Meanwhile, this lying creepy asshole

[PCIntern]

https://www.inquirer.com/news/lawrence-stackhouse-capitol-riot-sentence-proud-boys-gianos-myers-20220617.html


Basically got just a few days in jail for wearing proud boys uniform breaking windows being part of the riot, and assorted other nonsense. The prosecution was only asking for 45 days but the judge who did not appear in her words to the defendant seem particularly sympathetic, gave him two whole weeks in prison.

I’m telling you, if you had done the same to a Wawa convenience store in Chester or Delaware County, you’d probably be looking at a year in prison without question. The only good news here is that he lost his job which was involved with his company having defense industry contracts with the federal government.

If the shoe were on the other foot, and it had been a Lefty demonstration, it’d be 5-10 years minimum and possible sedition charges and there’d be no squawking from our side.

[Emile]

1. Two weeks, you kidding me!

[PCIntern]

2. Nope. Ain't kidding.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Infuriating

[CurtEastPoint]

4. And sadly, the judge was appointed by Obama. Shame on her.

[vlyons]

9. Big fat shame on her

[Scrivener7]

5. Two weeks.

I guess that's one of the dots on the i's.

[FailureToCommunicate]

6. Or, if he'd been Black...

You could fill in the blank.

[Wednesdays]

16. If he were black

...he wouldn't have lived long enough to see a courtroom!

[electric_blue68]

21. Mostly likely not. 🤬

[pansypoo53219]

26. indeed. white privilege he shouldn't get.

[electric_blue68]

27. Unfortunately, I guess he will.

[paleotn]

7. We're not making an "impression" on these people....

We need long sentences as a deterrent. Give these people a moment of pause before even thinking of ever doing this crap again. Frustrating.

[gab13by13]

8. Maybe that's what the prosecutors asked for?

[PCIntern]

10. They only asked 45 days....

People do more than that for shoplifting ground meat from a supermarket.

[Lonestarblue]

14. Hell, black people in the south have served years for stealing a loaf of bread.

The courts have done little more than tell too many of the dimwits to go get prepared for the next attack.

[jaxexpat]

11. ".....illegally parading or demonstrating on Capitol grounds".

Sounds like protesting outside the free speech zones at a political convention not like an invasion of the Capitol building with a violent mob.

Sirhan Sirhan was definitely the victim of poor legal representation. After all, he was only guilty of inconveniencing Robert Kennedy and melatonin disorder in public. Why the life in prison already?

[Ilsa]

12. Is it a felony conviction?

That would certainly sting, as does the job loss. Maybe he'll be bankrupt as a result.

[SergeStorms]

23. A misdemeanor.

Poor little guy. He only wore the PB hoodie because it matched his outfit.

[justhanginon]

13. I am so damn tired of these prosecutors and judges not taking these cases

as seriously as to what these people were part of. Taking part in an insurrection is tantamount to dissembling our very country and that is a damn serious charge. Shame on them and the legal community that are not outraged at these lenient sentences. They should be looking at maximums, not the least sentence possible.

[SledDriver]

15. We are guaranteed another physical assault on the government

now that it’s clear there were no consequences for the first one.

[Frostlight]

17. The right's hypocrisy is not only legendary...

It is well documented.

One of my favorite questions to ask 'conservatives' who rail about the 'stolen election' is this:

"Okay, now suppose the Democrats lost, but made the same claim that the election was 'stolen' with the same exact circumstances including having nearly 60 court cases thrown out for having no evidence and a left-wing author making a movie with all the same type of 'proof' as 2000 mules, JUST like we've seen on the right... You'd agree that they were right and the election was indeed stolen from them, yes?"

How they twist and deflect and do absolutely anything they can to avoid answering the question because they want to say that under the exact same circumstances the Democrats would be wrong but they also can't lie and violate their tribalism by agreeing that the Dems would have just as valid case when they know damn well they would reject the left's claims of malfeasance.

Modern US conservatives are the most monumental flaming f#cking hypocrites in all of human history.

[electric_blue68]

28. Also if we really -had- "stolen it" as Dems pointed out back then...

we'd have "stolen" more House and especially Senate seats!!

Would we not?!

[Snackshack]

18. Agreed.

Your last few sentences are rt on pt. If that mob had been a Dem mob sent to action by Dem President as DT did it would be sentences in the years for everyone involved and no one would be disagreeing with that.

At this point as dejecting / morally deflating as this appears, the lack of accountability for anyone of consequence and the obvious dismissive nature of the crime these woefully light sentence convey is very disconcerting and problematic and gives the impression that the Dems see this as not a very serious matter.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. When I read that early this morning

the only other thing I could think of was this part, which was interesting -

(snip)

Stackhouse, a former sheet metal worker who lost jobs with government contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin after his arrest, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of illegally parading or demonstrating on Capitol grounds last year.

(snip)

Stackhouse’s attorney, Ubong E. Akpan, maintained that her client had been misled. He’d traveled to Washington, she said, genuinely believing that Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election results, and that public pressure in the form of the crowds in the Capitol was part of that process.

She noted that since his arrest, he’s voluntarily sat for interviews with the FBI and the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

(snip)

So that light sentence was apparently part of a plea deal in exchange for being interviewed by the J6 Committee (the FBI interview would have been de rigeur regardless).

But I agree that he was a lying arrogant asshole.

[erronis]

20. I'm guessing "cui bono". Someone is benefitting from this apparent misjustice. Someone is paying

for it to happen.

The US justice system, at all levels, is riddled with actors that aren't following their pledges to their oaths.

Many have always been corrupt at heart and will go where money and power take them. Others have been corrupted by watching their compatriots get rich and powerful on "using" the system.

I like the idea of prosecuting the ones that go against the legal codes.

But I really like the idea of going after those that make this happen. All the way from the top, to henchmen, to family, to enablers.

There is more there than there appears.

[Martin68]

22. Which is worse, stealing a pack of cigarettes or stealing an election from 300 million people?

[Skittles]

24. he regrets being involved with politics?

YOU WERE INVOLVED IN A COUP ATTEMPT YOU FUCKING MORON

[calimary]

25. MASSIVE miscarriage of justice!