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Eugene

(61,964 posts)
Thu May 25, 2023, 11:58 AM May 2023

Bernard Sirr: North Kingstown, RI man sentenced for participation in Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol

North Kingstown man sentenced for participation in Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol (Providence Journal)

A North Kingstown man who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot must serve two months in prison.

Washington D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden gave Bernard J. Sirr two months of prison, followed by six months of home detention, and then another six months of less-restrictive supervised release, according to court records.


https://news.yahoo.com/north-kingstown-man-sentenced-participation-185919152.html

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Rhode Island Man Sentenced on Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach (U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia)

Defendant Took Part in Confrontation With Law Enforcement Officers

WASHINGTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced today on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Bernard Joseph Sirr, 47, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, was sentenced to two months in prison, followed by 12 months of probation with six months of home confinement, and restitution of $2,000 for assaulting resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers and obstruction of an official proceeding. He pleaded guilty on January 27, 2023 in the District of Columbia.

According to court documents, on Jan. 6, Sirr was among rioters who illegally entered the Capitol grounds. He joined a line of rioters that was engaged in a confrontation with law enforcement officers in the tunnel area of the Lower West Terrace. ...


https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/rhode-island-man-sentenced-felony-charge-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach
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Bernard Sirr: North Kingstown, RI man sentenced for participation in Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol (Original Post) Eugene May 2023 OP
WOW a whole two months in prison MagickMuffin May 2023 #1
Hardly long enough... 2naSalit May 2023 #2

MagickMuffin

(15,958 posts)
1. WOW a whole two months in prison
Thu May 25, 2023, 12:15 PM
May 2023



I guess we can be grateful it’s at least a federal crime and his voting rights will be revoked and he can’t own a gun, however, they know that doesn’t matter.


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