Judge to Bullhorn Mom: You're 'So Unpatriotic It Makes My Straight Hair Curl'

[SheltieLover]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-tells-bullhorn-mom-rachel-powell-shes-so-unpatriotic-it-makes-my-straight-hair-curl

Rachel Marie Powell, a Pennsylvania mom of eight who came to be known as “the bullhorn lady” after she was filmed shouting orders to rioters during the ransacking of the Capitol, has been released on bail by a D.C. federal judge.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell described Powell’s alleged actions on Jan. 6 as “so unpatriotic it makes my straight hair curl,” but said Powell could be fitted with an electronic ankle monitor and confined to her home in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania at all times, pending her trial in D.C.
If she is given permission to leave the house to work, see a doctor, or meet with her lawyer, Powell must wear a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Howell said.

Powell’s nose and mouth were not covered during the Capitol riot according to video evidence presented in court, Howell noted. Prosecutors pointed out that Powell was previously fired from a job for refusing to wear a mask. But Powell’s lawyer, Michael Engle, insisted his client would follow the rules if set free.

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“The defendant abandoned her children and traveled to the District of Columbia to participate in an act of insurrection,” prosecutors wrote. “She came prepared, armed with earmuffs designed to muffle gunfire and wearing a jacket designed to conceal a weapon. Not content to peacefully demonstrate, she used a battering ram to break into the U.S. Capitol. In doing so, she put the lives of both law enforcement and rioters in jeopardy. Then, she directed her fellow rioters on how best to penetrate the Capitol. By directly encouraging violence and destruction, the defendant fueled a situation that threatened the peaceful transfer of power in the United States."

More at link. Wtaf is wrong with these judges allowing these terrorists bail?

[SCantiGOP]

1. How can we get

Cruz, Hawley and Graham in front of this judge?

[dchill]

2. +1,000,000!

[Generic Other]

3. This was the headline of the day!

She has no shame. But I am ashamed -- that I must call her a fellow American.

[greenjar_01]

4. Howell's a great judge

This idiot has eight kids, some of them still minors and in need of care. Most people should be able to fight charges from home.

[Roland99]

5. Gotta keep the jail cells free. You know. For the REAL criminals....

Casual pot users
Parking ticket scofflaws
Women unknowingly voting on parole
Etc

[PurgedVoter]

6. Dudes, get over it, innocent till proven guilty

Even if we have it on film, with some very interesting exceptions, bail has guidelines that also presume innocence, sort of.

[canetoad]

7. I'm a Judge Beryl Howell groupie. nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. I suspect judges are trying to avoid confining people due to COVID.

Let's remember these people have not been convicted, so considered innocent until proven guilty.

Someone confined on charges not dangerous to the public could die from COVID in a jail with poor ventilation or multiple inmates in a cell, and then sue the court for wrongful death.

I also suspect any violent offender that must be confined will have a high probability of carrying the disease.

JMHO.........

[ProfessorGAC]

9. That's My Take, Too

I think many of these judges are making adjustments for COVID, trying to reduce conjugate outbreaks.
Now, that doesn't explain letting on of these seditionist fools go to Mexico, but it may explain this one & others.

[ck4829]

10. K&R

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Kick

[Cha]

12. What?! Good on the Judge.. they

all are.. they're the opposite of