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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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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

but it makes people a lot of money

America in a nutshell

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Absolutely agreed. Bail is a horrible concept that again targets the poor population even more.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If jail was a fair punishment then a different jail where his rights are respected is a fair punishment now. Grosses me out how made up on the fly our justice system is sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Anyone check his mom's house?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Imagine that. A coward in the racist ranks of the conservative army. Who’d have thunk it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

But I thought he's just a misunderstood patriot?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

Christopher Worrell of Naples, Florida, was supposed to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of spraying pepper spray gel on police officers, as part of the mob storming the Capitol as Congress was certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory on Jan. 6, 2021.

The sentencing was canceled and a bench warrant for his arrest issued under seal on Tuesday, according to court records.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found Worrell’s medical care for a broken hand had been delayed, and held D.C. jail officials in contempt of court.

Phone numbers listed for Worrell and the woman named as his custodian during his house arrest were not functional.

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the extremist group were convicted of seditious conspiracy in May.


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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, good bot!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Realized his little leader actually doesn’t care about him and so he had to figure something out himself

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or he got spirited away by some friends to go be a rallying flag at some militia in the backwoods.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Did he cut off the ankle monitor or did they not install one?