Teenager, arrested in connection with Capitol riot, assaulted by fellow inmate

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Perhaps EVERYONE here can hew to the great conservative principles of personal responsibility and “actions have consequences.”

Teenager, arrested in connection with Capitol riot, assaulted by fellow inmate, attorney says - NBC News

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A teenager believed to be the youngest suspect arrested in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot was punched by a fellow inmate and has tested positive for Covid-19, defense attorneys said Monday.

The suspect, Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, is asking to be released from the Grady County Jail in Oklahoma, where he has largely been in solitary confinement since he was arrested Feb. 5, defense attorney William Zapf said in court papers seeking his pretrial release.

"Mr. Cua was assaulted and then threatened by a fellow inmate over this past weekend," Zapf wrote. "We understand that the inmate struck Mr. Cua in the face with his open hand, injuring his nose, over the use of the phone, and then threatened him regarding the incident."

On Saturday, a Covid-19 test for Cua came back positive, Zapf said. His attorneys argued that he is ready to safely self-quarantine, perhaps at a hotel, if he is released.



Paschall didn't address the allegation of an assault on Cua, who is from Milton, Georgia, while he was in custody. But she did cite the multiple photos taken of him during the Jan. 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol, all appearing to show him without a mask.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teenager-arrested-connection-u-s-capitol-riots-assaulted-fellow-inmate-n1260217

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Well, then...... now watch this drive.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time - Tony Baretta

Actually... Sammy Davis Jr

[Grokenstein]

11. Baretta's Theme

[soothsayer]

3. I don't wish violence on these idiots. Perhaps repubs will work on prison reforms

I don’t think these insurrectionists should get special treatment though.

[fishwax]

6. I agree (though, alas, the likelihood of this leading repubs to prison reform is unlikely)

[soothsayer]

9. Well as more and more of em head to jail...

[comradebillyboy]

4. How unfortunate for Cua. Maybe he shouldn't

have chosen the path of insurrection and violent crime. The boy is making real bad choices and he's going to pay a real big price.

[2naSalit]

5. HAHA!

So he wants to go home, aww.

I can think of two reasons why he may have been punched: 1) Because he's a stupid asshole who probably was mouthing off and got what he deserved

or

2) Offered to pay the cellmate if he punched him to get sent home because his cellmate is a meanie.

Either way, I love the judge's response.

[stillcool]

8. He was stuck with an open hand

for people who seem to crave violence, they don't seem to have had much personal experience.

"Mr. Cua was assaulted and then threatened by a fellow inmate over this past weekend," Zapf wrote. "We understand that the inmate struck Mr. Cua in the face with his open hand, injuring his nose, over the use of the phone, and then threatened him regarding the incident."

[2naSalit]

21. I saw that but forgot when I was typing the comment.

Whether punched or slapped, he probably deserved it.

[frazzled]

7. Struck in the face with an open hand!

Isn’t that what we normally call a “slap”?

[rampartc]

13. in jail it is called a "bitch slap."

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. No one is safe in jail or prison. It's designed to be unsafe.

[Treefrog]

15. I agree, but it disappoints me to see people here cheering jail violence. The kid is a POS, but no

one should have to fear violence in jail (or anywhere for that matter.)

[demmiblue]

17. +1

It turns my stomach.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. Agree.

[demtenjeep]

12. how about "Thug involved in the insurrection gets schooled in Jail"

that is how it should have read.



no "teen" would be involved in insurrection-

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. Well, for the record, I don't condone prison violence ...

and 'conservative principles' don't enter into the situation. Jail is a fair consequence, but getting beaten up in jail (or worse) ... is not.

While at the same time I really don't think that the judge in a pre-trial situation should 'care' that a defendant got their ass kicked while in jail.

For one, it's up to the warden to manage the inmates, but secondly, it is an irrelevant matter WRT the persons innocence or guilt.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Easy To Agree

A little more nuance would suggest that the easiest way to avoid prison violence is to avoid the behavior that landed him in jail.
I'm for disciplining the inmate that struck him, but I'm having trouble feeling sympathy for a seditionist punk who could have just stayed home; to where he's now pleading to return.

[Phoenix61]

16. When did 18 become a teenager? He's a legal adult.

He made bad choices and ended up where lots of other adults who make bad choices end up. I don’t condone violence anywhere including jail but to think he should be released because of it is just over the top.

[lpbk2713]

19. Sorry Bub. Call Mommy all you want to.

But it's out of her hands.

[Cha]

22. Does it say Why? was there a motive

or just because?

I didn't Condone th Deadly trump Terrorists rabidly attacking the Capitol EITHER.

[Rustyeye77]

23. I think this 18 yo went way above his head.

He may be 18 physically but not mentally.

Rather than throwing him in prison , maybe it would be better to send this kid to boot camp?
Community service?

He has lousy parents.
He didn’t engage in any violence
He didn’t have any firearms

Let’s show some compassion for him.