MrWtr0102
AnarchoNinaAnalyzesSpeaking of the January 6th 2021 coup attempt (or autogolpe if you're being technical about it), one of the most violent pro-Trump rioters caught a 20 year sentence late last week. For those who don't remember David Nicholas Dempsey, he was the guy they caught on film stomping on cops' heads and giving one of them a concussion through his riot helmet with a metal crutch (not his own btw.)
"His criminal record in California includes convictions for burglary, theft and assault. The assault conviction stemmed from an October 2019, gathering near the Santa Monica Pier, where Dempsey attacked people peacefully demonstrating against then-President Trump, prosecutors said.
βThe peaceful protest turned violent as Dempsey took a canister of bear spray from his pants and dispersed it at close range against several protesters,β they wrote, noting that Dempsey was sentenced to 200 days of jail time.
Dempsey engaged in at least three other acts of βvicious political violenceβ that didnβt lead to criminal charges βfor various reasons,β according to prosecutors. They said Dempsey struck a counter-protester over the head with a skateboard at a June 2019 rally in Los Angeles, used the same skateboard to assault someone at an August 2020 protest in Tujunga, California, and attacked a protester with pepper spray and a metal bat during a August 2020 protest in Beverly Hills, California."
The only thing I'd really like to add here pertains to the section of the article I quoted above. The obvious truth is that Dempsey has been a dangerous fascist who uses violence in pursuit of political aims for a long time, engaging in at least four prior attacks designed to intimidate anti-fascist protestors by causing them bodily harm. Despite this, it took repeatedly attacking cops in the middle of a fascist coup attempt for him to face any *real* consequences for his actions. And if that doesn't speak to the way our so-called justice system coddles fascists while punishing everyday people on the right side of history, as well as who really "matters" as far as the courts are concerned, I dunno what does.
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Capitol rioter gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences
A California man with a history of political violence has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. David Nicholas Dempseyβs sentence is among the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions. Prosecutors described him as one of the most violent members of the mob of Donald Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify Joe Bidenβs 2020 presidential election victory. Dempsey, from Van Nuys, pleaded guilty in January to two counts of assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon.