Ex Leader of The Proud Boys off to the slammer.

I think we'd be in a better place if all communications with the USA was shut down maybe the Russians will cut the transatlantic cables?

Seditious conspiracy.

Trump formed part of his defence.

The Judge actually used Trumps actions as a mitigating factor in sentencing.

Which is very interesting.

The thing I am kind of surprised by is his about turn in the courtroom; tearful, never meant for this to happen, got caught up in the emotions - as if he was just there to do some sight seeing and got caught up in this unintentionally....

Still though, the ultimate ringleader here was Trump and he'll never be prosecuted for it. Meanwhile, this goon spends 15 years in jail.

The other interesting thing is this notion that the presidents own security were involved, that Mike Pence refused to co=operate with his own security personnel on the day, as he was fearful they were on the other side.

Only sorry he got convicted, nothing more. If you took away the legal jeopardy of what he did, he'd be dining out on stories from that day, or at least trying to do so.

good man yourself

A good number of the insurrectionists will retain their beliefs while in prison. They may even intensify as thoughts stew around in their minds while sitting in their cells. We know this from examples such as Donald Trump himself 'recording' a single with convicted supporters as they sing an eerie rendition of the US national anthem down the phone. The so-called "Q Shaman" has certainly not renounced his worldview and right after leaving prison has been given interviews in full garb, though the head dress he now wears is a replica, with the original still confiscated.

But that isn't to make an argument against jailing them. It's just to say that it's not going to knock the crazy out of them. Far more important to make society in general move on from the susceptibility to all their nonsense rather than doing anything with these individuals.

It's only going to get worse Ive noticed a slew of ex military and gun youtubers suddenly finding God and wanting to bring America back to strict conservative governments while hinting at running in elections, these guys have access to Bigger and more extreme audiences than most politicians, God , traditional families and 2A ,but they want to take rights from everyone else that doesn't fit their views

All you can really say is that they're welcome to their views. They aren't welcome to enact criminal conspiracies, however.

I don't think you can get around the problem of the person having to want to be helped. This is probably a total misconception, but I picture the deradicalisation process as something akin to Goodwill Hunting where it's a lot of informal chats with a chummy oversharing professor about every subject under the sun, until the subject eventually realises that there is so much more to life than hate and fear.

Whatever the actual process, if it doesn't seem to the subject like it's their own idea to turn their back on their old views, then it's impossible to know if it's only lip service being paid to the process.