[E. Pluribus Unum]

May the wheels of justice grind fine.

[metmom]

Only if he doesn’t throw it.

The minute it leaves his hand, it becomes assault, attempted murder, or arson.

[Steely Tom]

I bet the court buys it.

[Advil000]

Arson and the threat of arson has always been a special kind of heinous crime too because of the potential to destroy civilization if you just let people burn things down.

[Steely Tom]

Next it’ll be pointing a pistol at a cop’s head is protected by the First Amendment.

[Nateman]

Was it a “mostly peaceful’ Molotov cocktail?

[Richard Axtell]

The only way one could argue that lighting a Molotov cocktail was indeed free speech, is if the speaker proceeded to stuff said lit cocktail down the front of his or her pants. That way, the symbolic nature of the lighting would be shown, and would not be considered arson. Otherwise, 10 to 25 in Federal prison.

[marktwain]

Openly carrying a weapon is strong, protected, political speech.

Tossing a molotov is like firing a gun. It is no longer symbolic.

In some certain instances it might be. But during a violent riot.. not so much.

[eyeamok]

Ok, So douse him in lighter fluid and light his ass up in the name of Free Speech!!!

[Michael.SF.]

he actually tossed the firebomb on the street near

Bet he was always the last kid picked for a team in gym class

[Chewbarkah]

Glad the guy is acknowledging his actions. Guilty. Twenty years at hard labor. Bailiff, call the next case.

[decal]

“Eugene Ohm, Mr. Pace’s lawyer at the federal public defender’s office”

Yeah, I don’t think we have a whole lot to worry about if he couldn’t find a better mouthpiece than this.

[RAldrich]

But, but...the First Amendment was part of a document written and ratified by dead, white slave owners.

[VeniVidiVici]

So, if we tarred and feathered this snowflake and then threw him into the river, that would be considered Free Speech?

[Ronin]

The only way that defense would work is if the cocktail was filled with a non-flammable liquid.

[TigersEye]

Shooting a man with a fire bomb in his hand is protected by the 2nd Amendment. :)

[Fedora]

Pace's attorney Eugene Jeen-Young Kim Ohm previously represented Bryan Moles, a man who showed up at the DC Trump International Hotel armed with a rifle and pistol and making threats: Man arrested at Trump hotel with military-style rifle ordered to undergo mental evaluation Among other cases, he also worked to get the accused killer of Chandra Levy released.

[Libloather]

Where does Jarrett Jeremy Pace live? Asking for several friends.

[Fido969]

This guy is not an outlier. This thought process is solid Del.

[Not A Snowbird]

It must be in there right next to the right to privacy.

[damper99]

How appropriate for a member of the resistance to have a lawyer named Ohm.