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.

  • @shalafi
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    06 months ago

    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.

    • @SCB
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      06 months ago

      You got PTSD from something you saw on TV so I’m gonna go ahead and suggest that literally killing a person would probably fuck you up pretty bad.

      • @shalafi
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        06 months ago

        Of course it would? I am well aware.

        • @SCB
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          16 months ago

          Perhaps this should be a sign not to advocate for the opportunity