Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy who the government says “served as an instigator and leader” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on Thursday.

It is among the longest sentences in Capitol riot cases. The record is the 18-year sentence given to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, also convicted of seditious conspiracy, after prosecutors sought 25 years in federal prison in his case.

    • @Riccosuave
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      1 year ago

      I understand how the law works. I just don’t make pedantic arguments to justify governmental abuse over victimless crimes because I’m not a boot-licking goose-stepper like you.

      • diprount_tomato
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        -21 year ago

        If you knew how they work you wouldn’t be crying about reoffending being more penalised

        • @Riccosuave
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          11 year ago

          Ah, yes, because pointing out the generational injustices and ineffectiveness of the war on drugs absolutely makes me a whiny pussy.

          Again, the fact you are willing to justify locking someone in prison over Cannabis use/possession at all shows what a backwards yokel you really are. Put whatever spin on it you like, you are still a moral degenerate no matter how you slice it.

          • diprount_tomato
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            -21 year ago

            The only thing degenerating here is your country’s society

            • @Riccosuave
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              11 year ago

              Yeah, because of people like you.

              • diprount_tomato
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                -21 year ago

                Oh so I’m an evil hooded guy manipulating all of America’s society from outside? You’re really overestimating my power

                • @Riccosuave
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                  01 year ago

                  No, you’re a small-minded, sycophantic, troll who seems perfectly fine with justifying inhumane behavior based on tired legal justifications that are neither ethical nor contemporaneously representative of the will of the majority.

                  Conservatism is deeply rooted in this kind of ideological sophistry, and in that way you are a perfect representative of your cause. While you may not be from the United States, you embody the same kind of energy as the conservative electorate here that votes against its own interest because they cannot see the forest through the trees.

                  • diprount_tomato
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                    -11 year ago

                    “justifying inhumane behaviour” lol

                    And you still haven’t answered why or how I am degenerating America