Nathan Pelham got into a standoff with law enforcement this year after he learned he was being charged in connection with the Capitol attack.

  • Flying Squid
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    Two years? TWO YEARS?!

    This is fucking nuts. These people took part in an insurrection and they’re all getting slapped on the wrist, even after they get into a standoff with cops trying to arrest them.

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      Any lawyer on any non-violent case where their defendant is looking at more time than these chucklefucks have done, In my view, has an absolutely valid case to say that their defendant should not serve more time than a convicted insurrectionist.

      And, thereby, the system is broken.

      • Flying Squid
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        People get more than two years for getting caught smoking a joint for the third time.

        • brothershamus
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          There are a lot of people in jail for over a year because they don’t have $1,000 to get out. They haven’t been charged with a crime yet. (Spoiler alert: They’re not white)

          Some of them die due to neglect. So. There’s that.

    • @[email protected]
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      While I agree 2 years is not long enough, the shooting at cops was while they were doing a welfare check because he was suicidal. Not when they were going to arrest him for Jan 6th. He told his wife he was gonna suicide by cop.

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      The ones that take a plea bargain are getting reduced penalties, because they took a plea bargain. The ones that don’t, aren’t.

      Do you think they should have all been executed?

      • Flying Squid
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        “Reduced penalties” shouldn’t be two years. Especially after shooting at cops. A plea bargain should result in a lesser sentence, not a ridiculously lesser sentence. May I remind you that these people tried to overthrow the U.S. government?

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          Alternatively, you could educate yourself on how Federal Sentencing guidelines work & quit shooting the messenger?

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            How many other people die by cops for having something that looks like a firearm in their hands?

            If the justice system in the states was consistent he would be dead.

            • BraveSirZaphod
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              That’s an argument for having cops not be literal excrement, not for increasing sentencing standards.

      • @[email protected]
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        I do indeed think every last motherfucking one of them should be hung by the neck until dead dead dead.

        The PTSD that day laid on me, my god. The rage, hate, fear, revenge lust, I feel… Can’t even watch a few seconds of video from that day.

        • Bo7a
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          hung by the neck until dead dead dead

          Is this an intentional robert anton wilson reference? If so - Kudos! If not - Double Kudos for the accident.