Compared to Trump’s January 6 rioters!
When Dostoevsky wrote about crime, he made certain to include punishment. Sure could use a man like Dostoevsky in Madison WI these days. (Or even Herbert Hoover, as Edith and Archie would sing.)
The MacIver Institute did some journalism on the Black Lives Matter riots on Madison’s State Street and Capitol Square in May/June 2020:
Out of the thousands of people who participated in the riots in Madison – looting, assaulting, vandalizing, terrorizing – only one was sent to state prison, five were sent to federal prison, and 18 are still awaiting the outcome of their cases. Anything short of arson or being a felon with a firearm warranted little more than a slap on the wrist.
The MacIver Institute identified 49 individuals who were charged with a total of 85 felonies in Dane County. Half of those 49 individuals were already felons. About a quarter of the charges are still pending two years later, a quarter were dismissed, 17 received deferred prosecution, and 19 pled guilty or no contest. Only 14 of those 49 individuals have faced any real punishment so far. Three years of probation was the most popular sentence for these 14 individuals.
One person threw a flaming gas canister at police, but that charge was dismissed. … One individual swerved his car towards police officers making an arrest, but he was acquitted by a jury of his Dane County peers.
Countless others who blocked police and interfered with their attempts to restore order and stop criminals never faced any consequences at all. That included the large group of people who blocked police officers trying to get to their squad car as it was set on fire and their weapons were stolen. … Michael Campbell attacked a TV cameraman during a live shot. He was only sentenced to 18 months of probation in May 2021. By August 2021, he had disappeared … ”
— MacIver Institute, “Few held accountable for Madison’s riots.”
The two women who (most likely) beat State Sen. Tim Carpenter, readily identifiable in video? “Despite the women being easily identified in the video, one had charges dismissed and the other was acquitted by a jury of her Dane County peers.
Compare to the January 6 insurrection
Madison WI in May/June 2020 — Of "thousands" involved, only 49 charged. Of those, only 14 accorded "any real punishment" so far. Marquon Clark, who firebombed the City-County Building, received the longest sentence: 7 years.
Washington DC on January 6, 2020 — Estimated 2,000 rioters, of whom 919 charged, 396 entered guilty pleas, 65 sentenced — the most severe, 7 years in prison (to date).
Blaska’s Bottom Line: And we wonder why Always Trumpers are cynical about the punishment meted out to the insurrectionists of January 6! Not that two wrongs make a right, but Sheesh!
Education
Blaska Policy Werkes 
And what of poor misunderstood Ray “we gotta go in there” Epps?
Talk about getting off lightly.
There is no proof Beauty and/or the Beast participated in absolutely beating the living shit out of that gay legislator. Instigated – yes. As President Biden famously said “Antifa is just an idea”. Hard to put an idea in jail for beating someone up.
I’m with Joe! Jan. 6 was just an idea!
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Still waiting for severe justice to be meted out to the 4 white frat boys that lit up Althea Bernstein on State St. The fact that they eluded identification, going so far as to not appear on any proximate street cams show how dangerous they really are. Where are the Feds? Where’s Chief Sho’ Nuff?
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Don’t know why you included those who were acquitted by a jury. Kinda hard to label that “soft on crime.”
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Steve wrote, “Don’t know why you included those who were acquitted by a jury. Kinda hard to label that “soft on crime.” “
You don’t know why; seriously?
It’s just another piece of the pie that shows a pattern of hive-minded woke justice instead of real justice that emanates from the Madison Dane County bubble that’s surrounded by reality.
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what nonsense…..
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Steve wrote, “what nonsense…..”
Nonsense: spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.
If you want to disagree with what I wrote that’s fine but explain why you disagree and present counter arguments like a big boy.
By definition my comment was not “nonsense” so you can stick your “nonsense” claim where the sun doesn’t shine.
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can you repeat any of your comments to me without sounding like a troll yourself?
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acquitted…verb (past tense)….having been declared not guilty of a crime. That’s the way our system works stevie.
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I agree with richard and Steve.
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richard lesiak wrote, “acquitted…verb (past tense)….having been declared not guilty of a crime. That’s the way our system works stevie.”
Yup, I know how the system works; do you know the English language works?
I know you’re just a troll, but I’m going to at least give you an opportunity to back up your extrapolated trolling innuendo.
Without extrapolating again; where in the following statement that talks about the patterns of justice emanating from the Madison Dane County woke bubble does it say that the people accused were not acquitted or that they were guilty? Here’s the statement…
Now I’m absolutely sure you could try to extrapolate my statement to absurdity and imply that I’m saying the Earth is flat and the moon is made of cheese, but at least try to openly acknowledge that “I” was NOT writing about the system as you implied, I was writing about justice. Do you even know what justice is?
Justice: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments.
Notice the words “just” and “impartial” tucked nicely inside of that definition.
Do you know what being just and impartial mean?
Just: having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason.
Impartial: not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally.
Notice how being just is based on fact or reason and being impartial is based on being unbiased and equality for all; none of these concepts are based on biased partisan hate, but yet we see a huge double standard of justice being applied to the political right as opposed to the political left. Is what’s happening in our society with applying justice considered just or impartial or unbiased or equal, no Richard it’s not, it’s unjust, partial, biased, and unequal. The system seems to be steered towards openly persecuting (to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief) the political right while they openly pander to the political left.
Now I know that you’re just another internet troll doing what you do best, trying to incite emotional reactions and distract from the topic at hand, but for a change of pace how about you discuss the blog topic instead of trying to falsely smear others?
Here is the thesis of the blog topic as I understand it…
There is a very serious double standard problem right now in the system that seems to be treating those to the left of the political divide with pandering kid gloves all while that same system is treating those to the right of the political divide with a biased sledge hammer and this is causing travesties in justice equality and a very serious distrust in the system as it stands because it has become transparently political in its application of the law.
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Guess that’s why I’ve never been chosen for jury duty in Dane County, they would have had a hung jury on this one. I’ve yet had to use my “get out of jury duty card.”
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HEY EINSTEIN! SHE WAS PROVEN TO BE A BLATANT CRIMINAL LIAR!!
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Which Einstein (byrnstane) well knows. He was displaying some well honed Irony.
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Take a pill stevie. The right plays the system better than anyone. When you file two lawsuits for open records and scream about transparency; then in the same breath, file suit fighting a subpoena to appear for a hearing shows that they are full of crap. Stand up and tell your story Vos. I’m sure the taxpayers will foot the bill just like the Gableman mess. “Do you know the English language works?” Yep; I do.
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richard lesiak wrote, “Take a pill stevie. The right plays the system better than anyone. When you file two lawsuits for open records and scream about transparency; then in the same breath, file suit fighting a subpoena to appear for a hearing shows that they are full of crap. Stand up and tell your story Vos. I’m sure the taxpayers will foot the bill just like the Gableman mess. “Do you know the English language works?” Yep; I do.”
That comment in response to what I wrote above is pure unadulterated deflection and shows me that you’re nothing but a trolling intellectually unarmed coward, yes I just called you a intellectually unarmed coward. Own it, troll.
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Well put and accurate disemboweling b!tchslappin’ and intellectual defenestration of the Blogge Idiot, Steve!
The Gotch
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Wow…another right-handed insult from stevie. What next??? A purple M&M? A black Little Mermaid? No telling what the right will take offense to next.
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richard lesiak wrote, “What next??? A purple M&M? A black Little Mermaid? No telling what the right will take offense to next.”
Thanks for providing us a perfect example of extrapolating to absurdity.
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Two sets of rules.
And there were virtual insurrectionist riots in hundreds of American cities throughout Spring and Summer 2020.
Also let’s not forget the rampant violence on Inauguration Day, January 2017, when egged on by numerous Dems claiming election fraud put Trump in office, thousands rioted in D.C. and most got away with it or charged were quietly dismissed or drastically reduced. There were talking heads on liberal TV egging it on including saying “there will be NO peaceful transfer of power.”
Poor January 6 schmucks thought they could walk inside the Capitol for a couple hours and not face years in prison.
Yep — two sets of rules.
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Assaulting police officers and attempting to disrupt congress while vandalizingthe Capitol is just far more serious than what went on in Madison.
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