2 men who pepper-sprayed officers at the Capitol riot last year wept as a judge sentenced them to

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

over 3 years in prison

Two New York men wept as a judge handed down prison time for their participation in the Capitol riot last year.

Cody Mattice, 29, and James Mault, 30, both received 44 months of prison time on Friday, according to records from the Justice Department. In April, the two pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers during the Capitol riot, a Justice Department release says.

After breaching the Capitol, Mattice "reached out to another rioter and grabbed a small object appearing to be a canister," the release says. "He then sprayed chemical spray at police officers."

"Mault also got a second canister from the crowd and provided it to another rioter," the release says.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/2-men-pepper-sprayed-officers-135057105.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. suck it, boys. womp womp.

[Traildogbob]

28. The good news

Is they will get to meet in person, Marjorie Taylor Green, on visitation days when she shows up for photo Ops.

[usaf-vet]

34. Great news. Those sentences will wake up some hold outs.

[Ocelot II]

2. My heart f*cking bleeds.

[dweller]

3. Judge coulda

Pepper sprayed them and gave them something to really cry about




✌🏻

[mackdaddy]

4. I have heard that pepper spray can cause tears.

Guess it is true.

So can buying into the serial lies of the orange menace.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Strange; it makes me smile. ...

I'm not sure the sentences are long enough, though. They may still be a threat to others when they get out.

[royable]

8. Perhaps we would feel better aboout the seeminly short sentences if it it was also mandated that

the guilty parties be pepper sprayed twice a day during their incarceration.

[soldierant]

33. You may be expecting more from the correctional system than it can deliver

in any amount of time.

[captain queeg]

6. Where's the smilie for the world's smallest violin?

I guess this will have to do

[Turbineguy]

7. Trump convinced them

they were doing something for their country.

Imagine enlisting in the Army, following orders, fighting heroically, and getting thrown in the slammer.

Trump seduced and abandoned them.

[efhmc]

14. That was also my thought. They were seduced, conned and left to face the conswquences. Most believed

TFG would grant them pardons. Probably still support him Sad way to learn a life lesson. Read/watch something that will help you learn at least a little truth every once in a while.

[Rebl2]

16. How's

that working for you guys. I sure don’t see trump helping you any. Paying for your lawyer or standing up for you. They followed tfg down the MAGA hole. Idiots. All of them.

[bluesbassman]

44. There's several things wrong with your scenario...

First, these deplorables didn’t “enlist” and they swore no oath to defend the Constitution, and there were ZERO lawful orders to be followed.

Second, they did not fight “heroically”; they engaged in the physical manifestation of an attempted coup. Full stop.

Third, if one is stupid enough to be “seduced” by the likes of Donald Trump, that person deserves every bad thing that comes their way.

[Blue Owl]

9. Fuck 'em and fuck their phony tears

[Deuxcents]

23. Yep.. I'm not moved except...next...get em all. I have no mercy.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Love it.

[brush]

11. The ol' Kyle Rittenhouse routine didn't work, huh?

Too bad, so sad. Enjoy your time in lockup, tough guys.

[MyOwnPeace]

20. While you're mentioning it....

As much joy as I get from reading about these idiots, I'm STILL pizzed that THAT JagOff is out on the street. Who knows who he's stalking now.......

[Evolve Dammit]

12. Buh Bye Boys

[RockRaven]

13. Tasty, tasty tears...

[CaptainTruth]

15. GOOD!!! It's nice to see some justice.

[Upthevibe]

17. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin...........Glad they cried

and glad they got over three years....

[vlyons]

18. Well let's just hope that after 3 yrs in prison, they will come out as better men

Men with compassion for the welfare of others. Men who will THINK before getting conned by a con man.

[niyad]

21. uuh huh

[Chainfire]

19. It really breaks my little pea-picking heart.

They wanted dance for the revolution, now they have to pay the piper. When they get out, may their felony record haunt them to their deaths.

[Martin68]

22. Fucking macho snowflakes.

[Traildogbob]

24. Gettin owned

I love it. “The best is yet to come”. They were promised. More tears will be coming for them in the next couple years. And the loud mouth Ho is free and taking in loads cash with Jr. fucked around. And their idols are living it up.

[Demobrat]

29. The best is yet to come, all right.

Three years in prison followed by a lifetime of checking the little box that says “Have you ever been convicted of a felony?”

[NoMoreRepugs]

41. Exactly. Time served is one thing, the life afterwards another.

[58Sunliner]

25. Cry harder snowflakes.

[bottomofthehill]

26. May they be a long and miserable 44 months

Fuck them. People died, people Cody Mattice, 29 are emotionally scarred, they attacked American democracy. I think they deserve longer and they should thank the judge for the 44 months. I would have sentenced them to more time.

[Higherarky]

39. Me too.

More time, significantly more time, for ALL the insurrectionists. And fines. BIG FINES. Enough to cover all repairs and clean-up associated with their failed coup, not to mention pain & suffering.

I think all this pussy-footing around and being soft on the lot of them will only lead to more of the same. Mark my words.

ETA:. I mean, imagine how they'd be dealt with had they been any color but white!

[ancianita]

43. Look

At the status page of the 169 who've been sentenced. They all got fines. A good number got over two years incarceration and $2,000 fines. But every last one of them got fined at least $500. To-date there are still 341 awaiting sentencing, most on multiple charges.

https://seditiontracker.com/suspects/by_status

[Higherarky]

45. I'm not sure what you're inferring, but that data indicates @ 510 individuals

to be sentenced, in total. Estimated damage to capitol is $1.5 million (which I think is low-ball, but whatever).

Each and every of these 510 failed coup attempters would have to be fined @ $3000 to cover the property damage they caused. And, that does not include the deaths and injuries they wrought.

Why, do you suppose, are they being let off without fines sufficient to cover the damage they caused?

Maybe more to the point, why should tax-payer $$$ have to pay for the damage they caused?

[ancianita]

46. Why do I suppose they're being let off with lower fines? Because prosecutors can't provide

evidence of sufficient damages to the judge, and so the judge determines restitution, case by case. You think these are all kangaroo court rulings? I beg to differ.

Taxpayers pay for the courts to recover the damages they do. If you think judges are lowballing, then find a data link that squares with that. Have you read any official estimates of damage done by insurgents on the Capitol, or capital? You might link those to make your case for how lowball these fines are.

Judges. Doing the best they can with the evidence they get, and the law as it stands.

[Higherarky]

47. Here's a few links to get you started, sweetie.

You're welcome.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharysmith/2022/04/08/capitol-riot-costs-go-up-government-estimates-273-million-in-property-damage/

https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-repairs-and-new-security-30-million-after-assault-official-says/


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-insurance-idUSKBN29C38M

[Higherarky]

49. & here's a link that supports the original $1.5 mil low-ball estimate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-defendants-pay-damages-restitution/2021/06/03/74691812-c3ec-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html


I'm happy to do the legwork for you.

Once.

[ancianita]

50. Cool. Now go to the fines, add them up, and tell me you've proved your point. Miss me with the

"sweetie" condescension.

[Higherarky]

51. Yeah, no thanx.

Have a nice day, sweetie.

[Higherarky]

53. Did you get those numbers crunched yet, kiddo?

Did you read any of those links I provided for you? Are you still convinced the failed coup participants are paying their fair share of restitution for the exhorbitant damages they caused? Damages now estimated to be +/- $30 million?

All who participated in this failed coup should be equally responsible for damages. In for a penny, in for a pound.

[ancianita]

54. Yep. They're low, only around $200,000, averaging $1200 per person convicted so far.

I'm totally with you on the restitution. The rest, on probation, will not be able to own weapons and will be on DC watch lists. I just want the Big Guys to go down, mostly.

We are now heading into wet bulb days across continents, and here we are still fighting among ourselves while millions will die of heat. Read the first chapter of Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

[Higherarky]

55. We agree on the Big Guys, too.

Thanx for the reading rec. We're all about small carbon footprint & sustainability here; raising fruit & veggies year-round, eggs & dairy & meat locally & organically raised, drive 30-mpg jeep about 100 miles/month & that's only because we live about 35 mi from any substantial shopping, etc. Plus, it's getting crazy everywhere out there, so we only get off the mountain when we must. I wish such lifestyle could be available for everyone who desires it.

Innyhoo, thanx for the chat. I hope you're enjoying a pleasant & peaceful day.

[ancianita]

56. ...

Good for you. Stay at high elevation, you lucky dog, because that and your frugality could save you.

Though climate insurgency is the darkness that surrounds us all, you, too, have a pleasant and peaceful day.

[Demobrat]

27. Not so tough now are you, snowflakes?

N/T

[irisblue]

30. Should have been 30 years

Mattices' baby momma in court "What he did that day is not him.” Judge asks why she texted him back that day after he boasted about the attacker by telling him, “Glad you’re having fun.”
(Where have we heard that's not him?)
He was a stay at home parent,he hurt his family himself

I feel sympathy for his child. The 2 of them and his partner, not one tear

[LudwigPastorius]

31. It's all part of THE PLAN.

Trump will ride into D.C. on a flaming pterodactyl, with JFK jr. at his side, leading an army of cyborg, re-animated Revolutionary War heroes that will bust them out of prison.

[Sky Jewels]

38. And an unfrozen, jumpstarted Reagan

will lead the parade, astride a white unicorn.

[PatrickforB]

32. They should have thought about that before they assaulted police officers while

committing TREASON.

[purr-rat beauty]

35. now they know what FAFO means

sorry not sorry

[NBachers]

36. "They're going to go through some things" Gloat * Gloat * Gloat * Gloat

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On Edit: Mattice is apparently in the US Penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA. Lewisburg is a legitimate penitentiary. This will not be easy time. I'm not sure if that's where he will serve he rest of his sentence.

James Mault is in prison; I haven't been able to find out where yet. They both have 3 years of supervision after they leave prison and a $2,000.00 fine.

At the request of lawyers for both Mattice and Mault, Howell agreed to recommend they be placed at low-security federal facilities, if determined to qualify.

Sorry, I want 'em to do real time at a hard joint.

[LudwigPastorius]

37. ...and, vice versa.

[Thunderbeast]

40. Harsh sentences required from the bottom to the top of this seditious conspiracy!

The message MUST be clear...You commit an act of violent sedition, you go to jail for a LONG time!

You falsely sign your name to a document stating that you are a certified elector, you go to jail for a LONG time.

Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Kushner, Meadows, Guiliani, Bannon, Stone, Eastman, Powell, Ellis, Cruz, Graham, Perry, Gaetz, Gohmert, Biggs, Gosar, Cawthorne, Brooks, Boebert, Greene, Grassley, all should be looking at 20 years to life.

We will NEVER restore confidence in government if the radical Republicans are not drawn, quartered, and excised from public office.

Is our democracy strong enough to win this existential battle with our fellow countrymen?

[Talitha]

42. Here's a thought, you dumb shits...

Find out if it's possible for all of you suckers to get a class-action lawsuit against Dump.

He put you where you are.

You realize that, don't you?

And he's still slithering around, free.

Wakey-wakey, deplorables!

Time to get some revenge.

(But we know they won't even try.
Because they're THAT stupid.)

[ck4829]

48. Sad because of the consequences, nothing else

[DashOneBravo]

52. Good