Nathan Pelham got into a standoff with law enforcement this year after he learned he was being charged in connection with the Capitol attack.

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    “ Pelham paced outside, holding a gun and yelling at police. He eventually went back inside and fired the gun several times. For their own safety, police left the property that night, and let Pelham sleep off his drinking."

    WHAT THE FUCK?!

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      Of course they left. They didn’t want to get shot. You have noticed that cops kill a lot of unarmed people? It’s because they don’t shoot back.

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      Are you suggesting the police take action against every drunk, gun waving neo-nazi who threatens them?!?

      They’d never get any extra-judicial killings, corruption, or asset seizure done.

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        Are you suggesting the police take action against every drunk, gun waving neo-nazi

        We already allow the cops to police themselves.

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    Two years? TWO YEARS?!

    This is fucking nuts. These people took part in an insurrection and they’re all getting slapped on the wrist, even after they get into a standoff with cops trying to arrest them.

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      Any lawyer on any non-violent case where their defendant is looking at more time than these chucklefucks have done, In my view, has an absolutely valid case to say that their defendant should not serve more time than a convicted insurrectionist.

      And, thereby, the system is broken.

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      And the doucheburger that incited it is still enjoying his shoe leather with ketchup on the beach.

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      While I agree 2 years is not long enough, the shooting at cops was while they were doing a welfare check because he was suicidal. Not when they were going to arrest him for Jan 6th. He told his wife he was gonna suicide by cop.

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        I guess I was confused because part of the article made it seem like the welfare check was somehow in relation to the January 6th thing.

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          When they’re a) white and b) political allies.

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    “the FBI special agent said, and one of the officers said a shot “came in so close proximity to myself that I could hear the distinct whistling sound as the bullet traveled by me and then strike a metal object to my right side.””

    Is this real? They didn’t charge him with a crime for this? Is his dad the mayor?

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    wow, he shoots at cops and they leave? As a result of shooting 12 rounds at cops he gets 2 years. Just, wow.

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      I mean, you had me til the last bit. Mass shooters target fellow citizens, not any of those peoblems you point at. How could they POSSIBLY be correct?