Trump-appointed judge gives a 'break' to Jan. 6 rioter at sentencing
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Tyler Bensch, who used bear spray during the Capitol attack, was sentenced to probation and 60 days home detention instead of the nine months in prison sought by prosecutors.
  • Turducken@mander.xyz
    3·
    1 year ago

    There is an in-group that the law protects, but does not bind. There is an out-group that the law binds, but does not protect.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      He was convinced and his leniency is due to lack of direct involvement and being young. His sentence is house arrest.

      All of this is in the article.

      • utopianfiat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Lack of direct involvement? He showed up! He stole a riot shield! He maced people! He pushed towards breaking into the capitol!

        What more do you need???

        • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          I am telling you what the judge considered in his judgment, not what I think about this person.

          • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.eeEnglish
            01·
            1 year ago

            Yes, we can read. We don’t need you to repeat it. Don’t espouse views you don’t hold. It makes you look like an idiot

      • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
        0·
        1 year ago

        a “lack of direct involvement” would be something like showing up to the Capitol to protest, happening to be right in the gray area between the peaceful protestors and the violent ones, and getting rounded up by the capitol police who mistook you for one of the violent ones.

        Stealing a riot shield and macing people is the textbook definition of direct involvement.

      • Turducken@mander.xyz
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        1 year ago

        Kids will be kids! They do dumb stuff all the time like busting mailboxes, tagging grafitti, stealing road signs, and stealing a riot shield during an insurrection.