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In his sentencing memo Thursday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney made it clear why he was letting Tyler Laube off lightly.

It wasn’t just because of what Laube did or didn’t do – the defendant had already confessed to beating a journalist at a 2017 Southern California rally and pleaded guilty to violating riot laws as part of a white supremacist gang.

Laube deserved a light sentence, Carney said, because prosecutors should have focused on leftist groups

In a 22-page memo, Carney repeatedly said prosecutors have “ignored” violence committed by Antifa and instead focused on targeting people like Laube – Trump supporters and members of the far right.

The federal judge’s strong words – and clear political bent – are as unusual as they are uninformed, legal experts told USA TODAY.

He’s really gone off the deep end,” said John Donohue, a professor at Stanford Law School.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Ah yes, the "activist judges" i always hear conservatives whine about

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Conservatism is a plague of oppression and death. Being conservative should be a disqualifier for positions of authority.

Conservative policing and conservative courts are moral justification for extrajudicial justice against conservative offenders.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

Is there no way these magats can be disbarred? Seems a blatant political action

[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 68 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So whataboutism is now law?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

For the right and the people in power, laws are just a mere suggestion. In fact, them breaking the law is kind of a status symbol for them, note that they often apologizes for being caught, not for the deed they did.

In their endgame, they'll be rubbing it into our faces.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

That's the purpose of propaganda.

Right wing ~~media~~ propaganda is a cancer on society... They literally formed a separate reality for people to live within.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

What the fuck

[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hope that the antifa prisoners get a successful appeal against their excessive sentences out of this.

And that the fash judge is forced to retire immediately, with a review into all their sentencing decisions.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't happen with federal judges. They have to be impeached by Congress and tried in the Senate. It has happened a few times but it is rare.

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