New York -Henry Enrique TarrioThe leader of the far-right militia, the Proud Boys, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021 uprising, when hundreds of Morsi supporters demonstrated. Donald Trump storming the US Congress in an attempt to prevent the ratification of his victory Joe Biden in the presidential elections.
The harshest punishment for the assault on the Capitol
It is the harshest sentence among the hundreds of sentences that have been imposed so far on the participants in the revolution. More than 1,000 people have been charged so far. tario39, was convicted of a number of felonies, including They planned an uprisingIn the fifteen-week trial that ended in May with the verdict.
As would be expected in the American system, the amount of punishment is determined at a second hearing. That day has come, and it follows heavy sentences for other members of the militia, ranging from ten to seventeen years, and the death sentence. Stuart Rhodesthe leader of another far-right militia, the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to eighteen years in prison.
Tarrio’s threatening messages to lead the revolution
Unlike the others, Tarrio was not in Washington on the day of the riot. And a few weeks earlier, in December 2020, he was arrested in the US capital on charges of burning the US flag. The Black Lives Matter movementDuring a rally to protest Trump’s defeat. Tarrio, who had been living in Miami, Florida, had been kicked out of Washington and banned from returning. But federal prosecutors and then a Washington judge held that Tarrio played a leadership role in the rebellion, as a “charismatic leader” and “expert advocate.”
Among the telephone messages seized by the FBI, cited in the reasons for sentencing, were some in which the leader of the Proud Boys, in menacing tone, ordered militia members to “Don’t try to leaveOn January 6th the insurrection was abandoned. In other letters Tarrio emphasized the value of revolution. One asked who
his aides in a telegram:Whatever the outcome…make it a showThe right-wing soldiers tried to keep their leader in power. they failed. They are not heroes, they are villainsProsecutors wrote in a filing filed with court in August. Tarrio was the highest-ranking of these troopers: his far-right group promotes violence and espouses anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, and misogynist views, in favor of the civil rights organization The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate movement.
Repent before judgment
The same judge, Timothy Kelly, had last week sentenced the group’s other leader, Joseph Biggs, and Ethan Norden, to 17 years in prison; Zachary Riehl, 15, and Dominic Pezzola, 10. The group has been decapitated. The entire summit, at the head of the anti-Semitic, homophobic and racist Nazi organization, will spend years behind bars. Before sentencing, like all his comrades, Tarrio showed remorse for what he had done. “At first – he admitted – I had doubts about whether the elections were really rigged, but then all means became legitimate to vent my disappointment.” “But this protest was not legitimate, and what happened that day is unacceptable,” he added. Tarrio also apologized to the police officers who were attacked during the mutiny. “I am doomed – I confess – to that Live your life with this shame“.
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