A sentencing hearing broke down this week for a self-employed handyman from Texas who used a metal whip and unloaded a can of bear spray on officers during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots.
a self-employed handyman from Texas who admitted to using a metal whip and unloading a can of bear spray on officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Taake had been on pretrial release for a pending child-solicitation case in Texas when he went to the Capitol ready for violence
Court documents show that Taake portrayed himself to his would-be paramour as little more than an innocent bystander. “Safe to say I was the very first person to be sprayed that day … all while just standing there,” he added.
When he was arrested on Jan. 2021, the FBI recovered three loaded guns from Taake’s residence even though he was barred from having them due to his status as a felon, authorities said.
They said that based on reports from his pretrial detention, he has “taken to using violence against other inmates to relieve his frustrations with his self-inflicted predicament.”
The party of law & order. The party of personal responsibility.
I mean, so what if he went to the capital armed with a metal whip and bear spray, both of which he used on the cops? So what if he climbed through a window at the capital? He’s obviously very patriotic.
He was obviously so excited to be near the peaceful process of reading out the Electoral votes that when the large group of tourists blocked his way that he just couldn’t help himself so he decided to go through the window to jump the line and get into the Rotunda first. It’s clearly a case of over enthusiasm for the smooth and boring operation of the Republic.
He also wasn’t soliciting a minor of anything nefarious, your honor! No, he was just reaching out to teach them about why our structure of three branches of government have demonstrated a wisdom in government design that’s a wonder of the world!
He was also just holding the metal whip for a friend. He though the bear spray was deodorant and since people had been working so hard to ensure the large group of tourists at the Capitol had a good time he thought he was doing the police a favor by making them smell nicer.
This is really the conservative mindset at its most condensed: zero empathy, and therefore the assumption that everyone is (secretly or not) participating in the same scummy, shameful shit that they’re doing.
They are literally incapable of grasping anything besides: “Anyone who speaks out against something like child abuse/trafficking is actually personally participating in the thing.” They truly can’t comprehend that people actually believe the things they speak out about. It must be virtue signalling and concern trolling. It’s not even a consideration that they may be genuine, because they cannot grasp that concept.
Conservatives make a lot more sense when you realize that they are actually about preserving a hierarchy and everything else they support or oppose is in pursuit of that.
Even when they aren’t at the top of the hierarchy, a) they’d like to keep the possibility that they could be at the top open, b) like not being at the bottom of the hierarchy, and c) believe one’s position in the hierarchy is deserved (which can even overrule item b and makes them admire the ones higher up, at least until they start threatening their ideas about the hierarchy).
The party of law & order. The party of personal responsibility.
Hey, hey, he’s clearly the real victim here.
I mean, so what if he went to the capital armed with a metal whip and bear spray, both of which he used on the cops? So what if he climbed through a window at the capital? He’s obviously very patriotic.
Sadly, I need to add a /s here.
He was obviously so excited to be near the peaceful process of reading out the Electoral votes that when the large group of tourists blocked his way that he just couldn’t help himself so he decided to go through the window to jump the line and get into the Rotunda first. It’s clearly a case of over enthusiasm for the smooth and boring operation of the Republic.
He also wasn’t soliciting a minor of anything nefarious, your honor! No, he was just reaching out to teach them about why our structure of three branches of government have demonstrated a wisdom in government design that’s a wonder of the world!
He was also just holding the metal whip for a friend. He though the bear spray was deodorant and since people had been working so hard to ensure the large group of tourists at the Capitol had a good time he thought he was doing the police a favor by making them smell nicer.
/s
All very plausible, I’m sure that’s it.
regardless of whatever else, those felony gun charges are gonna fuck him good
This is really the conservative mindset at its most condensed: zero empathy, and therefore the assumption that everyone is (secretly or not) participating in the same scummy, shameful shit that they’re doing.
They are literally incapable of grasping anything besides: “Anyone who speaks out against something like child abuse/trafficking is actually personally participating in the thing.” They truly can’t comprehend that people actually believe the things they speak out about. It must be virtue signalling and concern trolling. It’s not even a consideration that they may be genuine, because they cannot grasp that concept.
Conservatives make a lot more sense when you realize that they are actually about preserving a hierarchy and everything else they support or oppose is in pursuit of that.
Even when they aren’t at the top of the hierarchy, a) they’d like to keep the possibility that they could be at the top open, b) like not being at the bottom of the hierarchy, and c) believe one’s position in the hierarchy is deserved (which can even overrule item b and makes them admire the ones higher up, at least until they start threatening their ideas about the hierarchy).