A Florida man who assaulted at least six police officers during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to five years in prison.
A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show.
Kenneth Bonawitz, a member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group’s Miami chapter, assaulted at least six police officers as he stormed the Capitol with a mob of Donald Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. He grabbed one of the officers in a chokehold and injured another so severely that the officer had to retire, according to federal prosecutors.
Bonawitz, 58, of Pompano Beach, Florida, carried an eight-inch knife in a sheath on his hip. Police seized the knife from him in between his barrage of attacks on officers.
Those were the people heroically defending the Capitol with zero backup. They succeeded, and Mike Pence was not hung from the gallows. Nancy Pelosi and AOC both survived the murderous intentions of the insurrectionists, as did every single elected leader thanks to their efforts.
The Capitol Police protected everyone at great cost. Maybe show some respect.
Angry. Police beat people all the time and then charge the victim with assaulting a police officer. Only getting 5 years for actually assaulting multiple cops is a joke.
I wish the left had shown up that day. imagine committed anarchists roaming the halls of power calling for Mike pence and pelosi.
and if the feds ever actually brought them up on charges, it would have been j20 all over again: multi-million dollar settlements paid to the arrestees.
I wish the left had shown up that day. imagine committed anarchists roaming the halls of power calling for Mike pence and pelosi.
and if the feds ever actually brought them up on charges, it would have been j20 all over again: multi-million dollar settlements paid to the arrestees.
I wish the left had shown up that day. imagine committed anarchists roaming the halls of power calling for Mike pence and pelosi.
And yet anarchists weren't there and didn't try to violently overthrow the lawful election of the President. Huh, just when I didn't realize I could think less of MAGA people you point out that anarchists, a group by definition committed to non-recognition of authority, are more lawful and respectful of society that MAGA people.
That's the thing with all flavors of treason: insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, etc. If you don't win, you're a traitor.
And the vast majority of Americans don't want "leftist" anarchists to overthrow the government. You can see what happens when people overthrow their governments by watching abroad.
I don't know why you would put leftist in scare quotes.
look up the father of anarchism proudhon. read about the second internationale. the Spanish revolution. anarchism is leftist. anything purporting to be anarchism that is not on the left is neither.