2y ago

Rioter who stormed Capitol while on bail on an attempted murder charge gets 3 years

www.nbcnews.com

Matthew Beddingfield, 22, who pleaded guilty to assaulting or impeding officers on Jan. 6, was identified by online sleuths who got a lead with facial recognition.

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Three years? This is ridiculous. These people tried to overthrow the government. This one tried to do it while on bail.
- I love how people bend over backwards to describe white people as something that doesn't sound too bad. Insurrectionist? Motherfuckers if they were even sun tanned you would call them terrorists.
- hE’s JuSt a miSUnDersTOoD guY WhO mADe A mIstAKe, hE DOeSn’T deSeRVe tO haVe HIs LifE RuiNEd
  
  But also, if a black guy is caught with 2oz of weed send him to prison for life!
- This one tried to do it while on bail.
  For shooting someone.
who pleaded guilty to assaulting or impeding officers
and how many PoC, who, while doing nothing wrong, got charged with “resisting arrest” got sentenced to 5-10 years while not committing treason...
- Get that race-baited bullshit out of here. There were a shockingly large number of non white folks involved in this attack on the capital as well as Trump supporters in general. Always blindly falling back to the simple-minded bullshit of race is one of the reasons why so many people support that traitor.
  
  Those protesters who did enough to get arrested and charged with crimes came from counties that both were carried by Biden, and, while still majority white, have recently experienced a significant increase in non-whites in their populations.
  To restate that for emphasis or clarity: Those protesters who did enough to get arrested and charged with crimes came from counties that both were carried by Biden, and, while still majority white, have recently experienced a significant increase in non-whites in their populations.
  A look at demographics of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists
  “We’re finding evidence that the key driver is fear that rights of Hispanic people and Black people are outpacing the rights of white people,” Pape said.
  Who Stormed the US Capitol? New Report Digs Into Demographics of Those Arrested
  Facts, not your feelings, are what matter here-- and discussions about racism are only uncomfortable for racists
  
  There were a shockingly large number of non white folks involved in this attack on the capital as well as Trump supporters in general.
  Not according to, ya know, the facts...
  White, employed and mainstream: What we know about the Jan. 6 rioters one year later
  We Know Exactly Who the Capitol Rioters Were
  
  Bringing up racial inequity isn't "race -baiting." What you are doing is attempting to shut down any discussion of a major systemic problem.
  That shit doesn't work anymore. You're like 10+ years late with that attempt. If even seeing other people talk about racism upsets you so much, that's on you.
  
  I believe they are referring to the Georgia Floyd protests, though I'm not aware of any significant sentences related to that.
Might as well be encouraging these fucks to try again.
- Oh, they will.
Coup attempt participant who stormed Capitol while on bail on an attempted murder charge gets 3 years
Fixed your headline, NBC!
- It kinda does already? The second trial's sentencing will add points due to the criminal history of the first trial (e.g. page 379 for federal cases)

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