Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge

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Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge
theguardian.com

Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge before the sentence was handed down, calling him a ‘clown’ and a ‘fraud’

A man who stormed the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys far-right extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him.

Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge James Boasberg before the sentence was handed down, calling him a “clown” and a “fraud” presiding over a “kangaroo court”.

The judge warned Bru that he could be kicked out of the courtroom if he continued to disrupt the proceedings.

“You can give me 100 years and I’d do it all over again,” said Bru, who was handcuffed and shackled.

“That’s the definition of no remorse in my book,” the judge said.

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Bru has been representing himself with an attorney on standby. He has spewed anti-government rhetoric that appears to be inspired by the sovereign citizen movement. At the start of the hearing, Bru demanded that the judge and a prosecutor turn over five years of their financial records.

Just to make it perfectly clear that this guy is an imbecile.

I mean if the last decade hasn't proven it yet, I just want to reiterate. You don't need to be smart to destroy America.

You don't need to be smart to destroy America.

Its a lot easier to break stuff than it is to build it or fix it.

Yep.

Just make promises and you can get 49% of the voting population to pull that lever no matter how you vote.

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