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Chippopotanuse t1_j261sr8 wrote

So, two things:

> A Kentucky man was arrested in Miami almost two years after the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Two fucking years. The feds are gonna find every one of these assholes. No matter how long it takes. As they should.

> This arrest came from the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force meant to investigate national security threats.

Oooh shit. FBI ain’t fuckin around. Right-wing assholes and hate groups are now on the terror task force radar. Finally.

Edit: and one more thing:

> Officers made the arrest in Miami and charged Easterday with eight criminal counts, including assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon, an act of physical violence at the Capitol, entering a restricted area with a dangerous weapon and others.

He can have fun with at least 4-5 years in jail with those charges.

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VoldemortsHorcrux t1_j26nex8 wrote

4 or 5 years for those charges sounds ridiculously low. I know nothing about law, just saying my opinion. Should be in jail a lot longer than that

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RoyalCities t1_j26wsg1 wrote

People can get put away for 15 years for holding more than 25 grams of pot in Florida.

Apparently literally trying to destroy democracy is less of an offence than drug laws.

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Chippopotanuse t1_j26x23p wrote

You are 100% correct that it’s ridiculously low for the severity of the crime he committed. It should be 20+ years.

But based on what I’m seeing other Jan 6 seditionist get (and keep in mind this is all somewhat based off of federal sentencing guidelines and DOJ recommendations by the line prosecutors in these cases) my guess is he gets 4-7 years if he takes a plea deal and 5-8 if he goes to trial.

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Skellum t1_j27klvk wrote

> Minimum Sentancing

Honestly should be fully done away.

> Consequences for their actions

Even a single year in prison will absolutely fuck up your life and you for the rest of your life. So basically once they're in prison the revenge is pretty well there.

We really have to make an example of their leadership though if we want to see their behavior change. Not just the orange joke of a human but also Murdoch and his media empire.

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TheRavenSayeth t1_j28m0s0 wrote

Agreed. 7 years of your life gone with the world and everyone you love is going on with it. What he did was abhorrent but it seems like a fair sentence.

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Skellum t1_j29x247 wrote

It's such a problem with sentancing though. All it does is let us get our revenge need out but doesnt really solve the problem. Lets imagine the normal path for one of these people in prison, they go in, they probably join a white supremacist/skin head gang for protection, they pick up more shitty behaviors and criminal connections. They get out.. they then go to work with their support network which is now 100% white supremacists and skinheads as they no longer have anything.

What did we accomplish? We kicked the problem down the road for 10 years and made it worse. We never actually fixed it. We really need prison reform for everyone possibly with legislation that makes it illegal to discriminate against hiring former convicts or that you're not obligated to report it unless you're a sex offender.

Maybe job placement/training/relocation so that when you come out you're at parity-10% or so of when you went in depending on your circumstances. Not that prison should be a reward, but so that it actually does something useful.

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Acewrap t1_j29z348 wrote

Have a heart! It's not like he had weed on him

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Scoutster13 t1_j26xfm5 wrote

> Two fucking years. The feds are gonna find every one of these assholes. No matter how long it takes. As they should.

I fucking love it -so glad they are still on it!

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BruceRee33 t1_j2a1nlc wrote

This is definitely a feel good story for me. The people who were there just standing on the grounds waving flags and yelling all hail Trump, that's an acceptable form of protest. For everyone of the jackasses that got caught up in the mob mentality and entered the building, especially the ones who committed assault, I hope they are in a constant state of paranoia and stress. I hope they have nightmares about the FBI knocking on their front door. I hope every time they see a person wearing a suit and sunglasses driving a Tahoe, they shit their pants. Fucking moronic deplorable people.

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iAmTheHYPE- t1_j28h49u wrote

> The feds are gonna find every one of these assholes.

Would be nice if they found that guy who lives at Mar-A-Lago.

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Chippopotanuse t1_j28mni4 wrote

They’ve already done a search warrant at Mar a Lago. A federal judge has already ruled that Trump and Eastman committed crimes. It’s coming.

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joemeteorite8 t1_j29uvai wrote

I like your optimism but there’s no chance in hell Trump ever sees the inside of a cell. If he’s ever actually tried for his crimes on and leading up to Jan 6, he’ll tie it up in court until he’s dead.

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Chippopotanuse t1_j29vw0x wrote

Thats all true.

I still think he will get indicted. I think he will get prosecuted.

But like you say…he will fight every little thing on appeal and tie up the system for the rest of his life.

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ShawnyMcKnight t1_j27lcaa wrote

They won’t catch every one. Every person who was smart/paranoid enough to not have their cell phone on while committing the felony and not brag about it on Facebook will get away.

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cantproveidid t1_j27o6qm wrote

And who managed to stay out of everyone else's cell phone pictures that those other folks bragged about on Facebook.

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