A jury convicted the suspect in the federal trial over the violent hammer attack against Paul Pelosi at his and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home.
  • chaogomu@kbin.social
    621·
    10 months ago

    He said he never wanted to hurt Paul, but still seems to want to kill Nancy.

    That basically makes him completely unrepentant. Here’s hoping he finds a shred of humanity in his many, many years behind bars.

    • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
      8·
      10 months ago

      I don’t know anything about law but it does seem like politically targeted crimes should carry a harsher sentence in the same way that hate crimes do. It’s not just a violent act, but it’s also an attack on social order and democracy itself.

      • HessiaNerd@lemmy.world
        4·
        10 months ago

        I’d be very careful about that.

        Protest is a political act. Trespassing is a crime. Should someone be sentenced to years in prison for protesting if they step off the sidewalk and onto private property?

        You could limit it to violence, but again… There is a lot of potential for abuse.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
    9·
    10 months ago

    Anyone hits anybody with an anything in front of the police or anyone else I hope they get charged.

      • ALQ@lemmy.world
        251·
        10 months ago

        Can…can we deport me to Canada, in his place?

        I promise I have no homicidal tendencies. At least, as much as an American can promise that.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
      225·
      10 months ago

      Why? Just so Canada can treat him like a hero the way they do terrorist convicted by the u.s?

        • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
          215·
          10 months ago

          Omar Khadr.

          Up here in Canada you can decapitate and cannibalize someone in front of a crowd, and you get a slap on the wrist, some pills and released into the public. Fuck our safety

          • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
            141·
            10 months ago

            Us Canadians didn’t treat Omar like a hero, we gave him a settlement for the shit he dealt with at Guantanamo Bay when he was fifteen.

            Vince Li was schizophrenic and was in a high-security mental health facility for a while, responded well to his psychiatric treatment and gradually got his freedoms back.

            So tell me how you feel a fifteen year old and a schizophrenic person relate to your comment?

            • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
              29·
              10 months ago

              If my ass had murdered people at 15 after joining a crime syndicate, I wouldn’t be let out with a paycheck.

              And I don’t give a good god damn fuck about Vince li’s “rehab”. Public safety is more important. When you’re off your meds and you murder people, you don’t get to be out in society.

              • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
                92·
                10 months ago

                The kid was fifteen fucking years old and locked up in the worst prison in the world for ten years.

                Fifteen fucking years old.

                Vince didn’t know he was schizophrenic, he wasn’t off his meds he never was on them.

                I’m glad you don’t make the rules because this world would be shittier then it is now.

                • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
                  15·
                  10 months ago

                  Glad you’re happy our money went to his terrorist family. And glad you don’t give a fuck about the victims or their loved ones

  • Captain Poofter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    10 months ago

    Was there ever any more brought to light about that super duper awkward video of the arrest, where they were standing around holding drinks while it was occuring?

    I’m not trying to fluff up conspiracies, just haven’t heard about that video since it happened

      • Captain Poofter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        I’m not right wing. I just watched the video months ago and it was super awkward. Seemed less like a home invasion and more like surprised old men coming out of Alzheimer’s delusions.

    • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      What video are you talking about? When the cops showed up they were fighting over a hammer and then Pelosi got his head bashed in before the cops immediately arrested Depape

      • Captain Poofter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Ya that one. In the video i remember watching, the two were standing around awkwardly with drink in hand when the cops showed up. Then one awkwardly swung a hammer before a little tussle with the cops and then the arrest. I was just asking if any more context came to light, but ended up getting down voted by people who can somehow watch that video and say “yup totally normal” without being any more curious what happened before the door was opened and they started being filmed.

        But i guess I can’t ask those questions simply because conservatives with bad takes exist?? Ya okaayyyyyyy