Man who attacked police gets stiffest sentence so far for a Jan. 6 rioter - was it fair?

[msc545]

A man who attacked police officers defending the U. S. Capitol with their own chemical spray on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison, the longest sentence yet for anyone convicted of participating in the violent pro-Trump riot.

Schwartz was convicted by a jury in December of four felony counts of assault on law enforcement, obstructing the vote count and related charges. Along with repeatedly turning pepper spray on police, Schwartz threw a metal chair at officers facing the mob at the mouth of a tunnel into the Capitol, causing their line to break. And he joined that mob as it pushed against the police, crushing one officer in a doorway.


He later bragged to friends that he “started a riot” by “throwing the first chair” and “stole” officers’ chemical sprays “and used it on them!”

The judge said he also took into account Schwartz’s long criminal history — 38 previous convictions, including at least 11 involving violence or threats of violence. At the time of the riot, Schwartz was on probation for domestic abuse and threatening domestic abuse.

Fair

Unfair

I don't care.

[richardcory]

If the summary above is accurate than a long sentence seems deserved. I haven't ben following the trial in enough detail to know about this particular case.

In general though, it looks like a lot of the people there wanted to overthrow the results of the election through violence. Success would have lead to civil war with appalling consequences.

If people believe the election was not valid, then there are legal avenues to pursue, and as far as I know, those were.

To anyone who talks about other riots - I don't tolerate those either. I do not believe freedom of speech means freedom to riot, no matter what the cause

[KrakenAttackin]

If he genuinely stole a chemical spray and used it on officers, those officers had every right to shoot him.

[msc545]

There is no controversy about whether or not he stole it - there are photos and videos of him using it on officers.

[Curmudgeon]

But did he really? After all the leftist government lying about this, with the collusion of most of the media, I doubt it. It is amazing how much the Leftmedia lied about it all. Even a Leftist like Naomi Wolf admits she was taken in:

naomiwolf.substack.com/.../dear-conservatives-i-am-sorry

The greatest example of this disinformation was Viking Horns Guy or "Qanon Shaman", Jacob Chansley. He may have been a very very silly goofball chanting slogans, and sadly he played into the hands of the dishonest Left, but he damaged nothing and harmed no one. he even stayed within the "boundary ropes" when he was *let into* the Capitol building. All the video released confirms this. And yet he was unjustly left to rot in jail for nearly two years, only recently released.

[Anonymous]

Only in America would violence against a police office be seen as acceptable by right-wing crazies.

[mommymommymommy]

Good

I'm just glad I wasn't there on Jan. 6, trump people. ugh

[OfMiceandMen]

Sounds like a stand-up kind of citizen, let him rot in prison for awhile.

[exitseven]

He should get the same jail sentence as this guy. That seems fair.

[exitseven]

@Curmudgeon And yet the FBI tracked down every single person who was in DC that day. They could not be bothered to investigate a single instance of the thousand plus sworn affidavits that said that there was voter fraud.

[Curmudgeon]

Yep, and if a guy as rich and powerful as Donald Trump, whatever anyone thinks of him, can take on "The Deep State" and lose, then what chance do you or I have?

[exitseven]

@Curmudgeon He did not know that he was dealing with not only democrats but also old guard Republicans who saw him as being bad for business.

[Curmudgeon]

@exitseven Sadly that too. many of us Republicans learned who our real friends were and who were not in the last 7 years. One of the downsides to electing an outsider is s/he does not know just how vast and deep "the swamp" that s/he tries to drain really is.

[exitseven]

@Curmudgeon yes, Trump was about to implement something called Schedule F. It would give the president the ability to fire a lot of these high level bureaucrats for dereliction of duty and other patterns of behavior that run counter to the best interests of the taxpaying citizens.

[Anonymous]

Quite light really,
4 felonys and previous offences garners only 14 years like that's a liberal sentencing if I ever saw it like Britain gives out, flip the digits might be better

[Googlemyahoo]

Lol yet CNN called Antifa terrorists peaceful protestors attacking police