Authorities are searching for a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before his sentencing in a U.S. Capitol riot case, where prosecutors are seeking more than a decade in prison, according to a warrant made public Friday.

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    1 year ago

    How are these people not sitting in jail awaiting sentencing like people busted for some small drug charge. Bail for traitors should not be an option.

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      1 year ago

      Bail shouldn’t exist.

      Either you’re too dangerous to be free or you’re fine. Money shouldn’t come into it.

      If you’re going to run, the 10% to a bondsman is just a fine. So they keep moving bail up, which means normal people that plan to show up have to pay even more that they’ll never get back from the bondsman.

      The current system makes zero sense, but it makes people a lot of money

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      1 year ago

      He was in jail. But unfortunately the jail officers treated him cruelly and unfairly, by delaying urgent medical treatment. Those officers were held in contempt and the defendant was put under house arrest.

      https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-district-of-columbia-capitol-siege-b944fd79b8e132f633bfb0111adfaba8

      It’s possible this proud boys member is terrified of going back to jail. Which wouldn’t be surprising given that authorities did an awful job of caring for him whilst in custody.