- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge before the sentence was handed down, calling him a ‘clown’ and a ‘fraud’
A man who stormed the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys far-right extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him.
Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge James Boasberg before the sentence was handed down, calling him a “clown” and a “fraud” presiding over a “kangaroo court”.
The judge warned Bru that he could be kicked out of the courtroom if he continued to disrupt the proceedings.
“You can give me 100 years and I’d do it all over again,” said Bru, who was handcuffed and shackled.
“That’s the definition of no remorse in my book,” the judge said.
And prosecutors were seeking 7 years 3 months.
Are judges ever not lenient in these cases?
Judges have been lenient in 82% of the sentencing of these terrorists.
Im sure that won’t come back to bite the government in the ass.
They save the real big sentences for marijuana and protesting oil pipelines.
These are the types of cases where it pays to be lenient.
Without going deeply into the history & tactics of dealing with insurgencies: If the goal is social stability and reconciliation - it is best to be lenient the first time, but then be absolutely over-the-top brutal the second.