He heeded Trump's call to fight. Now a Georgia teen awaits the consequences

[DonViejo]

2021/4/11 05:42 (EDT) ©TheAtlantaJournalConstitution

ATLANTA — Long before he stormed the U.S. Capitol, Bruno Joseph Cua flashed warning signs he was headed for serious trouble in his hometown of Milton, Georgia.

Perched behind the wheel of his Toyota pickup with a Trump 2020 flag streaming from the truck bed, the 18-year-old harassed drivers whose vehicles showed support for Joe Biden or liberal causes.

He joined social media sites favored by the extreme right and filled up his feeds with screeds that became more strident following Trump’s Nov. 3 loss. He wrote of acquiring an assault-style weapon illegally. And when Trump called supporters to Washington Jan. 6 for his “Save America” rally, Cua was all in.

“President Trump is calling us to FIGHT!” he blared in one post.

He joined the rally with his mother and father. Afterward, Cua fought his way into the Capitol, and pushed past security onto the Senate floor. A reporter’s video captured him pacing in front of the dais as another rioter sat in the chair and perched his feet on the desk that had earlier been hastily vacated by former Vice President Mike Pence.

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[XanaDUer2]

1. I read the whole article

it contains white privilege, slurs against gay people, terrorizing his local community, affluenza, law breaking, lots of excuses, idiot parents... screw Cua. He's a domestic terrorist

[Frustratedlady]

2. The article shows the extent to which he glommed onto Trump's messages and became a radical idiot.

Obviously, his parents allowed this to happen and even drove him to DC to listen to Trump's rally and BS. Now, of course, as per so many who participated, he has found religion and wants to be freed from GPS tracking.

According to some of his social messages, his mother isn't doing a very good job of home-schooling and needs more emphasis on spelling. He sounds like a privileged rich kid who never got disciplined, yet he wants us to believe he's changed since Jan. 6th.

[bottomofthehill]

3. What could possibly go wrong letting this kid loose

[hurple]

15. In that photo...

He looks vaguely "asian" the same way, say, Ricky Steamboat does. Wonder if that has led to him getting racially harassed at any point during the recent upswing in anti-asian bigotry.

Ah well, just a wandering thought. Otherwise, I hope this kid gets 30 years. At least.

[aggiesal]

27. Looking at ancestry.com, the origin of CUA ...

is Catalan meaning "tail"
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=cua

But I'm willing to bet he's Filipino.

[hurple]

30. Stull...

Wonder if he's gotten the privilege of experiencing the racism he spews toward others spewed toward him in recent weeks. And, if so, if it could cause him to change his views... even slightly.

Likely not.

But I'm just speculating and playing what if...

[bottomofthehill]

4. With this thought process

“Everyone who works in congress is a traitor to the people and deserves a public execution,” Cua wrote on Parler after he returned to Milton.

He continued: “Dear Swamp Rats, The events at the capital were a reminder that WE THE PEOPLE are in charge of this country and that you work for us. There will be no ‘warning shot’ next time

[niyad]

5. Technically a teen. Legally an adult. A black male of this age is a scary black "man". White

privilege. The framing is all-important. Just like talking about the victims of epstein, greenburg, and the creep from FL. 17 year olds are legally children, but we hear "underage woman". No such thing.

[Collimator]

16. This Is Solid Truth From The Onion:

[Mr. Ected]

6. Milton is essentially the Beverly Hills of the Atlanta suburbs

I know far too many young people whose minds have been poisoned by their parents' relentless regurgitation of FOX pseudo-facts. One of my son's besties from grade school began spouting the right wing rhetoric in 6th grade; it was apparently stupidity by osmosis as his mother and father were both over the top 'conservatives'. His mother is Colombian and can barely speak the language, but the words she learned would all be contained in an article supporting white privilege. Ten years later and this kid has ingested so much Trump he shits orange. It doesn't help that, outside the city, the reds in Georgia are virulent and plentiful. Cua may be the subject of this article but he's probably viewed as a martyr for the cause down here.

[aeromanKC]

7. Enjoy prison

Karma awaits

[UpInArms]

8. Nasty piece of work created by his nasty privileged family

Current and former neighbors said the Cuas are a deeply religious family. Cua was polite, and he was trustworthy with younger kids in the neighborhood as he often supervised children who roamed freely from farm to farm. On YouTube, he built a following for his “Southern Adventures,” a YouTube channel based on trucks, construction, guns, hunting and fishing.

Remember Tamil Rice

On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year old African-American boy, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, by Timothy Loehmann, a 26-year-old white police officer. Rice was carrying a replica toy gun; Loehmann shot him almost immediately after arriving on the scene. Two officers, Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback, were responding to a police dispatch call regarding a male who had a gun. A caller reported that a male was pointing "a pistol" at random people at the Cudell Recreation Center, a park in the City of Cleveland's Public Works Department. At the beginning of the call and again in the middle, he says of the pistol "it's probably fake." Toward the end of the two-minute call, the caller states that "he is probably a juvenile", but this information was not relayed to officers Loehmann and Garmback on the initial dispatch. The officers reported that, when they arrived at the scene, they both continuously yelled "show me your hands" through the open patrol car window.

[WinstonSmith4740]

14. As usual, the cops were lying.

I remember seeing the security camera footage...the cop that was riding (literally) shotgun was out of that car and shooting before it finished rolling to a stop.

[BlueStater]

9. Portrait of a douchebag.

Let’s see how tough this little prick is in prison.

[AZ8theist]

12. Exactly.

FUCK THIS PUNK.

[Aviation Pro]

25. With his nice teeth and lean, white body?

He’ll be on suicide watch within 24 hours.

[Oneironaut]

10. Now, everyone is sorry.

If they took over the Capitol and got into the Senate chamber earlier, they would have murdered everyone in there.

None of these people are sorry. They’re just trying to escape the consequences after they failed to install Trump as President. I’m not buying the sob stories.

[Paladin]

11. Fuck this kid, his parents, and all who are like them. (nt)

[Comatose Sphagetti]

13. The worst part for the Cua family?

It's not the tens of thousands (possibly way, way more) in legal fees.
It's not even the jail time for Bruno.
It's now they have publicly dissed and disavowed Trump. The vast majority of their neighbors/community are MAGAs. They will now be labeled as traitors; ostracized and excommunicated.
Dollars to do donuts the family moves in the near future.

[rickyhall]

17. That old fat man needs to be in jail so bad. He is the devil himself.

[CanonRay]

18. The parents should be in cells on either side of him

Rich. White. Entitled. Religious. Home schooled. They tick all the boxes for today's lunacy. He's a mass killing waiting to happen.

[old guy]

19. Unfortunately,

I fear he will never serve another minute in jail.

[Johnny2X2X]

20. He is anti American

This point doesn’t get focused on, but each and every one of those people that invaded the country hates American Democracy. They think they love America, but what they love is not America, it’s a fascist version of America told you them by Donald Trump.

They claim to be Patriots, but they’re really America hating insurgents. They hate our democracy and our constitution because it allows power to minorities and people they disagree with.

[Claire Oh Nette]

36. THis

He's a little jihadist.

[birdographer]

21. Twig is bent, so the tree is inclined...

They are all so sorry now, they all know it was wrong, they know trump lied to them...such BS. This is a bad kid and he will eventually become a bad man. Lock him up.

[WinstonSmith4740]

22. I teach high school Health.

One of the very first things I go over with them is how to make a good decision. The word DECIDE is used as an acronym in this case, and the "C" stands for "consider the consequences". I always put that part in capital letters and red, because they never think about those. They only think of what they want to happen, not what could. Kid's brains actually shrink a little when they hit adolescence, and they become hard-wired for risk taking. I'll bet this jerk saw himself as some kind of "youth organizer" for The Cause, indoctrinating junior high schoolers into their hate filled web. He's 18. He may not be able to make the best decisions in the world, but he should know right from wrong. And if he had been paying attention in Government classes (which is doubtful), he'd have a basic understanding of how our government works, and how to "...petition the government for redress of grievances" within the law. Now that this family is learning that their white privilege isn't going to protect them against being seditionists they're all sorry and see the errors of their way?

Screw 'em. As their side of the aisle loves to scream, LOCK THEM UP.

[JohnnyRingo]

23. I suggest people take time to read the article.

It's an eye opening insight to brainwashing and herd mentality on a demographic that really shouldn't be following the orders of an aged and failing real estate man. But there he was, encouraged I believe, by his parents.

[SergeStorms]

33. All made possible...

by SOCIAL MEDIA, the scourge of truthfulness and fair play.

This is why Facebook, Twitter et al. will be the downfall of American society.

[keithbvadu2]

24. "He wrote of acquiring an assault-style weapon illegally."

"He wrote of acquiring an assault-style weapon illegally."

Must be part of 'God-given rights'.

[SergeStorms]

34. Like that asshat in Minnesota...

who killed two people, after his mother drove him to Minnesota while in posession of an illegal (for an underage teenager) AR-15. What is wrong with the parents of these kids?

[MrsMatt]

37. Rittenhouse? That was Wisconsin,

not Minnesota.

[SergeStorms]

40. Mea Culpa.

Sometimes my fingers start typing before my brain engages.

[panader0]

26. How is one both religious and a bloodthirsty gun nut?

[SergeStorms]

35. Religion and blood...

are inextricably tied together. I could never understand religious people's fascination with blood. They're the most gruesome bunch of loons on the planet, but it's totally acceptable under the aegis of religion.

[littlemissmartypants]

38. Were there guns during The Crusades? No, but that was a violent religious time.

The 7 deadliest weapons of the Crusades

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/7-deadliest-weapons-crusades/


Posted On January 28, 2019 18:40:16
SNIP...
#7 The Lance
The lance, which is least considered, won many of the battles during the early crusades. The lance did it all in one big swoop. As the lance made contact with the victim, it immediately crushed his torso and began to pierce through the body.

As it pierced, it began to slice through the vital organs before exiting the back. There are very few cases where the would-be receiver of the lance survived from his torso wound.

As the knights charged in with their lances, the enemy would be impaled immediately.

The length of a lance measured between 9 and 14 feet. Given the length and weight, along with the rider and his horse moving a full speed, it would not be unthinkable to suggest that two or even possibly three men could be impaled to a lance due to a swift cavalry charge into enemy lines.

[llashram]

28. and I hope

the consequence for him, his parents and all traitors, murderers, killers from 1/6/2021, before and since are severe.

[MarcA]

29. Banishment. Get out of Dodge and don't come back. n/t

[keithbvadu2]

31. Donald was more upset that his terrorist followers looked 'low class' than the fact that they killed

Donald was more upset that his terrorist followers looked 'low class' than the fact that they killed a cop.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=trump+calls+rioters+low+class

[BobTheSubgenius]

32. I'm not sure if his politics are going to help him in prison, or not.

Certainly won't be a help with the Muslim Brotherhood, or the Crips, and I imagine the Aryan Nation values genetics over politics. It might be a lonely, agonizing row to hoe.

My advice to him is that, at the first suggestion of violence towards him, he pick the biggest and baddest of the group, walk up and smack him right in the mouth. Show them who's boss.

Might shorten his prison time from years to minutes.

[littlemissmartypants]

39. He's definitely just the tip of the iceberg. Not good. nt

[reACTIONary]

41. Amazing what a little jail time will do for you...

"I have completely comprehended a very painful! Lesson over the last month in jail, including over two weeks in isolation,”

(If true.)