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pedantic_comments t1_j4so5zq wrote

$2K in restitution for breaking a window and assaulting guards when you broke into Congress?!

What a fucking joke.

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cpr4life8 t1_j4sr8oc wrote

It's almost like they want this to happen again.

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arkwald t1_j4svz6r wrote

I dunno.. I think next time the body count will be far higher. Can't trust law enforcement to not use kid gloves until they succeed.

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cpr4life8 t1_j4t7ttd wrote

I was being sarcastic. These punishments are nowhere near as serious as they should be.

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Knoblord_McCheese t1_j4tc2dr wrote

They're getting harsher as the feds move up the chain. They scooped up the little guys first and offered them deals for more info. Now you're starting to see 5 years, 8 years, a couple guys are doing 15-20 years...

If anything we should be awed by the speed they're moving, considering how long these things usually take. It was only 2 years ago and there were, what, 1000+ people charged so far? That's really not bad when you put it in perspective. And the sentences will get longer as they start to go after organizers, people who actually assaulted the cops... it just seems like it's taking a super long time because we want to see these assholes hang immediately and it gets frustrating.

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arkwald t1_j4th6zv wrote

What worries me is these little fish seeing the idea that insurrection is lightly punished and perhaps even secretly rooted for by certain elements within the government.

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cpr4life8 t1_j4tczce wrote

They would be able to work faster if the court dockets weren't overloaded with low level crimes that shouldn't be anything more than a citation, if that.

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30686 t1_j4sxfzn wrote

Sounds like the $2,000 restitution is for the windows he broke. Restitution is not a fine. It's just for paying financial losses you've caused while committing a crime. He'll do somewhere between 57 and 71 months in a federal prison for assaulting officers. That's no joke.

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