Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for the Capitol insurrection plot
Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for the Capitol insurrection plot
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.
A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.
Charles Donohoe was the second Proud Boy to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to obstruct the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. His sentence could be a bellwether for other Proud Boys conspirators who agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
Donohoe, 35, of Kernersville, North Carolina, apologized to his family, the law-enforcement officers who guarded the Capitol on Jan. 6 and “America as a whole” for his actions on Jan. 6.
“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” he said.
The traitor deserves at least ten.
I'm generally against large prison sentences, but he deserves life. He was attempting to deprive all Americans from having a say in our democracy. It's not like he was just hurting himself, or even just a few people.
Life. Without parole.
Made an example of.
A 10mm to the skull? C'mon. A 9mm would work just fine.
Sorry y'all, I got PTSD from that day, can hardly talk about it without crying and screaming. Can't look at pictures, let alone a 30-second video. Suffice to say, I'd pull the trigger myself and feel nothing.
Comically-short prison sentence aside, look at the bright side: at least the PBS headline is actually admitting it's an "insurrection" instead of downplaying it as a "riot."
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That's something I haven't seen before.
“I knew what I was doing was illegal from the very moment those barricades got knocked down,” he said.
3 years. 3 YEARS?!? TREASON IS 3 MEASLY YEARS?!? what a shit justice system
Glad that it happened, but it taking three years is absurd. This guy walked as a free man for such a long time. Can't see it taking as long if he got charged with having a bag of shrooms, probably it could've got him a longer sentence too. But if he cooperated with authorities, maybe it means more charged idiots in the future? One can dream.
He actually didn't walk free. He's been in jail this whole time I believe so he's likely only going to serve a few more months. Which is a little disappointing
Which is, right. But it's still a little bit less disappointing than having a former president and insurectionist still screeching idiotic propaganda and personal threats only limited by some lax gag orders. I'd love to see him behind the bars too, as a foreigner, for him supporting my opressive regime from falling down and finally becoming a proper country. I'd drink to that. And this person ending their sentence now is not as problematic, and even positive, as it means this system sometimes works right, at least for the lower ranks, and it has an opportunity to grow. It's at least promising. Just a wish, but beggars can't be choosers. Until there's some magick like class consciousness happens.
Give this piece of fascist shit the guillotine.
It has been said before but:
Fuck around and find out.
Too bad his sentence doesnt have a 0 on the end, fascist piece of shit.
So much wonderful news coming out today!
sucks to suck traitor! Just think, with good behavior you could be out shortly into Biden's second term!
The judge said Donohoe seems to be doing everything in his power to make amends for his crimes.
Oh? Is he planning to commit seppuku?