'Especially reprehensible' Retired Air Force officer sentenced to 2 years in prison in Capitol rio

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Source: WUSA 9

'Especially reprehensible' | Retired Air Force officer sentenced to 2 years in prison in Capitol riot case

Author: Jordan Fischer
Published: 3:14 PM EDT March 17, 2023
Updated: 3:14 PM EDT March 17, 2023
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge sentenced a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel to two years in prison Friday for joining a mob that occupied the U.S. Senate on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Prosecutors asked Bates to sentence Brock to five years in prison – at the lower end of the recommended guideline range they’d calculated – in no small part because of what they described as a “manifesto” he sent to another military veteran on Christmas Eve 2020. Titled “Plan of Action if Congress fails to act on 6 January,” the document laid out eight points that Brock described as “main tasks,” including:

- Seizing all democratic politicians and Biden key staff and select republicans, including Senators John Thune and Mitch McConnell, and interrogating them using “measures we used on Al Queda” (sic).

- Seizing national media figures. Brock wrote they should “eliminate them. Media silence except for White House communications.”

- Former President Donald Trump issuing a general pardon “for all crimes up to and including murder” for those who put down “the Democratic Insurrection.”

Brock’s task list also included the note, “Do not kill LEO unless necessary. Gas would assist in this if we can get it.”

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[Wonder Why]

1. Should have been closer to 20 than 2. Violation of his oath as an officer.

[cstanleytech]

16. Technically only if he was a current member of the military or a member of the reserves.

[sarge43]

36. Retirees are subject to UCMJ, Article 2.

Once he serves the sentence DoD can bring him up on charges.

[cstanleytech]

43. I said technically not legally.

[Duppers]

24. Hell yes.

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He should have his pension revoked and get a dishonorable discharge. Biden being commander in chief could do that.

[sarge43]

33. To be dismissed he would have to be convicted by a General Court Martial.

DoD might pull his pension during his slammer vacation - can't play, won't pay.

[Duppers]

37. Oh, thanks.

I corrected my other mistake too. I'm Irish & am having a nip. 💚 🍀


Btw, Why wouldn't a conviction in a civil court count against him?

If he were tried in Military Court for the same crime he was convicted for in Civil Court, that would be double jeopardy, no?

[sarge43]

38. It should, but there is that, double jeop; however,

a retired commissioned officer can be reactivated based on charges for certain crimes. Sedition is one. I wouldn't bet the farm that will happen, but it could give him something more to sweat while he's enjoying the ambiance of our prison system.

[COL Mustard]

56. He might *wish* he was in the USDB

Civilian prisons are much harsher than military prisons. Let him rot there for awhile. He won’t like it.

[sarge43]

58. It does delight the imagination. n/t

[Shipwack]

39. Double Jeopardy wouldn't apply...

Back in boot camp they explained to us that if we were convicted of drunk driving (for instance) in a civilian court, we could then be convicted of drunk driving in a military court. Double jeopardy would not apply, because they are two separate laws. You can't be convicted of breaking the same law twice, but you can be convicted for your actions twice...

Or maybe they were just lying to us... Who knows. : :

[Faux pas]

2. ...

Two effing years?!?!??!!!

[Probatim]

31. The 21 year old on another thread got 40 months - and he was just a dumbass.

This guy had a plan. FFS.

[intheflow]

46. Yeah, this a bullshit sentence.

Two years is just enough time for him to miss the next election while also giving him two years with nothing to do but fine tune his violent plans to overthrow the government. The justice system is severely broken.

[onetexan]

54. THIS!!☝️

[NullTuples]

59. Black guys get 10x that for having a joint on them.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Wow! We're not at war, so it's not treason, but it's definitely...

something that begs jail time.

[Bev54]

4. Prosecution wanted 5 years, I believe. 2 is not long enough for this guy.

[COL Mustard]

57. Unless he's started working with the Feds

In hopes of a lighter sentence. You know, a rat!

[RockRaven]

5. 'Especially reprehensible' that the sentence is so light...

[Owl]

30. Yes.

[CanonRay]

6. An officer receiving a pension is still subject to the UCMJ

they could reinstate him to active duty and try him for treason. Slap on the wrist.

[sarge43]

35. Sedition more likely

General Court no doubt. Not an affair where you want to be the guest of honor.

[Auggie]

7. Maximum he faced was 20 years and a $250,000 fine

Actual fine was $2000.00.

[chowder66]

8. This is a major let down. He should be in prison for a long, long time.

[3auld6phart]

55. Yes

leaven worth . Recalled to active service,forfeit pension. Max sentence to MilitetPrison. Tota uckin’ scum.

[Backseat Driver]

9. How long has he been retired?

This one surely didn't serve with honor to his open-ended oath; he certainly should not be entitled to double-dip SS and a military pension!

[Novara]

10. "Reprehensible" two years?

HE GOT LESS THAN THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED SENTENCE. LESS THAN MINIMUM.

"Justice" is a joke.

[QED]

11. Now do Flynn

[Duppers]

26. YES!

[Paladin]

12. Look at what a retired Lt. Col. was willing to do for trump.

We are so very fucked.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Brock was one of the insurrectionists with zip ties, IIRC

Not the guy who was there with his mom, Brock was the other one.

[Kaleva]

20. I was wondering if that was him

[Hassin Bin Sober]

48. Isn't this the guy whose ex wife turned him in?

[Fiendish Thingy]

49. I think there was more than one of those...

Most well known being Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other felonies, and is facing up to 80 years in prison.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

51. Lol. Yes. I had to google it. Brock's wife turned him in before the cleanup was even done.

Arrested a week later

https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/11/ex-wife-turned-in-retired-lieutenant-colonel-with-zip-ties-at-capitol/

CAPITOL RIOT ARRESTS
Veteran with Zip Ties ...
EX-WIFE REPORTED HIM TO FEDS

[RussBLib]

14. Sad to think

...that some of our military "leaders" fell prey to this bullshit. Unless they were democracy-hating white supremacist fascists in hiding all along.

[cstanleytech]

18. Unfortunately there are actually people in the military as law enforcement like that but

the problem is a lot of them are good at concealing it which tarnishes the ones who are not like that.

[Javaman]

15. should be stripped of his pension and his va benefits. fuck him. nt

[cstanleytech]

17. He got off with an extraordinarily light sentence given the manifesto he had written.

[pirsquared]

34. prison is awful

Let us remember how awful prison is. Total humiliation being checked in, body cavity search. No privacy at all for 2 years; no snacks; no sex (masturbation is forbidden--really); the first year is probably the worst, getting settled in to the new regimen.

And forever listing this conviction and hiatus on your resume and life story.

[intheflow]

47. And let us remember the manifesto this guy wrote.

He wanted to use his military training against fellow citizens. He broke his oath to uphold the Constitution and protect it against aggressors, foreign and domestic. Two years is just long enough to give him all the time he needs to refine his plans while giving him hope he’ll be out with time enough left in his miserable life to carry them out.

Edited to add: if he’s allowed to keep his military pension he won’t need to find a job. If he loses it, he could still have set up some kickass retirement account. And even if he’s got zip for retirement, there will always be some jingoistic MAGAt to give him work under the table. Or he can become an expert on Fox!

[republianmushroom]

19. like it

[Botany]

21. Commander Whiz Nuts! Larry Brock.

[paleotn]

22. Take away his pension and VA benefits.

Let him die in poverty. He deserves vastly worse.

If democracy is worth dying for, attempting to destroy democracy should be met with the same.

[Aristus]

23. Take away his oak leaves, too.

That will hurt him. Put him down in the roll of retirees as a private. He is no gentleman, therefore, no officer.

[Duppers]

27. YES! +1000

TY.

[gopiscrap]

50. yes! I got 18 months for filing too many and too frequent

bankruptcies due to huge non insured medical bills I had cancer back before you couldn't kick some off of insurance, ran up a $192,000 medical bill. For the poor you either do time or send in money I had no money, spent 13 months in a federal prison and had my debt reduced by agreement to $10,001.00

[Cha]

25. WTF.. only 2 years for that SHIT?!

So what happens when that Murderous Traitor gets out of jail?

[Kid Berwyn]

41. Col. ZipTies deserves 25 times that.

Perhaps other, more serious charges await him. Conspiracy to overthrow the government, could be one.

[IbogaProject]

28. What? He was one of the zip-tie dudes

I'm not happy about this. Kids have gotten 5 or more years for weed albeit over a certain number of plants or pounds, but this guy went in with one or more weapons. I'm counting zip-tie handcuffs as those are clearly for a single purpose.

[dalton99a]

29. What a fucking joke

[purr-rat beauty]

32. Shoulda got what trump wanted

10 years

why isn't this being brought up in the media?

how kiddy gloved this crap is

[Wuddles440]

40. While there have been some really...

appalling sentences for several of the most prominent insurrectionists, this is easily the greatest miscarriage of justice to date. An absolute travesty!

[James48]

42. He should be tried for violation of UCMJ Article 88.

ARTICLE 88. Contempt toward Officials

Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

* * *

He can be activated to stand Courts Martial under Article 2, Section 4, as a regular service member in retired pay status.


It’s not double jeopardy because he wasn’t charged with contemptuous words by the DoJ. That’s a different crime. I think the very existence of the list of people to wanted to injure - naming dem politicians- is enough to convict him on UCMJ article 88.

[twodogsbarking]

44. Traitor.

[The Wizard]

45. He should be recalled to active duty, court martialed

convicted and have his government pension revoked.

[LiberalFighter]

52. Did the judge even consider those points?

[Martin68]

53. So why did he get off so easy if prosecutors were asking for 5 years and that was the low end

of the recommended range for this crimes?