From Salon, “At the sentencing hearings for the five Proud Boys convicted for some of the most serious crimes related to the January 6 insurrection, the crocodile tears were flowing. Perhaps hoping for mercy from the Donald Trump-appointed federal judge, Timothy Kelly, one member of the neo-fascist gang after another claimed to have seen the error of their ways and promised to walk a better path from here on out. … There’s plenty of reason to be skeptical of a single word of remorse offered by any of these men, however. Pezzola, after getting sentenced to 10 years, raised his fist in the air and yelled ‘Trump won!’ While the other Proud Boys were less dramatic, it was also not so hard to see how few, if any, genuinely feel bad about what they did. After being sentenced, Biggs called into a vigil held by pro-insurrectionists outside the jail and declared that his 17-year sentence was ‘insanity,’ even though it was half what prosecutors had asked for. ‘They can kiss my ass. We’re still fighting all the way to the end,’ he told the crowd, imploring them to ‘never give up.’ He also called into ‘Infowars’ to insist, ‘We didn’t do anything wrong. … Tarrio’s sentence of 22 years — so far, the longest of any January 6 insurrectionist — speaks to how skeptical the judge was of his ‘remorse.’ This lack of real contrition is the norm with insurrections top to bottom, from Trump to the lowliest window-smasher.”
This is what a dying country looks like. To be sure, this traitor trump-appointed judge uniformly gave sentences less than half of what prosecutors asked for with these convicted insurrectionists. These traitors to the country were found guilty of taking up arms against the government in the hopes of overthrowing it to install a dictator, yet their prison sentences were merely slaps on the wrists. The absolute length of time does not matter; it’s the difference between what was asked for and what they received. When a judge determines that time in prison should be half of what the government believes is justified, then the single to the rest is that the crime — these criminals — is not as bad as one should perceive it to be. All these guys could be back on the streets after serving 85 percent of their sentences and still be young enough to plan and participate in another insurrection.
Furthermore, these guys who cry in front of the judge while begging for mercy and then turn around to reassert they’d do it all over again in public should be hauled back into court and their sentences revised upward — it can be done. But not with this traitor trump judge. His leniency and looking the other way only empower enemies of the state and, in a way, condones their behavior. Mind you, Tarrio’s sentence included a terrorism enhancement of what? Four years? Pathetic. Perhaps I’m being too optimistic altogether. Traitor trump will pardon all these people during his inauguration speech anyway. So, I guess none of this matters, for in the end, the population will totally forgive all these guys’ actions because I live in f***ing hell, and no one cares! I always thought we executed traitors to prevent these problems from re-occurring. Drug dealers go away for life, while enemies of the state get another chance to do it again. Whatever! Welcome to stupid America! The end is here; you morons just haven’t realized it yet.