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BumRushDaShow

(139,719 posts)
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 03:23 PM Oct 8

We're taking that s-- today!: Rioter seen tossing police barricade, confronting cops during Jan 6 attack gets prison time

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 8th, 2024, 11:31 am


A Minnesota man seen tossing a police barricade over a wall during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will himself have to spend half a year behind bars.

Paul Orta Jr., 34, of Blue Earth — a city near the southern border of the state, some 120 miles away from Minneapolis — had traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend Donald Trump’s so-called “Stop the Steal” rally, planned for Jan. 6. But he landed on law enforcement’s radar even before that: prosecutors say that Orta was one of four people on a privately-owned school bus that had been flagged to Maryland police the day before the rally.

The driver and owner of the bus were eventually arrested after firearms and ammunition were found on the bus, but Orta was searched and released by police twice — first by officers in Maryland on Jan. 5, and later that day in downtown Washington, D.C., by Capitol police.

It is unclear if Orta attended Trump’s rally — during which the then-president urged thousands of his supporters to “fight like hell” against the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral win — on Jan. 6, but by around 1 p.m. that day, he had joined a crowd of rioters that had begun to overwhelm police at the Peace Circle monument.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/were-taking-that-s-today-rioter-seen-tossing-police-barricade-confronting-cops-during-jan-6-attack-gets-prison-time/



Full headline: ‘We’re taking that s— today!’: Rioter seen tossing police barricade, confronting cops during Jan. 6 attack gets prison time
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We're taking that s-- today!: Rioter seen tossing police barricade, confronting cops during Jan 6 attack gets prison time (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 8 OP
Paul your application to Fed U. and your life time enrollment in the republianmushroom Oct 8 #1
half a year? 4catsmom Oct 8 #2
Here's our "hero" in action. This ninja was dressed to fight the Taliban. C0RI0LANUS Oct 8 #3
It is so sad--yes, he has most likely thrown his life away -all for Trump!!--and so many others have also. riversedge Oct 8 #6
Hi riversedge. He was a racist before J6. But thanks to Trump, he became a convicted racist. He threw his life away. C0RI0LANUS Oct 9 #10
The newest member of the fuck around and find out club bottomofthehill Oct 8 #4
According to New York Magazine, The Grand Illuminist Oct 8 #5
Why does this not surprise me? slightlv Oct 8 #7
Where? JoseBalow Oct 9 #9
It's the D.C. jail "2 miles from the Capitol" BumRushDaShow Oct 9 #11
The film of J6 should be at the conclusion of every political ad. mpcamb Oct 8 #8

C0RI0LANUS

(1,082 posts)
3. Here's our "hero" in action. This ninja was dressed to fight the Taliban.
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 04:36 PM
Oct 8

This case was not presided over by either Judge Howell or Chutkan and so this miscreant received half what the prosecutors sought. Too bad. Either way, this young man threw his life away. The internet is forever and technically so is his federal conviction. He'll never be gainfully employed in the US again unless another MAGAt gives him a job when he gets out.

And thanks for posting, BRDS.

Imagery: FBI

riversedge

(72,410 posts)
6. It is so sad--yes, he has most likely thrown his life away -all for Trump!!--and so many others have also.
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 08:35 PM
Oct 8

C0RI0LANUS

(1,082 posts)
10. Hi riversedge. He was a racist before J6. But thanks to Trump, he became a convicted racist. He threw his life away.
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 04:25 AM
Oct 9

bottomofthehill

(8,721 posts)
4. The newest member of the fuck around and find out club
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 04:50 PM
Oct 8

6 months is a little shorter than I would have sentenced him, but I dont get to hand out the sentences. I hope his 6 months is miserable, long and scary. I hope he lives each day in fear. I hope the punitive part of his sentence is just that. He earned it and now owns it. Fuck Him

slightlv

(4,047 posts)
7. Why does this not surprise me?
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 08:58 PM
Oct 8

They group together on the outside in faux militias, what I like to call "clubs" like Proud Boys, etc. They should all be dealt with the same way police and jail guards deal with all gangs. No special treatment, other than mental health treatment.

BumRushDaShow

(139,719 posts)
11. It's the D.C. jail "2 miles from the Capitol"
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 07:43 AM
Oct 9
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/patriot-wing-january-6-rioters-insurrectionists-jail-cell-block.html

Those who have been incarcerated awaiting trial and/or final sentencing to a federal prison, have apparently been put in a certain "wing" of the D.C. jail. I expect they are talking about the "D.C. Central Detention Facility" which is near the U.S. Capitol building.

mpcamb

(2,945 posts)
8. The film of J6 should be at the conclusion of every political ad.
Tue Oct 8, 2024, 10:11 PM
Oct 8

Last edited Wed Oct 9, 2024, 06:37 PM - Edit history (1)

"...this is the group trump expressed his support of."
"These are the people republicans (Who run for office as we speak) said were 'tourists' '".

I think people need to have their noses rubbed in it if the consider voting for trump.

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