Josiah Colt, Capitol Rioter Pictured Hanging from Senate Balcony, Begs Forgiveness

[George II]

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Source: Newsweek

Arioter who was photographed hanging from the balcony of the Senate Chamber has begged for forgiveness, saying he got "caught up in the moment."

The man--identified by local media as Josiah Colt, from Boise, Idaho--said his actions had been inappropriate and that he had not intended to leave a "stain on our great Country's Democratic process."

His apology comes after he bragged about his rampage through the U.S. Capitol.

In a video posted on Instagram shortly after his rampage, Colt used a derogatory slur to refer to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and called her "a traitor."

https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1701098/man-hangs-senate-chamber-balcony.webp
https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/1701120/man-senate-chamber-floor.webp



Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/josiah-colt-capitol-rioter-pictured-hanging-senate-balcony-forgiveness-1559945

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Here's his video:

[Aristus]

1. I guess his job, like he himself, is hanging in the balance.

Grovel all you want, hero. I hope your stupid ass gets fired...

[dchill]

6. Good one!

[SoCalNative]

39. His "job"

is his own small business that he runs. His customers will do the firing.

[jeffreyi]

51. What's his business?

The world wants to know. So it can be boycotted into oblivion. Plus, jail time for the f**ker.

[jeffreyi]

57. Just found it.

So, now it's all better, he's sorry. He's also prominantly LDS. Time for them to step up and denounce this s**t and expel that guy.

[SoCalNative]

60. Don't know the name

but he's in "marketing and advertising"

[Captain Zero]

104. Ah marketing, just like the Brander-In-Chief

First rule in marketing. Don't ruin your own Brand.

[onetexan]

58. The fool is groveling to avoid prosecution.

[freepotter]

89. Exactly!!

Tell it to the judge.

[Lucky Luciano]

59. I got a better idea: Gitmo.

[trueblue2007]

139. 25 years in jail ..... just like Shaq says !!

Shaquille O'Neal: White Privileged Rioters Should Get 25 Years In Jail .... Shaq calls out the injustice and double standard that let white seditionists go home from their riot. ... By John Amato


During the pregame show of TNT's NBA coverage Thursday evening, Shaquille O'Neal explained that the attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters was an extreme example of white privilege in America. Charles Barkley opened up by saying even though he dislikes Trump he blames all politicians. (Sure.) Kenny Smith wondered why these people rioted at all and made the observation that BLM protests happened because protestors wanted to protect their own lives from trigger-happy law enforcement, but MAGA people were angry merely because they lost the presidential vote.

SHAQUILLE O'NEAL: For all of the people that sit back and think in 2022 [sic] that there is no white privilege, you saw it yesterday. If you have to ask yourself what if that was Black people, you know there is a problem.

You know, we protest, we chant, we do this, we get beat up. They call the National Guard. We have the courage to say, we come in Wednesday, we coming on Wednesday. what do you do Tuesday night? You call the National Guard. You have them stand there at the steps. We march and we doing whatever, we still get beat up.

You got the privileged cats, they run in the Capitol [building], which is is not supposed to happen, and they get to do what they want. And it's still going on and it's unfortunate it's still going on.... ...I'm disappointed that I saw that. But my thing is how you let this guy get in Nancy Pelosi's office?


O'NEAL: Put his feet up and go like this. How does that happen? You can't let a brother just come up to one cop and say one thing without getting maced, billy clubbed or anything. That is what white privilege is for all of the people that sit back and act like there is no white privilege. We have a couple of CEOs. We have one or two black billionaires members. We have come a long way. We haven't come long enough!

Shaq said when a struggling black man sells a bag of drugs, a nonviolent crime, they get 25 years.
O'NEAL: All of those people who stormed the Capitol should get 25, 30 years and should get harsh sentences for doing what they did.



https://crooksandliars.com/2021/01/shaquille-oneal-white-privileged-rioters

[dchill]

2. ...Do not collect $200.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. fuck. them. all. no forgiveness, ever.

[samsingh]

106. exactly

it sounds like they were out to kill Pelosi and Shumer. Pence too, but i don't care about him.

[yuiyoshida]

135. I agree..

Let them LAWYER UP!

[unblock]

4. I'm really sorry I got in trouble for what I did.

[Merlot]

79. And oh so sorry I got caught.

[Rorey]

5. It's always a timesaver when an idiot makes a video confession

Thanks, Mr. Colt.

Enjoy paying for your defense, idiot.

[SergeStorms]

124. These morons think..

their hero will come galloping in on a white stallion and rain money all over them for their legal defense. I imagine the brotherhood of inbred lunatics will start a GoFundMe page for all these idiots.

[yaesu]

7. Save your begging for the Federal Judge when sentencing is being decided. nt

[volstork]

8. SO articulate!

What a measured and thoughtful young man.

[dchill]

14. If I was as smart as he is, I'd have been there!

[George II]

19. But no doubt you're smarter so you weren't there.

[dchill]

21. So you see what I did there.

[Escurumbele]

68. LOL - You win the "witty comment of the day"...Thank you, I needed to laugh.

[dchill]

74. YW!

[dweller]

9. Lock him up

for a long time

✌🏻

[Sanity Claws]

10. Prosecute the fucker

He's just sorry that he got caught.

[The empressof all]

11. Entitled POS

I'm not a violent person but I admit to imagining punching his smirking face. Hope he is now experiences the full extent of the law and spends time in a small cell. Fricken Asshole.

[Mike 03]

12. Tough Titty

I hope I'm allowed to say that on DU.

[Dawson Leery]

13. 50 years in solitary would be just.

[Midnightwalk]

15. Must have heard the FBI was looking for him

I was just cosplaying insurrectionist. Wah.

Didn’t watch the confession video. I’ll leave that for the trial.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

16. 10 years without parole. Next!

[onetexan]

34. +1 K&R

[safeinOhio]

17. Put that one back in the shed and

bring out a sharper shovel.

[RealityCheque]

18. Once again...

A brainwashed coward at that put up or shut up moment. What is it that you don’t get about unlawful trespass?

[2naSalit]

20. Nope. What you did is unforgivable.

[jmbar2]

22. No unemployment for you

Owner of Funnelcraft digital marketing firm. Now defunct.

[KayF]

26. I was about to post

what business does he own? These people are all business owners.

[NHvet]

90. His company website seems to have been taken down or it's suffering a DOS... Sad..NOT!!!

[SWBTATTReg]

103. DOS...don't know DOS means? fyi? thanks!

[DeminPennswoods]

107. Denial of Service

when a website gets flooded with so many requests from ip addresses it shuts down.

[SWBTATTReg]

108. Yeah, I familiar w/ denial of svc, I didn't think it stood for dos operating system, etc.

Appreciate it, hadn't seen that acronym used that way...thanks!

[NHvet]

112. MS-DOS...aaahhh

a blast from the past...

[SWBTATTReg]

118. Really. I agree. I haven't thought of dos, etc. in so long, being retired. It does bring back

memories, my memories are of mainframes and such, TSO, etc. Long long ago...

[NHvet]

110. DOS meaning

Denial of service.. per Websters..."an interruption in an authorized user's access to a computer network, typically one caused with malicious intent". If my memory serves me right this website was struck during the 2016 campaign

[intrepidity]

117. I think usually shown "DoS" to differentiate from DOS nt

[RoadRunner]

23. Hanging Chad

His lawyer wrote a plum purdy speech for him.

[FailureToCommunicate]

138. Nice!

[greenjar_01]

146. Bazinga!

[gab13by13]

24. If they aren't held accountable,

it will keep happening. He doesn't just need to lose his job, he needs to be arrested which could cause him to lose his job. I know that was a rule at the company I worked at.

[RockRaven]

25. I'm gonna borrow a line from Shawshank: "Salvation lies within..."

But not in a damn bible, your salvation is waiting for you in a prison cell!

Bye bye!

[Harker]

31. But this time, it's Mr. Fuzzybritches. n/t

[ace3csusm]

70. I go with the National Treasure line "Someone has to go to Prison for this"

[kwolf68]

27. Round these fuckers up

Apologize all you want, but you WILL BE held accountable for your act of sedition. Time to pay the fiddler, all of you.

[Harker]

28. ...sniff... n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

29. We'll be reading lots more of these BS Mea Culpas in the following days and weeks to come.

It was all fun and games with the rest of the mob until the Party was over and the hangover kicked in.

[sakabatou]

30. There's no forgiveness for you, asshole.

[Vinca]

32. Poor, poor Josiah. Lock him up.

[Dave in VA]

33. But, MOMMY!

I promise I won't do it again!

[hibbing]

35. The economic anxiety is palpable n/t

[3825-87867]

36. ok ok. So tell the maggots

the next objective will be the inauguration is being moved to Ft. Levenworth and they need to storm it and break in to stop the event!

[stillcool]

37. Yeah, sure looked like he had no idea

what he was doing.

His name is Josiah Colt, according to Boise-based news outlet KBOI-TV. He said he was consulting with his attorney.
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“I was the first one that hopped down into the chamber, and I was the first one to sit in Nancy Pelosi–” he said before switching his train of thought. “That bitch. She’s a traitor, she’s treasonous.”

https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/man-seen-hanging-off-of-ledge-during-raid-on-senate-says-hes-talking-to-his-lawyer/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

53. And the Right Wing will claim he is antifa/"BLM" because he is dressed in black. . . . nt

[mwb970]

38. I thought the rioters were all antifa.

[durablend]

40. asdf

The man--identified by local media as Josiah Colt, from Boise, Idaho--said his actions had been inappropriate and that he had not intended to leave a "stain on our great Country's Democratic process."


BULLSHIT. LOCK HIM UP

[Bernardo de La Paz]

56. Please don't do that

Please type meaningful Subject lines if you wish to help and respect your DU members.

It even increases the chances your post will be read.

[BlueStater]

41. Yeah, that's not going to keep you out of prison, buddy.

You fucked yourself.

[Fullduplexxx]

42. Just stfu and do your 10 years in prison

[Firebrand Gary]

43. No.

He must be prosecuted the fullest extent of the law.

[orangecrush]

44. Buh bye, mofo.

[jalan48]

45. I think begging is in Josiah's future.

[relayerbob]

46. He'll be forgiven...

right after his prison sentence is complete

[Traildogbob]

54. The constitution

Is specific in its penalty for treason, does not mention a I’m sorry, got caught up in the attack. His posted video and comments are enough for that firing squad wall.
Zero, zero, let em walk consequences. Time for penalties that will guarantee anyone willing to kill congress members and even VP, will never try it.
Be a man, don’t whine, follow the brave actions of Hitler when he got caught.

[relayerbob]

82. Agreed

I didn't mention how long or what said sentence should be, but it should be the maximum. After that, he can be forgiven, as the old, broken POS that he is

[irisblue]

47. No. Not accepted. But tell the DA everything, you'll get a better deal

From the story-"I love America, I love the people, I didn't hurt anyone and I didn't cause any damage in the Chamber. I got caught up in the moment and when I saw the door to to the Chamber open, I walked in, hopped down, and sat on the chair. I said my peace then I helped a gentleman get to safety that was injured then left."

snip-"While in the Chamber I told the other protesters that this is a sacred place and not to do any damage. Some of them wanted to trash the place and steal stuff but I told them not to and to leave everything in its place. We're still on sacred ground."


snip-""I sincerely apologize to the American people. I recognize my actions that have brought shame upon myself, my family, my friends, and my beautiful country. In the moment I thought I was doing the right thing. I realize now that my actions were inappropriate and I beg for forgiveness from America and my home state of Idaho.

"My intention wasn't to put a stain on our great Country's Democratic process."

[fierywoman]

48. It's the fucking, constant lying that makes me crazy.

[gademocrat7]

49. He is a despicable domestic terrorist.

We don’t negotiate with traitors.

[FreepFryer]

50. Okey dokey Smokey. Excellent life choice. (Nt)

[justgamma]

52. He's a Trumpster

who is tired of getting lied to. Idiot. Trump lies with each breath he takes and these idiots believe every word.

[bucolic_frolic]

55. Roll him up, imprison, and sentence him so he can get caught up on restitution

Any estimates on damages yet? I think all of them should foot the bill, collectively. Police, lawyer, judges, courts, bail and bondsmen too.

I'd bet they spend $10-15 million at a minimum to restore the Capitol.

Attach their wages.

[LudwigPastorius]

61. Fuck that guy.

He should look on the bright side.

He'll be able to kick his coke/meth snorting while he's doing his 10 years in the federal penitentiary.

[aquamarina]

62. Actions have consequences bro.

[Denvermosaic]

63. Always the loud mouth right wingers who beg for forgiveness when they're in trouble.

[backroadblast]

64. trying to think of an approtiate chant we can use for all these............

Worthless Pieces of damned traitor scum......oh, i got one!

lock him up!
lock him up!
lock him up!

[pazzyanne]

65. "Don't listen to what they say, watch what they do!" nt

[flying_wahini]

66. It's too damn late for his lame ass apology. LOCK his ass up.

[cab67]

67. Forgiveness doesn't mean "no accountability."

Take ownership, accept the consequences, and we'll talk about forgiveness. Not before.

[pat_k]

69. Regret better not save him from a stretch in the hoosgaw.

It is my fervent hope that none of the identified felons get off lightly, no matter how much regret they express.

Unfortunately, I expect prosecutions and sentencing of these people will put white privilege on display.

[Chakaconcarne]

71. I reported someone to their employer this am

They were stupid enough to list their title and employer on facebook and made the following comment:

Kevin Harding
Love the double standard that has made it very clear that the left can destroy anything and it’s published in glorified way but the right side does something that resembles previous acts of violence or destruction and it’s a social media and public frenzy !! It’s just a small glimpse of what might happen on the 20th and at this point , I will have a drink in my hand and watch the destruction

[Jon King]

72. Charge everyone in there with accessory to murder and destruction of a monument...

Minimum 10 years federal prison for anyone who went in, end of story. This must be an example for the world.

[niyad]

73. Trying to beg his way out of a federal murder charge?

[William Seger]

75. I wanna see him "caught up in the moment" of being frog-marched

[NoMoreRepugs]

76. Boo Fucking Hoo - when you poke the bear it usually doesn't work out well.

[scarletwoman]

77. Go fuck yourself, Josiah. Take responsibility, snowflake. You reap what you sow.

[Raven123]

78. Nonsense. He's just sorry he got caught.

[niyad]

80. Which of the many moments that led up to that mass insurrection, you thug? The moments spent

online swallowing bull? The moments it took to get from your white nationalist enclave to D.C.? The hours you spent waiting for your sick, disturbed, leader? The moments of marching to OUR Capitol?? The moments it took to break in? The moments spent terrorizing the people within, the moments fighting the police? The moments in Speaker Pelosi's office? The moments strolling the halls of OUR Capitol before you finally swung from that balcony?

There were a LOT of moments, you thug. And you chose your actions each step,of the way.

FU. Rot in prison for what you attempted to do.

[BumRushDaShow]

81. I swear, the resemblance is uncanny!

[pioche4]

83. An Admission. Prosecute Him.

Kids who would do this at school would be expelled, and if they broke the law, thrown in juvenile hall. This guy should be prosecuted. No bail.

[Hav]

84. Drastic consequences are needed

Every judge/jury considering forgiveness should think about what would have happened had the mob encountered a member of Congress or in this case Pelosi who he singled out. They stormed the Government and that warrants a punishment that should serve as a warning for every dipshit who thinks about repeating what he did.

[MineralMan]

85. "Please place your hands behind your back. You are under arrest."

Tell that shit to the judge.

[George II]

88. I remember on an OLD "Law and Order" episode, Lenny Briscoe said....

...."You have a right to remain silent. Please!"

[Leith]

86. Yeah, I've been caught up in the moment, too

But I have never been caught up in the 6 hours, especially committing an obviously serious felony.

[azureblue]

87. It just dawned on him

that in other countries, he would be jailed for life, or even hanged. And that could be his fate.
Nope.I do not accept the apology. He knew. He's a grown man -he did the crime now he does the time.

[byronius]

91. The Koolaid has worn off and the cold truth is seeping in.

He's just a lost little child now.

[twodogsbarking]

92. Whining like a spoiled child.

Seems contagious.

[robleb]

96. C'mon

just a little bitch that is going to have a difficult time in jail.

[Gilbert Moore]

93. You can be

"caught up in the moment&quot CUITM) if you reach over the wall and grab a fly ball at a ball game.

If you travel from Idaho to the nation's capital to. . . whatever. . . You lost the ability to claim "CUITM" in Wyoming. . .

[Gilbert Moore]

94. You can be

"caught up in the moment&quot CUITM) if you reach over the wall and grab a fly ball at a ball game.

If you travel from Idaho to the nation's capital to. . . whatever. . . You lost the ability to claim "CUITM" in Wyoming. . .

[BlueIdaho]

95. Excommunication looms in his future.

I hope he catches covid from his Bishop.

[Bonhomme Richard]

97. Too late snowflake. Consequences are on their way. n/t

[rustysgurl]

98. To quote Mike Tyson

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." The punch can be figurative or literal. In these cases I wish it could be both. But I'll settle for a nice prison cell so he can sit in "time out" and think about the consequences of his actions.

[Nasruddin]

99. "Tell it to the Marines"

Or maybe save it for your sentencing statement / 1st parole board hearing

[Ford_Prefect]

100. Bullshit Josiah! You went there to "own the Libs" and other monkey-shit moves directed by Donald.

In Singapore or Bangkok you'd be whipped with bamboo and jailed for a very long time. In North Korea you'd likely have been shot. In England you'd be imprisoned for long time and I suspect they wouldn't let you out until you personally apologized to the Monarch and the Nation in public.

You cannot ask forgiveness for Stupid and Selfish. You own that.

You don't deserve the benefit of the doubt that is written into our code of justice.

Fuck You Asshole!

[ArizonaLib]

101. Got caught up in the moment?

Reads like a caption under a cartoon imagining Hitler making excuses at Nuremberg.

[SWBTATTReg]

102. Forgiveness? I know that the bible and/or gospel teach us all to forgive, but ...

remember, he admitted he got caught up in the moment...what if that moment involved picking up their guns, and shooting people? Remember this ... he admitted he got caught up in the moment, how easy would it had been if guns were at hand?

[Javaman]

105. tough shit, asshole. your life is fucked by your own making. own it, you cowardly seditious fuck. nt

[NCjack]

109. Josiah, stop groveling, be a man-MAGAt and take your medicine.

[canuckledragger]

111. Fuck him.

He knew what he was doing, on purpose, the whole time.

He's only sorry now because the coup didn't work and consequences are coming his way.

[NotASurfer]

113. It's called "a reduction in sentence for good behavior" after incarceration

You really mean it? You'll have to change before release now. Assuming a fair trial concludes you actually did what the video shows you doing, and then bragging about having done, and then tearfully admitting to doing.

[padah513]

114. Tell that to the family of the officer that died

Tell them how you just got caught up in the moment while you were committing a felony on Federal property. Go to jail, you murderer.

[twodogsbarking]

115. Not the sharpest fellow

but I'm not surprised.

[McCamy Taylor]

116. Terrorists do not act out of reason

That is why they are terrorists

[barbtries]

119. mmm....no

at least not until he's done time for it.

[Pacifist Patriot]

120. "caught up in the moment"

Well maybe he wouldn't have been caught up in the moment if he hadn't been a stupid paranoid Trumpist who decided to attend an anti-democracy rally in the first place. No sympathy.

And sorry bud. Caught up in the moment isn't typically an acceptable legal defense.

[SunSeeker]

121. No quarter for these seditionists!

Jail him!!

[Lokee11]

122. I can't remember where I heard this one saying before -

Somebody said it - I think it was something like -

"FUCK YOUR FEELINGS!"

This STUPID FUCK needs to be arrested and if he can be charged with Felony Murder, He and every one of the other FuckNuts should be!

FDT!

[seta1950]

123. No

It’s not good enough, how does one get caught up in things and betray one’s country, how?

[Karma13612]

125. Yea.....

NOPE

You had plenty of time to take stock of your actions while traveling from Boise to DC

[Lock him up.]

126. Throw that stupid domestic terrorist as*hole in jail for years.

That will give him time to learn about how a conman used lies to subvert Democracy and attempted to install himself as dictator?

[marble falls]

127. "I think we'll need the third degree to get a statement, Sarge!"

[Harker]

128. I'll forgive him...

when he's served his just sentence for his crimes.

[hvn_nbr_2]

129. "caught up in the moment" my ass

After traveling from Idaho to D.C. to participate in a riot, he claims he only got caught up in the moment. Bullshit!

[greenjar_01]

147. He drove, too, so he could bring his gun

Did he have his gun when he was in the Senate chamber?

[Nululu]

130. All fun & games until 5 people die.

Poor widdle baby. Did reality trip up your entrenched sense of entitlement.

[slumcamper]

131. Prosecute this pussy. Lock him up--MAXIMUM. He crossed the line. Pay the price.

[BlueNProud]

132. He was wearing knee pads.

[Rhiannon12866]

133. Right, we all have "moments" like this!

[MontanaMama]

134. Josiah is in antifa?

Wow!! Lock him up.

[Best_man23]

136. Josiah, forgiveness was yesterday

Today, your scrawny ass needs to STFU and present yourself for arrest.

[Lock him up.]

137. No mercy for playing the idiotic Own-The-Libs game and...

LOSING

[cheezmaka]

140. "Lock her up!" yeah right!

Now the shoe is on the "other foot"... Then again maybe the "con-man" will give him a pardon once before leaving office!

[Nitram]

141. Fucking coward.

[Vivienne235729]

142. He did the crime. He needs to do the time. Period. Young black men aren't shown mercy

in our judicial system. Why should he?

[George II]

143. Some young black men don't even make it to the judicial system.

[weissmam]

144. Ok idiot

name one liberty that you have had taken away , come on just one- what an idiot. It still amazes me that these fools though there would be no consequences for this.

[beachbumbob]

145. saying you are sorry works when you are 6, saying as an adult still sends you prison

[MyOwnPeace]

148. Look at it this way........

For the next 10 years in your cell there will be MANY moments available for you to get "caught up in."

[Cryptoad]

149. 10 years , no parole, and castration should suffice

[Lulu KC]

150. waa waa

[mdbl]

151. typical coward asshole

can't even hold to his own weird convictions

[PatrickforO]

152. Caught up in the moment?? CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT???

He's gotta be shitting us.

He should not even have been there.

No, saying sorry doesn't hack it. He was part of an armed mob that stormed the Capitol at the behest of a treasonous president to commit a coup on our lawful democratic elections. They were going to capture and murder members of Congress for God's sake.

NO. You don't get to say sorry and have it be all over.

Prosecute this jerk to the fullest extent of the law.

[Omaha Steve]

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