of the doubt for OJ or that illegal shooting with a stolen gun that chick in San Francisco, will be breathing hatreds and presumption of guilt on the like of Zimmerman or the Proud Boys types as a jury.
I hate these hypocrites hiding behind the good will of Christians when under scrutiny and then shtting on them the first occasion.
Look at how running up to the 2016 election, Trump supporters were chased and beaten at Trump rallies.. Both men and women attacked by these Leftist thugs and the Media tried to blame the victims.
After decades of building the foundation.. they had 8 years to put the finishing touches on’fundamentally transforming’ our nation.. and the RINO’s let them. That is why we elected President Trump and that is why he will WIN Bigger than ever this time. Expect the Left and their Useful Idiots to be in a frenzy the likes of which the world has never seen before. Buckle up!
NYC jury is obviously not a jury of peers.
I say appeal to be tried in another state other than this politicized infestated sht hole of liberalism and warped perceptions of righteous goodness while doing evil
I am not a lawyer but this will be overturned on appeal.
But the bigger point is that they were found guilty of defending themselves and the alleged ‘victims” , Antifa, refused to cooperate with the investigation.
You’ve got to get to these creeps individually and alone. They’re cowards without the pack.
But the squawking about "let's get on with it" has been going on for a long time.
Your nicely phrased "half black force field" was/is powered by the media.
Which I can only hope is losing some of it's "power" to prop up such BS. d;^)
The judge should be censored for allowing this to go to trial.
No victims to appear in court with evidence of injuries? No cooperation from so called victims? “Victims” unnamed, referred to only by made up names?
It appears to me that the prosecution did not want “victims” in court because under cross examination they might have been exposed as evil.
Is this not the definition of a kangaroo court?
They must have had the worst lawyers in all of NY.
Normalcy Bias got them locked up! White People are not allowed to defend themselves in Blue States, this is what happens when you are behind the curve. White Police officers are not even allowed to defend themselves in Blue States, why in the world would these guys NOT know this?
Come to the South, by Guns, and train with the rest of us. Stop farting around with these idiots.
15 years in prison for fighting while drug dealers, rapists, murderers, and terrorist sympathizers are being given early release and voting privileges
>>will not tolerate mob violence in our backyard.
So Communist AF blackshirt thugs will be locked up too?
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