Post by ck4829 on Apr 9, 2024 9:15:18 GMT
White supremacist confessing to vicious assault benefits from white privilege
Saying prosecutors should focus on Antifa, judge frees white supremacist in beating
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 same day Laube received his sentence at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California, the largest-ever prosecution of members of Antifa in American history was going to trial just 89 miles away.
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Carney’s sentencing memo also described Laube’s tough childhood – he spent time homeless and his mother was an addict who at times dealt in methamphetamines – as a reason to keep the 27-year-old out of prison. But the main thrust of the judge’s reasoning pointed to what he said was inequity between prosecutions of the far-right and the far-left.
Experts almost all agree that far-right extremists vastly outnumber their counterparts on the far left and that the far right has caused more physical violence on America’s streets.
“There’s no question the far right commits the most violence and the most terrorism,” said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. “And there’s no comparison between far-right extremism and left-wing extremism when it comes to violence against people.”
Prosecutors are the “end user” in the criminal justice chain, LaBahn said. They can only prosecute cases that are brought to them by investigators. And if more extremists on the far right are committing crimes that are investigated, then it stands to reason that most prosecutions of extremists focus on the far right, he said.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/04/08/judge-cormac-carney-tyler-laube-sentence/73220283007/
Saying prosecutors should focus on Antifa, judge frees white supremacist in beating
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.
...
The same day Laube received his sentence at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California, the largest-ever prosecution of members of Antifa in American history was going to trial just 89 miles away.
...
Carney’s sentencing memo also described Laube’s tough childhood – he spent time homeless and his mother was an addict who at times dealt in methamphetamines – as a reason to keep the 27-year-old out of prison. But the main thrust of the judge’s reasoning pointed to what he said was inequity between prosecutions of the far-right and the far-left.
Experts almost all agree that far-right extremists vastly outnumber their counterparts on the far left and that the far right has caused more physical violence on America’s streets.
“There’s no question the far right commits the most violence and the most terrorism,” said Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. “And there’s no comparison between far-right extremism and left-wing extremism when it comes to violence against people.”
Prosecutors are the “end user” in the criminal justice chain, LaBahn said. They can only prosecute cases that are brought to them by investigators. And if more extremists on the far right are committing crimes that are investigated, then it stands to reason that most prosecutions of extremists focus on the far right, he said.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/04/08/judge-cormac-carney-tyler-laube-sentence/73220283007/