Former Proud Boy Says Group Prepared for 'All-Out Revolution' on Jan. 6

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — As a gang of Proud Boys stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Jeremy Bertino, one of the leaders of the far-right group, was at home in North Carolina, watching livestreams of the riot and offering advice to his compatriots on the ground.

Recovering from stab wounds he sustained during an earlier pro-Trump rally, Mr. Bertino was trying his best to aid his fellow Proud Boys in what he believed was another American Revolution. In a barrage of messages, he told his friends to “form a spear,” encouraging them to move en masse toward the Capitol.

“I was excited,” he testified Wednesday. “I thought I was watching history and watching the guys about to go into the building.”

Appearing for a second day of testimony at the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the Proud Boys in Federal District Court in Washington, Mr. Bertino gave the proceeding a sudden burst of drama by taking the stand against his former associates. After nearly six weeks of arcane arguments about evidence and often lackluster testimony, Mr. Bertino offered jurors an insider’s glimpse of the growing sense of desperation within both the Proud Boys’ leadership and rank and file in the weeks leading up to the Capitol attack.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/proud-boys-jan-6-trial.html

[sakabatou]

1. If they try this kind of shit again

Hopefully the security will be higher.

[EarthFirst]

2. ...and the sentences much more severe! nt

[vercetti2021]

9. If they try this shit again

Send them home in body bags. No more fucking slapping traitors on the wrist. The only way they will stop is putting them down.

[The Grand Illuminist]

12. It's all we have left.

All civil options are used up.

[Mr.Bill]

3. So they were going to take over the US government

with a motel room full of guns. Genius plan.

[Zambero]

5. And a Shaman too!

Nothing like being "dressed for success".

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. It may very well have succeeded,

the old saying :it's not how many you kill, it's who you kill.

We came close that day to losing our democracy and freedoms.

[bluestarone]

11. Agree! VERY CLOSE! This is their first attempt

I'm positive, it won't be their last. We have to make sure that THIS can NEVER happen again.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. +100. nt

[Beastly Boy]

4. Pfft! Small fish! Low hanging fruit!

Wake me up when Trump and his stooges in government get locked up.

... Oh, almost forgot. I would be happy if I am proven to be wrong and will be the first one to publicly apologize if any of the Proud Boys turn out to be the ones out to destroy our democracy. Promise.

[Traildogbob]

10. And we still

Do not have a law or penalty regarding domestic terrorist! Have I heard that correct?

[Ligyron]

14. Damn pay wall...

That looked like a really interesting article too...

[republianmushroom]

15. 25 months and counting