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   brianonbarrington@mastodon.world's status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 15:23:00 JST brianonbarrington

   The federal prison sentences being handed down to Oath Keeper and Proud Boy terrorists for armed insurrection are generally signficantly shorter than what one would get for a felony smash-n-grab robbery. Rule of law continues to treat alt-right activists and the oligarchs who fund them as a privileged class.

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     brianonbarrington@mastodon.world's status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 15:23:24 JST brianonbarrington

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     For example, the man in the linked article who robbed two drug stores in Marin County, California, is receiving ten years in prison. Jessica Watkins, the Oath Keeper terrorist who coordinated a major portion of the violent assault on the Capitol via walkie-talkie, received only 8.5 years.

     Our legal system rates shampoo and razor blades as more important than the operation of our democratic government.

     https://www.marinij.com/2023/05/25/marin-drugstore-robber-gets-10-year-prison-term/