The boot in the face
It’s SO unfair.
Actually it’s another two months. April is between March and May and it’s only March 4 now so…two.
The self-described white nationalist who stormed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and posed for gleeful photos during the Capitol riot doesn’t believe he should be in jail—and he’s had a temper tantrum in court to make his opinion known.
“They’re dragging this out. They’re letting everyone else out,” Richard “Bigo” Barnett yelled during his Thursday court hearing, insisting that “it’s not fair” that he is still in jail while a slew of his fellow rioters have been released pending trial.
Well, different people did different things. Different people pose different levels of flight risk. Judges have discretion. Also if we’re going to talk about “fair,” it’s not all that fair to smash your way into the Capitol and into Nancy Pelosi’s offices and then to vandalize those offices and steal some of the contents.
Barnett’s outburst was futile. After a five-minute recess, his lawyers told the judge they intended to file a new bail motion. The judge said he would rule on whether to release Barnett after that is filed, then abruptly ending the hearing. His next court date is May 4.
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Prosecutors allege that during the Jan. 6 siege that forced lawmakers to hide for hours, Barnett was photographed carrying a stun gun and walking into Pelosi’s office. He posed for photographs sitting in Pelosi’s office with his feet propped on a desk, according to a criminal complaint.
Prosecutors allege that plus we’ve all seen the photographs.
Another photo shows Barnett, who previously described himself as a white nationalist who was prepared for a violent death, holding an envelope addressed to Pelosi. Once outside the Capitol, he appeared to brag about his behavior, all while still holding the personalized envelope he stole from Pelosi’s office.
“I did not steal it. I bled on it because they were macing me and I couldn’t fucking see so I figured I am in her office. I got blood on her office. I put a quarter on her desk even though she ain’t fucking worth it,” Barnett told one news outlet, according to the complaint. “And I left her a note on her desk that says, ‘Nancy, Bigo was here, you bitch.’”
And now he’s there.
Isn’t it funny how those who call for “law and order” really have no clue as to how it actually works? Or at least never thought they’d have it do its work on <i.them.
Or, to quote a Bruce Cockburn song: Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else.
Via Popehat
Hey Bigo! count your blessings – after all you got arrested for taking part in an insurrection. It’s not like you got shot 5 times for having a broken tail light.
“Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else noticed? You don’t need doubletalk; you need Bob Loblaw.”
There used to be a smug little line Republicans liked to recite:
‘A conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged.’
Perhaps we should say:
‘A liberal is a conservative who’s been arrested.’
Worth repeating liberally!