Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio is set to be sentenced on Wednesday for a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election, capping one of the most significant prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors are seeking 33 years behind bars for Tarrio, who had already been arrested and ordered to leave Washington, D.C., by the time Proud Boys members joined thousands of Trump supporters in storming the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. But prosecutors say Tarrio organized and led the group’s assault from afar, inspiring followers with his charisma and penchant for propaganda.
Tarrio was a top target in one of the most important Capitol riot cases prosecuted by the Justice Department. He and three lieutenants were convicted in May of charges including seditious conspiracy — a rarely brought Civil War-era offense that the Justice Department levied against members of far-right groups who played a key role in the Jan. 6 attack.
As much as I know the prison system is broken and terrible, this guy deserves what he is getting.
He led an attempt to overthrow the fucking government. Anybody who tries to obfuscate that fact or justify what happened is playing a dangerous game. It was lucky that the violence didn’t escalate to an even more serious degree, and turn this nation on its head more than it already has. What they attempted to do has irrevocably damaged American society, and the strength of our democracy.
Therefore, I hope he serves all 33 years.
And from what I saw in interviews, he knows the whole thing is all bullshit. He just wants to sell more merchandise to Trump’s gullible base. This guy committed sedition with the sole purpose of selling t-shirts.
I’m all for reforming the prison system. However I think it’s funny these people are crying about it now that they are subject to it after not caring about others in the prison system.
Prosecutors are seeking 33 years behind bars for Tarrio
Finally some punishments that fit the crime. None of this 6 weeks in prison bullshit like some of these J6 people have been getting. Heck, this traitor deserves a one-way trip in front of a firing squad, but 33 years is fine too.
Now let’s see what he actually gets sentences with.
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My guess is trump kept it nice and stochastic with stand back and stand by. Also, if he had beans to spill he would have already cut a deal
Man that guy is a total piece of shit, right up there with Cheney in shooting people too.
Though at least Cheney had the wherewithal to at least shoot someone else in the face, and not himself.
I’m going to get shit for this.
While I believe that Trump knew exactly what he was saying, and I’m sure there were people who knew what they were doing… The vast majority of those people are just deeply deeply stupid individuals who had no planning whatsoever and got wrapped up with a dumb dumb crowd being riled up by key individuals.
6 weeks in federal prison in addition to having to keep a job as a federal felon isn’t exactly a slap on the wrist. Most of what I would call organizers are being tried pretty heavily and those cases take longer against better equipped defendants. I don’t think being punitive for the idiots is the best strategy politically either.
I agree. The person yelling “FIRE” in the theater is far more guilty than the idiots stampeding to get out.
Not only were a lot of these people stupid but a lot were likely YUGE losers who finally felt important for the first time in their lives, after Trump blew all that smoke up their asses about being great Patriots.
Won’t these people lose gun rights if they are felons? (Not American so not sure)
Won’t these people lose gun rights if they are felons? (Not American so not sure)
Yes. Ownership as well as possession of a firearm by a felon is a criminal offense. The right to vote is lost as well.
Some rights may be restored in some states.
Cool thnx
Have you actually read about what the proud boys did? They didn’t just show up to protest. They had weapons and bombs cached outside the city and were fully prepared to take violent action against the Senate on Jan. 6th
Letting these people off easy is how you get fascism. Hitler got a slap on the wrist for the beer hall putsch and it just encouraged him even more. These people are actual traitors who don’t deserve your mercy.
This aged well. Almost was a day before one of those guys got 15 years.
Again, that was only a portion of the crowd. Those that have provable pre-meditated conspirial plans would be tried with intent and a harsher penalty as defined in most codes. Ianal so the actual fed charging standards may differ from the state ones that work that way where I have awareness.
Na na na na
Na na na na
Hey, hey! Goodbye!
I thought it was only seven "na"s.
No, he has the nas right, it’s the heys he’s short on.
Is the second ‘hey’ not a long ‘hey?’ That’s how it always sounded to me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JnEPTG6K4pY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IoyvvEWHodk
Looks like it has morphed a bit over the years, so both versions do exist. But you’re right about the original number of ‘hey’s. I concede the number of heys as two to you.
Very important these things.
Finally once the mandala effect does not apply.
Thank you for confirming this vital information which is definitely an important piece of the Enrique Tarrio story.
Sorry, who?
May he rot.
Apologies in advance for stupid questions as I’m not American but… just been reading up on Proud Boys and that guy is not how shall I say… white?
So
- How is he a leader of such an extreme right wing group?
- How does he have followers? Ideologically shouldn’t they hate him?
- FUCK HIM glad the hateful bastard is gonna rot, reap what you sow
Some people think if you hate the same people hard enough, you’re on the same side – and the Proud Boys were happy to have someone brown as their front guy for a while there. “See? It’s about values!”
The reality is that plenty of them hate his guts for not being white, I remember these guys split into two factions a while back based ok whether they would accept brown people who hated other brown people hard enough or not.
Just read the hearings are rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept 5th. Judge is out sick.
The sentencing won’t be happening today after all. The judge fell ill today, so it’ll be delayed until some time next week.
33 years? Doesn’t possessing pot net you 25? 33 years for seditious treason doesn’t seem like a serious enough sentence.
United States Justice system is a joke.
United States Justice system is a joke.
Agreed. Prison in the US is tortuous and that is the point. It ruins your prospects when you get out, too. Ensuring crime is more likely. Prison in the US is absolutely pointless in the vast majority of cases to actually decrease crime.
America also has disproportionately long prison sentences for all types of crimes. 33 years ensures this person will be ~72yo when he gets out. So he will immediately be on medicare and likely retired, if possible. At that point, the only reason to not just execute a person is because you could later overturn the conviction.
We keep people in prison so long we’re effectively denying them any more life while also spending huge gobs of money to do so AND also denying them any productivity to benefit society. It really is just about the American bloodthirst for revenge.
