A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago, court records show.
William Chrestman, a U.S. Army veteran from Olathe, Kansas, brandished an axe handle and threated police with violence after leading other Proud Boys members to the perimeter of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Chrestman pleaded guilty in October to obstructing the Jan. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College vote. He also pleaded guilty to a second felony count of threatening to assault a federal officer during the Capitol riot.
You know, I would like to believe that these people are going to learn their lesson while in jail, but for some reason I doubt it. I don’t know, maybe it’s the fact that after everything trumpty dumpty has said and done, including saying he’s going to be a dictator, and half the country still wants to hand him the country on a silver platter (like everything else in his life)? I don’t understand it.
We don’t do rehabilitation in America. We do punishment and recidivism.
Not to mention that 4 years for insurrection and assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer is a joke of a sentence.
We’ve seen black men who were unarmed executed without judge, trial and jury.
deadly weapon
I’d say hd deserves some credit for forgetting the head
A club is still a deadly weapon, though.
At least we can look forward to a lot of felon in possession of firearm charges once they’re released.
Only 4 years? That’s bullshit
I agree, but it is also within the sentencing guidelines. From a linked article within the article:
Kelly is scheduled to sentence Chrestman for his two felony convictions on Jan. 12. Estimated sentencing guidelines for his case recommended a prison term ranging from four years and three months to five years and three months.
The 4 years 7 months he got is a bit short of the mean. IMO the judge should have agreed with the prosecutors and given him the full sentence.
Well, yeah. If you don’t actually charge them for the crimes they committed the sentences will be light
Sentencing for insurrectionists has been lenient in virtually all cases.
That’s more than enough time to rehabilitiate someone.
Too bad we don’t do that in America…
Poor guy. Imagine it’s Jan 6 and doing a peaceful tour and bringing your emotional support axe and just getting caught into the moment.
#justInsurrectionThings
It wasn’t even an axe, just the handle. He brought a wooden club.
Oh well that’s ok then
It’s like the starting weapon in an RPG. What a weird choice of item to bring.
I was told they were peaceful protesters and are now hostages. Either that or they were crisis actors planted by the radical left.
I can’t figure out which is which now.
And he never owned a firearm again.
Get fucked you loser.
That’s the best part IMO for these felonious clowns. They’re part of the crowd that makes guns part of their identity. Not being able to own one is a real gut punch to the ego.
Now I worry it is only a matter of time before the “Supreme Court” rules that convected fellons can have guns…
Good.
& what about the asshole who CAUSED THE ENTIRE THING?
Nothing you say?
There’s a good chance he’s going to be president again you say?
What the fuck is wrong with this entire planet?
He deserves those four years.
FOUR MORE YEARS!
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That’s the “axe handle” part of the title, I’d say.