Terrorist insurrection against the US Government? OK as long as you're white

[The Minsky Moment]

So the "law and order" administration now thinks that mandatory minimum sentences are unjust and that enforcing them is "overzealous".

Its too bad he doesn't actually believe his own horseshit.

[grumbler]

The mandatory sentence is absurd but it's hard to deny that these two needed to be put away for a long time.  Somebody is going to die in their little ongoing "revolt."

[The Minsky Moment]

I don't have a problem with the clemency in this case. They served the majority of the sentence and 3-4 years of your life is nothing to sneeze at.  But to single out this particular application of mandatory minimums as "unjust" while tolerating many other even worse miscarriages of justice is not justifiable.

Of course, this all about political signaling and dog whistles, nothing to do with justice.

[Syt]

Guess who's back? Ammon Bundy!

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-u-s-extremist-blames-compliant-jews-for-holocaust-in-idaho-protest-1.8821820

U.S. Extremist Blames 'Compliant' Jews for Holocaust in Idaho Protest

Ammon Bundy tells crowd during anti-lockdown demonstration that Jewish people thought 'putting their head down and trying to not be noticed was the better way' in WWII

In a protest against coronavirus restrictions in Idaho on Saturday, anti-government extremist and militia leader Ammon Bundy blamed Jews for their fate in the Holocaust, saying their mass murder happened because they were too compliant to government authorities.

"Just look at the pictures of the Holocaust," Bundy told the crowd gathered at the steps of the State Capitol building in Boise, at an "Idaho Is Open For Business" rally. "It always amazes me how you see pictures of men and women stripped completely naked, lined up and facing a mass grave, where they are shooting them in the back of the head and falling in the grave."

Bundy then asked why the Jews "would line up knowing" what their fate would be.

"You must ask yourself: Why did the Jewish people not – how did they get in that position? I'm not someone to be a judge of another people, but we must learn from history. Because they thought that putting their head down and trying to not be noticed was the better way. They thought that compliance would get them through it, and it was just a period of time that they might just pass through and end up better on the other end.

"And that is a decision that we have to make right now. Is it better if we just comply? Is it safer to comply? If we comply now, they will go further ... until we are lined up naked facing a mass grave and being shot in the back of the head."

In his speech, Bundy compared himself to Holocaust victims, portraying himself as a survivor of government oppression. In January 2016, Bundy led the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon – part of the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion, a decades-old conflict over the U.S. government's control of millions of acres of land in the West. Bundy was later acquitted of federal conspiracy and weapons charges for his role in leading the uprising.

He said his own experiences helped his understanding of the Holocaust narrative. "I have been there and I know for a fact that this is true: When you have faced so much tyranny in your life, there is a point when you would rather line up naked and get shot in the head. And, my friends, why we're here today right now is to make sure that never happens!"

https://www.clickondetroit.com/inside-edition/2020/04/13/ammon-bundy-hosts-more-than-100-worshipers-at-easter-service-in-defiance-of-stay-at-home-orders/

Ammon Bundy Hosts More Than 100 Worshipers at Easter Service in Defiance of Stay-At-Home Orders

Oh, and this last week:

https://www.kivitv.com/news/anti-government-activist-bundy-protests-at-officers-home

Anti-government activist Bundy protests at officer's home

MERIDIAN, Idaho — Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy was one of several dozen protesters who showed up at a southwestern Idaho police officer's home after the officer took into custody an activist at a city playground closed because of the coronavirus.

The protesters at the officer's home on Tuesday are angry with Republican Gov. Brad Little's stay-at-home order. Meridian has closed at least some portions of parks. Anti-vaccine activist Sara Brady, 40, was one of several parents who went to the closed playground on Tuesday and refused to follow an officer's instruction to leave, then told the officer to arrest her. She has been charged with trespassing.

At Governor Little's press conference Thursday, he was asked a question about the protests and called them "disgusting."

Little also had harsh words for business owners who choose to ignore his stay-home order. A gym in Middleton and a bar in Nampa have already reopened. Little says he does not condone these actions, adding that "It's not fair to the rest of the citizens of Idaho that are making these sacrifices. People who don't comply with this stage (of reopening Idaho) or other stages are jeopardizing peoples health."

[fromtia]

Sagebrush rebellion embraces anti-vaxx movement. Intersectionality!