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| Charges pile up against Trump inauguration rioters - now facing decades in federal prison |
| 2017-06-04 |
| [AlJazeera] On January 21, most of the 230 protesters and bystanders arrested the day before were charged with felony rioting, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a $25,000 fine. But on April 27, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment which added additional charges for some 212 defendants, three of whom had not previously been charged. With new felony charges including urging to riot, conspiracy to riot and destruction of property, many of the defendants are facing up to 80 years in prison. Many other defendants, among them journalists, are facing more than 70 years. Excellent! Get the word out. A handful of defendants have made deals with the authorities and entered guilty pleas in exchange for significantly shorter sentences. But more than 130 of them have joined a 'Points of Unity' agreement, a collective pledge to reject any potential plea deals and reject cooperation with the prosecutors that comes at the expense of their co-defendants. The long arm of the law reached in and grabbed these masked rioters. Enjoy your stay in Club Fed. |
| Posted by:Herb McCoy7309 |
| #15 Follow the money indeed. It costs money to travel to the scene of these "demonstrations". When the defendants collectively pledge to reject plea deals and cooperation it kinda sounds like the authorities might be asking some of them who paid. With that many defendants, somebody's bound to squeal. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-06-04 14:33 |
| #14 I hope they take the indictments to the top and charge George Soros.He is the one that funds and trains all the field operatives. He has gone so far as to state he has 30,000 "organizers". |
| Posted by: David169 2017-06-04 13:21 |
| #13 Only slightly OT - festivities in Portland, OR due to kick off in a few hours. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-06-04 11:32 |
| #12 IMHO, 70 to 80 years possibility of residential habitation in the crossbar hotel is designed to get the rioters' attention. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-06-04 10:47 |
| #11 Definitely give em jail time, but 70-80 years?!? Five years in the federal pen would break most of these pussies and I don't feel like spending the tax money on the other years |
| Posted by: Shusoque Smith5821 2017-06-04 10:35 |
| #10 If the jury are ordinary citizens, AC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-04 09:30 |
| #9 It's a long distance from exercising one's 1st Amendment rights to felony rioting, urging to riot, and conspiracy to riot. At some of these riots, the rioters also were violent against others and threw benches through windows. A few stiff sentences might tamp down this BS and provide a disincentive to others who have similar ideas. Schools should have been doing their job early on of educating these rioters as to what their fundamental rights are and what they aren't. Authorities should be going after those who aid and abet and provide funding as well. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-04 08:46 |
| #8 Beat my thought by just a bit g(r)om. Two questions: 1) an indictment doesn't mean a conviction, especially in these times. Will the Dems rig the game? 2) Are they following the money? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-06-04 08:00 |
| #7 I'll believe it went they're perp walked into expended incarceration. Otherwise, its just talk to further delay the proceedings so we won't pay attention when they finally get deferred sentencing. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-06-04 07:57 |
| #6 The mills of the Gods grind slowly, but ... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-04 05:14 |
| #5 Good stuff!! |
| Posted by: Blinky Bucket1135 2017-06-04 03:49 |
| #4 Perhaps the 'eight minute response' by law enforcement sharpshooters in yesterday's London Bridge terrorist attack would be even more appropriate. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-04 03:22 |
| #3 should have done this also with the rioters at Berkeley, middlebury, etc. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-06-04 01:30 |
| #2 Not to worry rioters. You'll one day be at the front of a DNC-sponsored parade. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2017-06-04 00:33 |
| #1 Good news |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2017-06-04 00:24 |