The J6 folks crossed a line and their opponents came into control. The result was stiff sentences which seems fine to me. They croosed a line. On the other hand, I am not a big fan of Trump's pardons but it's not horrible.
Some Conservatives have pointed out that the J6ers served much longer sentences than did Senator Kaine's son for what they characterize as a comparable event.
Instapundit: Tim Kaine’s son stormed the MN capitol in an anti-Trump riot in 2017, set off explosive devices and tear gas, and fought the police. He didn’t do any jail time .
In the end, it took three officers, a “knee strike” and a chemical spray to subdue Kaine after he was identified as one of the counterprotesters who allegedly used fireworks or a smoke bomb to disrupt a rally in support of President Donald Trump at the Minnesota State Capitol, according to police spokesman Steve Linders.
Linwood Michael Kaine, who attended Carleton College and lives in Minneapolis, and four others were arrested on suspicion of second-degree riot after the “March 4 Trump” rally in St. Paul. A sixth person was cited for disorderly conduct. Counterprotesters — some with apparent anti-fascist and anarchist leanings — clashed with Trump supporters in the Capitol rotunda after they disrupted the permitted event with air horns, whistles and chants. Video of the scene shows a black-clad person wearing ski goggles lobbing the smoke bomb, which allegedly struck a 61-year-old woman. She was uninjured, police said.
None of the five has been charged. While the Ramsey County attorney’s office has said “there were insufficient facts to prove felony-level riot,” the case remains an “active investigation,” according to the Minnesota State Patrol. St. Paul City Attorney Samuel Clark said his office is investigating the case for possible misdemeanor charges.
KAINE’S ARREST: ere’Hs how Woody Kaine’s arrest went down:
The Minnesota State Patrol contacted St. Paul police to assist, reporting that troopers had identified five people who lit off fireworks inside the Capitol, Linders said. The State Patrol asked St. Paul officers to arrest the five.
Police approached them at a park near the Capitol, identified themselves as officers and the people ran in different directions. But officers caught up with them, according to Linders.
An officer ordered a man, later identified as Linwood Kaine, to the ground. He refused, Linders said.
“The officer was able to get ahold of Mr. Kaine, but he got up, squared off with the officer and the officer tried to take him to the ground again,” Linders said Wednesday. Another officer arrived and sprayed a chemical irritant toward Kaine.
“He then was taken to the ground, but continued to resist, at which point another officer deployed a knee strike to get him to cooperate with the officers and put his hands behind his back,” Linders continued. “After the strike, Mr. Kaine cooperated and was taken into custody without further incident.”
Both pro- and anti-Trump groups were aggressors at various times during rowdy confrontations that broke out Saturday, according to Daniel Springer, who was there recording the event on video.
Neither Kaine nor the four others arrested with him has been charged, and police haven’t said who specifically they believe threw the smoke bomb — an act that Springer caught on video. The smoke bomb happened early, he said, and was unprovoked. “It wasn’t even during the tense part of things,” Springer said. “It was completely unnecessary, in my opinion.”
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