Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge before the sentence was handed down, calling him a ‘clown’ and a ‘fraud’

A man who stormed the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys far-right extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him.

Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge James Boasberg before the sentence was handed down, calling him a “clown” and a “fraud” presiding over a “kangaroo court”.

The judge warned Bru that he could be kicked out of the courtroom if he continued to disrupt the proceedings.

“You can give me 100 years and I’d do it all over again,” said Bru, who was handcuffed and shackled.

“That’s the definition of no remorse in my book,” the judge said.

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    10 months ago

    “You can give me 100 years and I’d do it all over again,” said Bru, who was handcuffed and shackled.

    This is why you don’t give terrorists a second chance.

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    10 months ago

    So, this guys’ whole thing is basically, “GRRR, I’M ANGRY. FUCKOFF AND GIVE ME 6 YEARS”.

    Man, you sure showed that judge and everyone else by being locked up for 6 years now.

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      2,190 days where I’ll be out in the sunshine, eating delicious food, playing with my kids, and he’ll be stuck inside most of the time eating prison food lol.

      #freedom

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        But he’s proving he’s a ‘true patriot’! Plus he’ll get to make friends with more white supremacist shitheads, and nurture his seething anger against a society that scares him profoundly.

        …Yeah, like you, I’d take the freedom too. But one thing the last several years has taught me: some people’s preferred reality is an absolute fucking nightmare, and they like it that way. They love twerking for an elderly, bloviated, thin-skinned narcissistic TV celebrity with horrible personal hygiene and makeup preferences. And nothing will change their minds.

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    10 months ago

    According to another article the guy is 43. Imagine proudly throwing away the majority of your forties for Donald fucking Trump. Like most people when I was young I always thought 40 was ancient but now that I’m approaching it myself I simply can’t imagine anything being worth losing these years. My partner and I finally have the stability and the means to do many of the things we’ve always dreamed of. It would be such a waste.

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      I suspect he’d didn’t have as much to lose by throwing away his 40s as you would. He doesn’t sound like the most rational of sorts, so probably didn’t have the 'stability and the means" for a good life you mention.

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        10 months ago

        He did have enough free time on his hands to travel from wherever he lives to storm the capitol., so you’re probably onto something there.

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    He assumed that since Trump gets away with insulting the judge, he could do it, too. This was partially a consequence of treating Trump with kid gloves and tolerating his shenanigans. I hope Trump’s other judges take note, but they probably won’t.

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      I’m sure he’s emulating people like Trump, but I doubt he’s doing it because he thinks there won’t be consequences because of them. I doubt he’s thought about it at all.

      However, WERE there actually consequences here for insulting the judge? Sounds like the sentence is what he was going to receive anyway.

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    10 months ago

    Yeah he knew he was fucked, he was just trying to make sure he was memorable enough that Dump would be sure to pardon him if he won a second term, which this guy is really really counting on.

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      Hard to tell, if you’re dumb enough to talk for Trump’s lies about the election, you are also be dumb enough to berate a judge.

      Also could be that if you are dumb enough to believe that this will get trumps attention and he won’t think solely about himself, you are also dumb enough to berate a judge. So it’s kind of a catch 22.

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        This is all conjecture:

        It serves Trump for his j6 insurrectionists and their families to believe he’ll pardon them all. His supporters (j6 and other extremists) serve Trump by continually reassuring each other that the pardons will definitely happen day 1.

        Trump supporters are surely telling each other that they have it from ‘reliable sources’ (their imaginations) that Trump will pardon everyone that’s faithful. The day of forgiveness is near and all they have to do is have faith and do good works (spread the faith, give money) and their redemption shall come.

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          Bro you made it really sound like those Jeovah’s witnesses waiting for the kingdom of god to float down, that’s crazy.

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    Just wanted to find out what the count of these guys being secret leftist Antifa members is… oh yeah, zero…

    Yet Another Imbecile for Trump… I didn’t realize just how quickly defunding schools in red states would affect the electorate…

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      Aka the “Sedition Edition”.

      (Don’t mind me, I just like playing with words.)

      I guess homeboy is really banking on Trump winning the election and pardoning him and his fellow lackeys.

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        I think that’s basically everyone’s strategy at this point. Putin, Trump, Guiliani, everyone else in the GOP. All their hopes are riding on Trump winning the election or else everything goes to shit.

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    Yes, a very wise strategy to insult the judge. What’s next, will he insult his fellow inmates in prison too? Maybe taunt the prison guards? That’ll show 'em.

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    Is this guy claiming to be a hard core Antifa who was trying to make Trump look bad?

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    He’s just hoping Drumpf will get elected and pardon them all. He probably would too. If Drumpf gets back into the Oval Office, kiss this country goodbye.

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      Trump doesn’t care about these useful idiots.

      They can’t scratch his back, he won’t even acknowledge them let alone pardon them.

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              Trump is a malignant narcissist. Other people barely exist to him, unless they are actively fawning over him at that very moment. The guy is incapable of long term planning.

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                Yes, but people around him are able to convince him “Hi, Mr President, you know these guys… Yeah, it’s in your best interest to pardon them because XYZ…”