81-year-old US Capitol rioter sentenced to three years of probation

[signalmankenneth]

WTF, is an 81 year old during rioting and breaching the capitol too?!! I would have given this old fart some hard time too?!! I hope he does not receive military honors when he dies?!! He is a disgrace to all military veterans too?!!

(CNN) An 81-year-old Army veteran was sentenced to three years of probation on Tuesday for illegally breaching the US Capitol on January 6.

Gary Wickersham, one of the oldest of more than 700 people facing charges related to the Capitol riot, will also have to pay a $2,000 fine and $500 for damage done to the building.

"Mr. Wickersham, I appreciate what you've done here. I think you have led the way for others to recognize that the jig is up," said federal district Judge Royce Lamberth, 78, who noted that Wickersham is "the first defendant I've had that's older than me in quite some time."

"There are a lot of people out there that think some magic is going to happen when they go to trial," Lamberth added. "But when you see these tapes, I don't know what they are going to try. I wish you didn't stay there as long as you did, but when you saw what was going on, you left and that's why I'm doing what I'm doing."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/polit...ham/index.html

[Cypress]

The funniest part is this geezer blames antifa for starting the riot, and claims Democrats had a devious plot to lure
unwitting Trumpers into the Capitol to face arrest.

[T. A. Gardner]

The funniest part is this geezer blames antifa for starting the riot, and claims Democrats had a devious plot to lure
unwitting Trumpers into the Capitol to face arrest.

Hey, it's about as good a version as "IT WAS AN INSURRECTION!" so, give the guy a little credit...

[Guno צְבִי]

Hey, it's about as good a version as "IT WAS AN INSURRECTION!" so, give the guy a little credit...

Yea just peaceful tourists

[Matt Dillon]

WTF, is an 81 year old during rioting and breaching the capitol too?!! I would have given this old fart some hard time too?!! I hope he does not receive military honors when he dies?!! He is a disgrace to all military veterans too?!!

(CNN) An 81-year-old Army veteran was sentenced to three years of probation on Tuesday for illegally breaching the US Capitol on January 6.

Gary Wickersham, one of the oldest of more than 700 people facing charges related to the Capitol riot, will also have to pay a $2,000 fine and $500 for damage done to the building.

"Mr. Wickersham, I appreciate what you've done here. I think you have led the way for others to recognize that the jig is up," said federal district Judge Royce Lamberth, 78, who noted that Wickersham is "the first defendant I've had that's older than me in quite some time."

"There are a lot of people out there that think some magic is going to happen when they go to trial," Lamberth added. "But when you see these tapes, I don't know what they are going to try. I wish you didn't stay there as long as you did, but when you saw what was going on, you left and that's why I'm doing what I'm doing."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/polit...ham/index.html

You know what..he knew that election was cheated and fell in with people that were protesting it the wrong way. Turns out they were the only ones getting wild about it. That doesn't mean people don't feel cheated and Democrats didn't fraud the election and a majority of Americans know and would like to do something more legal than 1/6 about it.

Unless pushed too far and then it's gonna be ugly.

[Doc Dutch]

Yea just peaceful tourists

The judge's comment was good: "There are a lot of people out there that think some magic is going to happen when they go to trial," Lamberth added. "But when you see these tapes, I don't know what they are going to try. "

[Doc Dutch]

Yea just peaceful tourists

The judge's comment was good: "There are a lot of people out there that think some magic is going to happen when they go to trial," Lamberth added. "But when you see these tapes, I don't know what they are going to try. "

[Grumpy]

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I salute this hero ... what a pity he had to pay a fine ... did he do time in the DC gulag ???

[PostmodernProphet]

[SIZE=3][B]WTF, is an 81 year old during rioting and breaching the capitol too?!!

obviously he wasn't......he was found guilty of.....

security footage from inside the building that showed Wickersham walking around in a leather jacket and backwards baseball hat

that's some serious shit, obviously.......he got a bigger sentence than the guy who set fire to the federal building in Portland.......