BREAKING: Federal judge orders the release of 1/6 rioter Richard BARNETT, who left Pelosi a menacing

[demmiblue]

BREAKING: Federal judge orders the release of 1/6 rioter Richard BARNETT, who left Pelosi a menacing note and took pictures at a desk in her office.

Judge Chris Cooper has ordered Barnett on home confinement instead. He says prosecutors fell short of evidence for detention.

Cooper cited the recent appeals court decision that led to release of Zip-tie Guy Eric Munchel. That ruling raised the bar for detention cases to require specific evidence of a future threat of violence.

Prosecutors didn't met that standard, Cooper said.

Link to tweet

[bottomofthehill]

1. Are you fucking kidding me.

Lock that fucker up. He threatened the Speaker of the House and broke into her office. What the fuck is wrong with these people.

[bottomofthehill]

2. He had a stun gun in his possession while in her office.

You have got to be kidding me. This is not funny these no good fucks. Jesus. What the fuck.

[malaise]

4. Ditto

Madness

[ananda]

10. And Malice.

...

[malaise]

22. We have a proverb here

Same knife stick goat stick sheep - today it's COngress Tomorrow...Hmmmmmmmmmm!

[samnsara]

3. he will F up someway and get hauled back to jail.. they always do.

[pandr32]

14. Let's hope so

[albacore]

5. The key here is "future violence"...

I'll bet that sad fucker will do absolutely nothing for the rest of his life. And I mean nothing. The threat of years in prison has his over-privileged white ass scared shitless.
Viagra isn't gonna work on him.

[brush]

28. It's not over for his insurrectionist ass. He's released for now but still faces trial and...

conviction. Just as in the Chauvin case, there is strong visual evidence of what he did.

[triron]

6. Biden needs to replace this kook judge asap.

Damn rwnj judge.

[mikeysnot]

7. He was appointed by Obama

Judge Christopher R. “Casey” Cooper was appointed to the District Court in March 2014 following his unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Judge Cooper received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University in 1988. Judge Cooper went on to graduate with distinction from Stanford Law School in 1993, serving as President of the Stanford Law Review and as a board member of the law school’s pro bono legal clinic.

https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/district-judge-christopher-r-cooper

[triron]

13. Maybe he loves Trump.

[Caliman73]

36. OR...just maybe...

The prosecution did not meet the burden of proof to warrant his continued detention.

It doesn't mean he can roam the streets freely. He is ordered under house arrest. It means that while he awaits his trial, he will have monitoring and have to check in with pre-trial services.

Just because something happens that we don't necessarily like, doesn't mean that there is something nefarious going on. our court system is skewed toward the rights of the accused. Now, that doesn't mean that it is applied equitably, but that is jurisprudence in the US.

[USALiberal]

11. Did you even research him at all????? Nt

[tritsofme]

27. What an asinine comment.

On what basis do you accuse this African American Obama appointee of being a kook and a right wing nut job?

[greenjar_01]

34. Don't worry...he doesn't really mean it

[IcyPeas]

8. so disheartening to think no one is going to be held accountable for the insurrection at our Capitol

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... "you're very special"
... "we love you"

[Thrill]

12. It doesn't mean that. Just basically means he gets out on bail

[bottomofthehill]

16. It is hard going to work in a place where some of the people are involved in the insurrection

People who were active participants are being let go even though they not only took part in the violence but threatened to return, and the excuse given for letting them go is that the electoral vote count is over. The Capitol and those who work there are still a target by these fucking crazies. Someone is missing the point here. These people are dangerous, they have acted in a reckless and dangerous way, a police officer died. People in the crowd died, an officer had to discharge his weapon to protect members of Congress and we are letting these dangerous insurrectionists out of jail.

What the actual fuck is going on here.

[brush]

33. He's out of jail but still faces trial. Charges were not dismissed. He's now on house arrest.

There is plenty of visual evidence of what he did. He'll be found guilty. We'll see how harsh the sentence will be. I hope it's not just probation but actual jail time.

[obamanut2012]

31. Please link where this dude has been tried and found not guilty?

He will be found guilty.

[spanone]

9. ridiculous.

[Dan]

15. I have it on good authority, that once he kills a few Democrats

Or members of Congress that are in the Democratic Party, the judge will revoke his home detention!

[gratuitous]

17. Let 'em cover their own living expenses

Sooner or later one of these released dumbasses will fuck up and the courts will take a more jaundiced view of allowing them to remain free. Until then, these dumbasses can pay for their own food, clothing, and shelter.

[aeromanKC]

18. Let the trials begin already!!

You know 6th amendment and all! AND then lock them up for good!!

[StarfishSaver]

19. The judge imposed several conditions on his release

"No travel outside of 50 miles without approval, no contact with anyone associated in any way with January 6, no weapons including stun guns."

How long do you think it will be before he violates one or more of them and his butt ends up back in jail?

[Fullduplexxx]

20. Say goodbye as he disappears into the good old boy network

[underpants]

21. Brace yourself

We may very well see some white privilege that makes your knees buckle.

[11 Bravo]

23. Possibly, but the judge is an African-American Obama appointee.

My guess is that he called it as he saw it, and gave deference to a prior ruling by an appeals court.

I just hope that when the asshole seditionist inevitably violates the terms of his bail, the judge comes down on him with both feet!

[zipplewrath]

25. Pre-trial detention isn't for punishment

It's for protection of basically society, or at least specific members. It's the prosecutions job to demonstrate that he was a FUTURE threat prior to trial. Apparently they couldn't make that case (probably a lack of prior convictions). So many of the other insurrectionists had already been put on house arrest, I suspect the "bar" on keeping them in jail is getting too high that it becomes harder for the prosecution to make the case for pre-trial detention.

If it helps, this just reduces the "time served" and so lengthens the time he'll actually serve.

[bottomofthehill]

35. I would like to see him remain in jail for that very reason

Protection of society. Members of the Speakers staff literally hid under a table in fear for their life while that armed asshole sat armed with a stun gun feet from where they were hiding. He is a danger, he went to the Capitol on 1/6 ARMED . I dont care who appointed this judge, this asshole belongs behind bars while awaiting trial to protect the people who work on the hill A police officer was tazed and dragged into the crowd, he had multiple strokes because people like this came to the Capitol ARMED WITH WEAPONS and ready to do harm AND THEY DID!.

[arthritisR_US]

26. White privilege trumps sedition and treason, pathetic.

[obamanut2012]

29. The judge did the correct thing

Very few of these jackholes should be held until trial, and this guy isn't one. Bullhorn Lady and Riley Williams are flight risks and should have been.

"Bigo" will serve time and have felonies on his record. This OBAMA judge did the right thing.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

30. You know this asshole is bragging to his friends how he "beat the system."

And he's going to push that "home confinement" order to the limit. Is going out to purchase groceries part of being confined to his home? How about going out to get a couple of gallons of gas for his car to be able to drive to the grocery store? Is having a bunch of your fellow insurrectionists over to your house for a beer part of home confinement?

Sheesh!

[greenjar_01]

32. This fool's been in jail for two months...I'm OK with home detention for him

People have a right to prepare for trial at home unless they pose an imminent threat of harm to others or themselves, or a flight risk.

[bottomofthehill]

37. A little walk in the wild

Imminent threat of harm...Check


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