Posted on 09/06/2023 5:49:35 PM PDT by CFW
On Tuesday, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the unrest on January 6th. Convicted of seditious conspiracy, Tarrio, who was not present at the Capitol, pleaded for leniency but received none.
(For more reporting and background on Tarrio's case, click here) [link included in article]
The same wasn't true for a Black Lives Matter protester who set fire to a pawn shop after looting it in May 2020. Montez Lee, who appeared on video proclaiming that he was going to "burn this ***** down" ended up killing Oscar Stewart, who found himself trapped in the blaze. Stewart, who died of smoke inhalation, left behind five children.
Given that Lee had a long criminal history, you would think a harsh sentence would be in order. Instead, the DOJ turned into his biggest advocate.
Here's what the government's sentencing memo to the judge stated.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
The retribution for the crimes of the state is not going to be pretty. For God will be the one dishing out His wrath. His punishment will be just and the Bible says His people will rejoice.
The judge should have brought all hell down on the sentencing statement by the DOJ.
They could use this same excuse for every single Capitol protestor.
So...what did he say?
Mr. Lee credibly states that he was in the streets to protest unlawful police violence against black men, and there is no basis to disbelieve this statement. Mr. Lee, appropriately, acknowledges that he "could have demonstrated in a different way," but that he was "caught up in the fury of the mob after living as a black man watching his peers suffer at the hands of police." As anyone watching the news world-wide knows, many other people in Minnesota were similarly caught up. There appear to have been many people in those days looking only to exploit the chaos and disorder in the interest of personal gain or random violence. There appear also to have been many people who felt angry, frustrated, and disenfranchised, and who were attempting, in many cases in an unacceptably reckless and dangerous manner, to give voice to those feelings. Mr. Lee appears to be squarely in this latter category. And even the great American advocate for non-violence and social justice, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated in an interview with CBS's Mike Wallace in 1966 that "we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard."
Absolutely unbelievable that our justice system has been destroyed so quickly.
Why would any thinking person be even slightly surprised by any degree of depravity from The Big Guy’s Department of Just Us?
Oh, that's right... When President Trump ran for reelection.
-PJ
Quotes:
“caught up in the fury of the mob after living as a black man watching his peers suffer at the hands of police.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated in an interview with CBS’s Mike Wallace in 1966 that “we’ve got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard.”
I’m not saying those are valid excuses, your Department of Justice did.
By the way, maybe we ought honor both Lincoln and Washington twice as much.
The Judge, if he had any integrity at all, should have given the Prosecutor a Choice. Someone is going to prison for 10 years, either you counselor or the defendant, choose now.
WHY ??? The victim was black....
BLM and Antifa are the militant arms of the Democrat Party. Both are terrorist organizations. Which means the entire Democrat Party is a terrorist organization.
Oscar Lee, who was burned to death apparently was not one of the black lives that mattered to BLM rioters. Nor to the DOJ or the judge. Maybe BLM should change their name to: “Division, rage, and hate matter and good people can just burn to death for all we care”.
If King were alive today, he'd support AOC, BLM and Antifa.
“BLM and Antifa are “, given command, control, logistics support, legal services, intelligence briefings, and finance, from the government. They are an arm of agitation and chaos out of the DOJ used for counterintelligence operations. RICO entity.
Oscar Stewart was the victim. Montez Lee was the perp. There is no Oscar Lee.
Russia has a better legal system than the US. So does the PRC.
Mr. Lee credibly states that he was in the streets to protest unlawful police violence against black men, and there is no basis to disbelieve this statement. Mr. Lee, appropriately, acknowledges that he "could have demonstrated in a different way," but that he was "caught up in the fury of the mob after living as a black man watching his peers suffer at the hands of police." As anyone watching the news world-wide knows, many other people in Minnesota were similarly caught up. There appear to have been many people in those days looking only to exploit the chaos and disorder in the interest of personal gain or random violence. There appear also to have been many people who felt angry, frustrated, and disenfranchised, and who were attempting, in many cases in an unacceptably reckless and dangerous manner, to give voice to those feelings. Mr. Lee appears to be squarely in this latter category. And even the great American advocate for non-violence and social justice, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated in an interview with CBS's Mike Wallace in 1966 that "we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard."And let's not miss this little gem from the author:
Forget Tarrio for a moment, who some might argue is responsible for violent actions that occurred.
>> Absolutely unbelievable that our justice system has been destroyed so quickly.
Let’s provisionally go with hijacked
It is irritating that people don’t read the articles, but wish to comment. Of course, I don’t mean youuuuu.
It is irritating that people don’t read the articles, but wish to comment. Of course, I don’t mean youuuuu.
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