Proud Boy white supremacist Alan Swinney sentenced to 10 years in prison for his actions at BLM protests in Portland

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[–]ShalomEveryone[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

A judge on Friday sentenced self-proclaimed Proud Boy Alan Swinney to 10 years in prison for pulling out a loaded revolver, firing paintballs and spraying bear mace at counterprotesters in downtown Portland last year.

 

The jury found Swinney, 51, guilty of 11 of 12 charges: one count of second-degree assault, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of unlawful use of Mace and one count each of pointing a firearm at another, attempted second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, attempted fourth-degree assault and menacing.

 

Vasquez also submitted a letter Swinney wrote from the county’s Inverness Jail to former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Swinney disparaged George Floyd, the Black man Chauvin killed by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes.

 

Glad to see another violent thug is off the streets.

 

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[–]WhiteZealot 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

10 years in prison for "pulling out a loaded revolver, firing paintballs and spraying bear mace at counterprotesters" is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment. A reasonable punishment for that would be 3 months. This practice of piling on a laundry list of charges needs to be made illegal.

This is why, if you're a rightwinger, you shouldn't step foot in a jurisdiction controlled by leftists. They will not apply the law impartially and reasonably for you.

[–]ShalomEveryone[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

10 years in prison for "pulling out a loaded revolver, firing paintballs and spraying bear mace at counterprotesters" is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment.

lol, looks like you glossed over the fact he's a repeat offender with one misdemeanor to his name. You also glossed over the fact that there were a lot of charges stacked against him that he was convicted of. You conveniently failed to specifically mention that he assaulted people.

The jury found Swinney, 51, guilty of 11 of 12 charges: one count of second-degree assault, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of unlawful use of Mace and one count each of pointing a firearm at another, attempted second-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, attempted fourth-degree assault and menacing.

10 years seems about right.

A reasonable punishment for that would be 3 months.

Nope, not for all of the charges a repeat offender was convicted of.

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