2 Capitol rioters who threw smoke bombs at police, smoked cigarettes inside and wrote 'Murder the Me

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Also: Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach (U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Columbia)

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Source: Insider

2 Capitol rioters who threw smoke bombs at police, smoked cigarettes inside and wrote 'Murder the Media' on the wall sentenced to 4 years

Kenneth Niemeyer
Sat, December 10, 2022 at 3:21 PM·1 min read

Two Capitol rioters who smoked inside the Capitol building and wrote "Murder the Media" on the wall were sentenced to four years in federal prison.

A judge sentenced Nicholas DeCarlo, of Texas, and Nicholas Ochs, the founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys on Friday. The two men both filmed themselves smoking cigarettes inside the Capitol building, according to a statement from the District of Columbia US Attorney's office.

According to the US Attorney's office, DeCarlo wrote "Murder the Media" on the Chestnut-Gibson Memorial Door with a marker while Ochs filmed him. "Murder the Media" was the name of a social media brand that the two men owned, according to the statement.

Video also showed DeCarlo taking handcuffs from a Capitol Police officer's duffel bag and Och's saying "sorry we couldn't go live when we stormed the f----n' U.S. Capitol and made Congress flee," the statement said.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/2-capitol-rioters-threw-smoke-192143304.html

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Source: U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Columbia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, December 9, 2022

Two Men Sentenced to Prison Terms For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

One Defendant Was a Proud Boys Leader, Other Wrote “Murder the Media” on a Capitol Building Door

WASHINGTON – Two men – including the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys – were each sentenced today to four years in prison for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election.

Nicholas Ochs, 36, of Honolulu, and Nicholas DeCarlo, 32, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty on Sept. 9, 2022, in the District of Columbia to obstruction of an official proceeding. Each was sentenced today to 48 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release.

According to court documents, Ochs is the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys. The Proud Boys describe themselves as members of a “pro-Western fraternal organization for men who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world, aka Western Chauvinists.” As of Jan. 6, 2021, Ochs also was an “Elder” within the Proud Boys. Elders had a senior leadership role within the group, with responsibilities including the approval of new chapters.

Ochs traveled from Honolulu to Washington, D.C., arriving on Jan. 5. That night, he stayed at a hotel in Virginia with DeCarlo, who had traveled from Texas. The two attended a rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6 and then marched to the Capitol, where they joined other people who were illegally on the grounds. They arrived at the West Front, near scaffolding in place for the inauguration. A line of police was attempting to keep the mob from the inaugural stage. Both men threw smoke bombs at the police line.

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Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-men-sentenced-prison-terms-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach

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1. Guess what else? Lost his election to Adrian Tam, a gay Asian young man,

And not by a little.

From HawIi Public Radio but I can’t find the story without a Facebook link so here’s the text:
Nicholas Ochs, the founder of Hawaiʻi's Proud Boys chapter, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.

Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled in federal court on Friday that Ochs will serve four years in prison, three years of supervised release and have to pay $7,100 in additional fines.

Several other offenders were charged, including Nicholas DeCarlo, who posted photos on social media alongside Ochs on Jan. 6, and Ronald Sandlin, who assaulted Capitol police officers.

Ochs, 36, is the founder of the Hawaiʻi chapter of Proud Boys, an international organization of right-wing men. He and DeCarlo caught public attention when they were among those to physically enter the Capitol, filming videos of themselves to post on social media.

Ed MacMahon, Ochs' attorney, said in court papers that his client, “regrets and is deeply embarrassed by his juvenile behavior exhibited at the Capitol.”

MacMahon called the ruling a “long prison sentence for somebody that didn’t commit a single act of violence.”

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Proud Boys Hawaiʻi leader Nicholas Ochs and friend plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot

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The men admitted to throwing smoke bombs at a line of police trying to keep the mob from the stage set up for Biden's inauguration.

Ochs was arrested in Honolulu the day after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Since then, he has been charged on counts of conspiracy, destruction and theft of government property, aiding and abetting, obstruction of an official proceeding and entering restricted grounds.

In September, Ochs pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony charge for the indictment and obstruction of an official proceeding.

The Department of Justice reported more than 900 individuals were arrested in almost every state for crimes related to the insurrection.

Ochs was a journalism major and political science minor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Ochs was the Republican Party’s candidate to represent Waikīkī in the Hawaiʻi House in the November 2020 election. Ochs lost to Democrat Adrian Tam.

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2. Good!! Ty nt

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3. Good!! Ty nt

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4. Fuck whose feelings?

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5. Sentences seem appropriate. It was an insurrection, though, not a riot.

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6. Good!

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7. Good news, Nicholas Ochs

You'll be going live when you go to prison. Dumbass.