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Military veteran charged in Capitol riot is ordered released from custody

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A federal prosecutor had argued for the pretrial detention of Edward Richmond Jr., a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq approximately two decades ago.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lyman Thornton III said authorities found an AR-15 rifle and ammunition when they searched Richmond's Louisiana home this week. Richmond was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to his criminal history, the prosecutor said.

Why this chucklefuck was released is beyond me.

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Caught with a weapon he isn’t legally allowed to own, which I believe is a federal gun charge … right?
Murdered an Iraqi citizen, a war criminal ….
Wilder-Doomes said Richmond has community ties and “appears to be a loving father.”
Oh it all makes sense, never mind.
- Probably a god fearing christian as well, nothing to see here
Wilder-Doomes said Richmond has community ties and “appears to be a loving father.”
What the fuck? He's also a violent piece of shit who tried to overthrow the government.
- Can't you read? It says right there he appears to be white. Case closed.
- Exactly. Hitler also loved his dogs, and for all we know was a loving partner to Eva Braun. That doesn't prove anything about how safe someone is for society.
- Well it’s a white family that the justice system would be breaking up so they can’t have that
What the actual fuck? He's a murderer already, and engaged in a violent assault on the Capitol!
'cause he's one of the good ol' boys.
When your on team whitey, they let you have a slap on the wrist if the crime is against a brown person, because apparently ethics and humanity don't matter to these people.
Louisiana always trying one-up Texas.
Can y'all stop with the "oh, because he's white" narrative. It's so fucking lazy and played out. Almost everyone convicted from Jan 6 was white, and they're getting years in prison.
The most likely answer is this one white dude's family probably has money to throw at the court or he has military connections.
- You do understand they’re all getting kiddie gloves for an attempted coup right? Like a group of people march into the legislative body with a noose in an attempt to disrupt and prevent the peaceful transfer of power after an election and participants get less than a decade in prison on average. If this played out in Mexico what portion do you think escape the death penalty? China? Russia? Brazil? I’m not advocating for executing the rank and file, but I am saying that years isn’t what we should be looking for. They should be looking at decades. Leaders should be looking at life. This is a slap on the wrist that feels dangerously similar to the response to that of the beer hall putsch.
  They think of themselves as revolutionaries. Historically revolutionaries win or they die.

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