Posted on 10/01/2021 1:56:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the recommendation of prosecutors, a federal judge sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter to probation on Friday and suggested that the Justice Department was being too hard on those who broke into the Capitol compared to the people arrested during anti-racism protests following George Floyd’s murder.
U.S. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden questioned why federal prosecutors had not brought more cases against those accused in 2020 summertime protests, reading out statistics on riot cases in the nation’s capital that were not prosecuted.
“I think the U.S. attorney would have more credibility if it was even-handed in its concern about riots and mobs in this city,” McFadden said during Danielle Doyle’s sentencing for entering the Capitol on Jan. 6 with a throng of other rioters. Prosecutors recommended two months of home confinement.
The statements by McFadden, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, were a major departure from the other federal judges overseeing insurrection cases so far, despite other Trump appointees on the court assigned to the hundreds of cases. They have generally discussed seriousness of the crime and its unique place in American history - different from other violent free speech protests because it sought to disrupt the peaceful transition of power.
By contrast, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Friday sentenced another rioter, Andrew Ryan Bennett, to three months of home confinement, accepting the request by prosecutors. Bennett was accused of espousing conspiracy theories about the election and used “pugnacious rhetoric” in posting about his plans to be in Washington.
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These federal prosecutors are all accessories after the fact of that successful terroristic threatening.
What happened to these true Patriots was nothing more than pure EVIL. Should God decide not to intervene in what is happening to America we are heading right into the NWO and Tribulation with a capital T. If that’s the case. . .just get use to the persecution of conservative American citizens, Christians . . . Jesus doesn’t even know when God the Father is going to give Him the nod to come for His Church.
It’s not about being unfairly treated.
Those ‘rioters’ became political targets, because, they supported Trump and republicans and were unhappy with the theft of the election. The punishments meted out, were no doubt the kind that pleased Pelosi and Schumer and most democrats. IOW, those ‘rioters’ became political enemies to the democrats and had to be stopped and the punishments handed out were meant to scare any future ‘uprisings’ by republicans.
Fight his leftist cabal.
Thank you judge for injecting some common sense.
Biden just said being here illegally is not reason for them to be deported, Criminals, robbers, murderers, is not reason enough to keep them in jail BUT if you TRESSPASS or PARADE like those on 1-6 THEN they throw you in jail forever.
Makes no sense.
Yes, he’s a brave man to speak common sense against the hypocrisy practiced re: this subject.
I will vote for him.
If a Conservative takes the Presidency and House, then each of these individuals that did nothing wrong should become rich to pay for this lunacy.
God works on his own timetable. He was fine allowing mankind to suffer for tens of thousands of years without freedom.
Do you think he will intervene to save mankind from itself?
I think not.
Like a good parent, sometimes, you have to let the child suffer the consequences of their own decisions and actions.
God will allow mankind to suffer for far longer under the rule of communism and the jihadists.
God can wait for mankind to truly understand and appreciate what free will and respect for the individual means.
No crap! You think? Same with our slanted, biased mainstream press. One group of thugs rioted, assaulted, burned, vandalized and looted all summer 2020, and basically got called "stunning and brave" by these clowns in the media and Democratic Party.
Among the crowd were members of BLM, a Communist Organization and antifa, the hooded masters of mayhem...egging on those in the crowd...it was the perfect storm for Marxist criminals...Pelosi has something to do with the Capital Police who were allowing some of the protesters into the capitol.
was Bennett locked up?
Pugnacious rhetoric? Them’s fighting words.
This is a bad example, but remember Hitler solidified his relationship with some of his key advisors while in prison. Perhaps history will repeat itself and a national leader will emerge. However instead of going after the Jews, which is wrong on so many levels, they will go after the evil doers. One can only hope.
Per the headline “Jan ^ RIOTERS”?
So why are the people on January 6th called “RIOTERS” but the people last summer who committed LOOTING, ROBBERY, ARSON, ASSAULT and MURDER only called “MOSTLY PEACFUL PROTESTERS”?
Just curious!
More AP liars posing as writers. There was NO “Insurrection” and no one has been charged for participating in one.
The AP and the Washington Post are among the top liars on this issue and even contradict themselves in their own articles.
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