Did antifa do 1/6? Nope. That they had nothing to do with it. However lots of the individuals who have been truly there committing crimes are actually in jail. On Thursday, 1/6 defendant Gilbert Fonticoba was sentenced to 4 years in federal jail for his actions on January sixth and subsequent lack of regret.
Gilbert Fonticoba, seen within the MAGA hat on this video, sentenced to 4 years in federal jail. https://t.co/ByMRKQ9KQ5
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 11, 2024
“We breached the fuckin’ Capitol hill, brah. We breached the fuckin’ Capitol building, brah. That shit was fuckin’ intense as fuck, bro,” stated the person often known as #SumoPB, NBC Information Justice reporterReilly added.
Fonticoba’s actions as summed up by the federal government embrace breaching the Capitol grounds and constructing with others in who shared his prison intent, serving to to destroy the black metallic fence and interfering with officers who have been attempting to cease the group’s advance as a result of he needed to cease the Certification of the Electoral School vote, adopted by not solely an absence of regret, however false claims that it was a false flag by the FBI and Antifa.
The depth of the “thin blue line champion” hypocrisy can finest be appreciated by Fonticoba saying of the officers who protected the Capitol: “F*ck the Blue.”
From the government’s sentencing memorandum court documents:
As set forth within the Assertion of Offense (ECF No. 44), Fonticoba ready for after which
engaged in persistent efforts to intervene with legislation enforcement on the Capitol and disrupt the Electoral School certification on January 6. Fonticoba ready for and took these actions as a part of a hand-selected group of Proud Boys members1 that brazenly mentioned its plans for violence on the Capitol and intention to confront police who may attempt to stand of their manner. See, e.g., id. at 48-59. On January 6, Fonticoba and his associates adopted by way of, and Fonticoba was on the forefront of the breach throughout a number of important moments. He was among the many first group of rioters that compelled their manner by way of the outer police strains and onto Capitol grounds.
Additionally within the preliminary minutes of the riot, Fonticoba joined Proud Boys leaders Ethan Nordean and Joseph Biggs of their effort to tear down a set metallic fence and unleash the plenty on a skinny line of cops.
Whereas on Capitol grounds, Fonticoba rejoiced in “storm[ing] the Capitol” with fellow Proud Boys, and Fonticoba offered his “current location” so {that a} fellow Proud Boys member might be part of the group’s efforts. After practically an hour on Capitol grounds, when legislation enforcement appeared to regain management over the group, Fonticoba took concerted motion—once more as a part of a bunch—to return to the frontlines and take part in a fateful push up the concrete stairs towards the Capitol constructing.
Fonticoba then joined different Proud Boys, together with Joseph Biggs, as they have been among the many first wave of rioters to enter the Capitol constructing as Members of Congress have been nonetheless in session.
Shortly after coming into, Fonticoba proudly reported again to different Proud Boys, “We just stormed the capital [sic].”
After leaving the Capitol Fonticoba traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, the place he continued to have fun the day’s occasions with the Proud Boys chairman, Enrique Tarrio.
Fonticoba didn’t remorse his actions on January 6; he reveled in them. With respect to those that condemned violence and referred to as for prosecution of those that had stormed the Capitol, Fonticoba voiced his disdain with repeated rejoinders of “Fuck you.”
With respect to the officers who had bravely fought to guard the Capitol and its occupants, Fonticoba provided “F*ck the Blue.”
And whereas understanding full properly that he and his associates had been on the vanguard of the riot, Fonticoba used social media to advance the false narrative that cops and Antifa had engaged in a “false flag operation” on the Capitol.
Fonticoba’s rampage on January 6 was not the results of mistake or accident; his actions had a objective. Fonticoba breached the Capitol grounds and constructing, helped destroy the black metallic fence, and interfered with officers who have been attempting to cease the group’s advance as a result of he needed to cease the Certification of the Electoral School vote.
And Fonticoba took these actions in live performance with others who shared in his prison objective.
In the meantime, the person who incited all of that is as soon as once more operating for president and is the entrance runner for his social gathering’s nomination.
Donald Trump additionally faces 91 prison counts in 4 separate prosecutions, has been discovered answerable for rape and fraud for the reason that final time he ran for workplace, and has refused to rule out violence or even say it’s not acceptable.
Picture: 1/6 selfie video introduced as proof in a Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial, shared by reporter Ryan Reilly.
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