22 years
Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio was one of six Proud Boys leaders to be charged for conspiring to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results in Congress. Of them, he has received the longest prison sentence to date.
In short: fuck around and find out.
Tarrio was also convicted for obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to prevent an officer from discharging their duties, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder and destruction of government property with value of over $1,000.
Tarrio wasn’t at the actual Capitol riot because he had been arrested days earlier for setting fire to a Black Lives Matter banner, stolen from Asbury United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., and was ordered out of the city.
Prosecutors say from a hotel outside of D.C., Tarrio directed his Proud Boys to attack the Capitol without him.
But it turns out we’re not allowed to attack the Capitol. Who knew??
Tarrio said: “I am not a political zealot. Inflicting harm or changing the outcome of the election was not my goal.”
I can not roll my eyes any harder
But Tarrio identifies as an innocent patriot. Do we not need to accept, respect, and celebrate that identity?
Miscarriage of justice – no one checked to see if there was any hate in his heart!