Calif. judge gives man light sentence because of 'lack of punishment ... of far left groups.' Yet Antifa members are on trial one county away.

In his sentencing memo Thursday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney made it clear why he was letting Tyler Laube off lightly.

It wasn’t just because of what Laube did or didn’t do – the defendant had already confessed to beating a journalist at a 2017 Southern California rally and pleaded guilty to violating riot laws as part of a white supremacist gang.

Laube deserved a light sentence, Carney said, because prosecutors should have focused on leftist groups.

In a 22-page memo, Carney repeatedly said prosecutors have “ignored” violence committed by Antifa and instead focused on targeting people like Laube – Trump supporters and members of the far right.

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The federal judge’s strong words – and clear political bent – are as unusual as they are uninformed, legal experts told USA TODAY.

“He’s really gone off the deep end,” said John Donohue, a professor at Stanford Law School.

    • Kedly@lemm.ee
      121·
      7 months ago

      I dont know whether to laugh, or to cry knowing you’re probably going to do your best to Vote in PP

        • otp@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          7 months ago

          The Conservative party has been the biggest detriment to Canada and to my province in decades. Li’l PP is going to be far more corrupt than Trudeau. Any Canadian who’s been paying attention to politics and the Conservative party knows this.

          A significant number of his votes are going to be from people who pay more attention to YouTube ads than politics…case in point, all the people who blamed the pandemic lockdowns on Trudeau…