Preston Brooks was never jailed for beating Charles Sumner with a cane on the senate floor.

[uponit7771]

I pray we don't repeat the bad parts of history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks

Brooks claimed that he "meant no disrespect to the Senate of the United States" by attacking Sumner, and also that he had not intended to kill Sumner, or else he would have used a different weapon. Brooks was tried in a District of Columbia court for the attack. He was convicted of assault and was fined $300, though he was not incarcerated.[1]: 83 

[canetoad]

1. Just saw that

Watching bootleg MSNBC in Australia. It's 5.50 pm on the 7th.

That was fascinating. Was this before the civil war?

[elleng]

2. 'The Beating of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks-Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856,

in the United States Senate chamber, when Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts.'

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865)

[canetoad]

3. I'm deaf as a post

I thought he first said "Charles Schumer".

[jimfields33]

10. Me too. Lol.

In today’s politics, I literally didn’t bat an eye until I saw a date.

[Celerity]

9. Brooks died unexpectedly from a violent attack of croup on January 27, 1857

quick karma

[uponit7771]

4. Yes and in the beginning the civil war in the US was treated like 1/6 event; a one off battle that

... will end soon and much of a small thing.

The first battle of the civil war people brought blankets and picnic baskets and chairs to watch the battle seeing it was not taken seriously either.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-first-battle-bull-run-really-picnic-battle-180964084/

Tidball later described a crowd of men (and a few enterprising saleswomen who brought “pies and other edibles” to sell) eager to watch the battle. “It was Sunday and everybody seemed to have taken a general holiday; that is all the male population,” he wrote.

In attendance were a dozens of members of Congress, writes Michael E. Ruane for The Washington Post.

I'm praying we've learned from the past and will treat the 1/6 assholes according to what the US AG said; more harsh sentences for those who didn't come forward.

We're wasting time with Putin's Whore bullshit

[elleng]

5. Prayers won't work, and surely not prayers that we've LEARNED from the past;

WON'T happen.

[Grasswire2]

6. oh for a minute there I thought you wrote "Foster Brooks"

Hahaha.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Here's the video(s) of Rachel Maddow speaking about it with guest Doris Kearns Goodwin:

GOP deference To Big Lie Over Facts Of January 6 Exposes Scary Gap Among Americans - Rachel Maddow
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017703544

[BigmanPigman]

8. Brooks even had the remnants of his cane

used in the beating to give to his pals as souvenirs. They would fit right in with today's GQP. Psychos

[Doc Sportello]

11. Apt comparison to today

People from across the south sent Brooks new canes in support of his violent act. Who wouldn't expect the same reaction from MAGAts if a similar incident happened today. Violence and the threat of same has always been a pillar of the racist, authoritarian mindset, even in a democracy. It still is, as is being demonstrated on a regular basis.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, That one guy who threatened AOC should have been kicked out of congress. If we don't make

... these guys pay they just do it over again.

[Doc Sportello]

13. Exactly

One of the earliest lesson parents (usually) teach their children and one often forgotten on personal and big stage levels is: stand up to bullies. Chamberlain didn't and Churchill did. Let's hope we and our leaders are Churchills.