Jury convicts first rioter to enter Capitol building during Jan. 6 attack
The first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was convicted on Friday of charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Michael Sparks, 46, of Kentucky, jumped through a shattered window moments after another rioter smashed it with a stolen riot shield. Sparks then joined other rioters in chasing a police officer up flights of stairs, one of the most harrowing images from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
A federal jury in Washington, D.C., convicted Sparks of all six charges that he faced, including two felonies. Sparks didn’t testify at his weeklong trial. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly is scheduled to sentence him on July 9.
Sparks was the “tip of the spear” and breached the Capitol building less than a minute before senators recessed to evacuate the chamber and escape from the mob, Justice Department prosecutor Emily Allen said during the trial’s closing arguments.
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It's because the "justice" system is stacked with right-wing terrorist sympathizers at all levels.
...and they want the sentences to be below the bar so the sympathizers won't feel it's worth "outing" themselves as seditious scum, so each one will pass.
Better the light sentence that sticks vs the proper sentence that gets bounced.
They're white.
The 1% want to bring back slavery
From the notable sentences section on Wikipedia.
I'm expecting to see the judge give this traitor the worst slap on the wrist he's ever had like all the other traitors seem to be getting.
So, a new hero for the criminal far right to glorify?
The "Tip of the Spear."
I think you misspelled insurrectionist.
“His belief was wrong, but it was sincere,”
Haha. I love his attorney. I will use the same excuse when I stab my neighbor in the eye.
I sincerely believe that everyone involved in trying to overthrow the government on Jan 6 should be hanged like the traitors they are.
I guess, according to his lawyer, it's perfectly fine for me to do so.
RioterInsurrectionistWell that took an awfully long time.
week-long
* insurrectionist, you effing cowards. Stop using the right's terminology, it only plays into their hands and helps minimize what they've already done and what they're planning to do.