A Florida man who assaulted at least six police officers during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to five years in prison.

A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show.

Kenneth Bonawitz, a member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group’s Miami chapter, assaulted at least six police officers as he stormed the Capitol with a mob of Donald Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. He grabbed one of the officers in a chokehold and injured another so severely that the officer had to retire, according to federal prosecutors.

Bonawitz, 58, of Pompano Beach, Florida, carried an eight-inch knife in a sheath on his hip. Police seized the knife from him in between his barrage of attacks on officers.

  • NeatoEnglish
    14·
    5 months ago

    They’d be traitors, just the same.

    That’s the thing with all flavors of treason: insurrection, rebellion, revolution, civil war, etc. If you don’t win, you’re a traitor.

    And the vast majority of Americans don’t want “leftist” anarchists to overthrow the government. You can see what happens when people overthrow their governments by watching abroad.

    • Sybil@lemmy.world
      310·
      5 months ago

      I don’t know why you would put leftist in scare quotes.

      look up the father of anarchism proudhon. read about the second internationale. the Spanish revolution. anarchism is leftist. anything purporting to be anarchism that is not on the left is neither.

      • NeatoEnglish
        8·
        5 months ago

        Anarchism might be. But overthrowing a democratically elected government in spite of the population’s desires isn’t progressive. That’s fascist. So get out of here with your treason.

        • Sybil@lemmy.world
          26·
          5 months ago

          a democratically elected government

          most people didn’t vote for any of the people in government

        • Sybil@lemmy.world
          15·
          5 months ago

          So get out of here with your treason.

          this brings to mind one of the most formative songs of my youth:

          You watched in awe at the red,
White, and blue on the fourth of july.
While those fireworks were exploding,
I was burning that fucker
And stringing my black flag high,
Eating the peanuts
That the parties have tossed you
In the back seat of your father's new Ford.
You believe in the ballot,
Believe in reform.
You have faith in the elephant and jackass,
And to you, solidarity's a four-letter word.
We're all hypocrites,
But you're a patriot.
You thought I was only joking
When I screamed "Kill Whitey!"
At the top of my lungs
At the cops in their cars
And the men in their suits.
No, I won't take your hand
And marry the State.
        • Sybil@lemmy.world
          16·
          5 months ago

          But overthrowing a democratically elected government in spite of the population’s desires isn’t progressive. That’s fascist.

          fascism is right wing. leftist anarchist overthrowing any government is just leftist anarchists doing leftist anarchism.

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
        11·
        5 months ago

        Still bitter that right wingers stole the word libertarian from us, but they can keep it now. It’s been too thoroughly poisoned

    • HACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.social
      219·
      5 months ago

      >They’d be traitors, just the same.

      is that what you thought about the j20 arrestees?

      the left wants the liberation of all people.

      liberals only want liberation so long as it doesn’t interfere with profitability.