(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . New Jersey Proud Boy Catches a Break From Judge [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-04 Proud Boy Shawn Price, 28, of Rockaway Township, New Jersey was sentenced on April 3 by Trump appointed U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols to one year and one day (2024 is a leap year, so I don’t know if this works out to 366 or 367 days) in prison for his violent storming of the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection. Nichols was the judge who handed out the skimpy four month sentence to Steve Bannon for Contempt of Congress, and then stayed the prison time until Bannon’s appeal is heard. According to court documents, on Jan. 6, 2021, Price was a member of the Proud Boys and served as vice president of his local chapter. The Proud Boys describe themselves as members of a “pro-Western fraternal organization for men who refuse to apologize for creating the modern world, aka Western Chauvinists.” According to the documents, Price traveled to Washington with 10-12 other members of the chapter. He and four or five of these associates then illegally entered the restricted area of the Capitol grounds, ignoring the police officers in riot gear and the clouds of chemical irritants in the air, which did not deter them. Even after being hit in the chest by a rubber bullet and sprayed with tear gas himself, Price was not deterred. He filmed a confrontation with law enforcement officers taking place on the Lower West Terrace, using profanities as he screamed at the officers, calling them “traitors,” “cowards,” and “scumbags.” He then proudly posted the video online At one point, as a crowd of rioters was ascending the stairs after breaching the line of law enforcement officers, Price said, “Let’s go … let’s go …. Let’s go!” and “They thought we couldn’t do it, they wanted to hold us back, now look at this s----.” After officers sprayed a chemical irritant in hopes of controlling the mob, Price continued shouting profanities. www.justice.gov/... Price’s defense attorney chalked it up to patriotism and “voicing his concerns.” Price's attorney, Harley Breite, had argued that his client "simply wanted to voice his concerns about the erosion of what he feels is the American fabric" and went with no plan to cause harm to any persons or property. www.dailyrecord.com/... Attempt to overthrow the government and attack the police, you can spend a year in jail — if you get the right judge! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/4/2161975/-New-Jersey-Proud-Boy-Catches-a-Break-From-Judge Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/