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Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted cops with metal whip has sentencing go haywire (lawandcrime.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/news

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[–] partial_accumen 144 points 7 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 49 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 2 points 7 months ago

All very plausible, I'm sure that's it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[–] chalupapocalypse 10 points 7 months ago

regardless of whatever else, those felony gun charges are gonna fuck him good

[–] Buddahriffic 9 points 7 months ago

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).

[–] FlyingSquid 70 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Taake had been on pretrial release for a pending child-solicitation case in Texas

Yet another person who QAnon thinks were going to help them "save the children."

[–] billiam0202 8 points 7 months ago

"Save the children (for us to abuse!)"

[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago

A sentencing hearing broke down this week over a disagreement about a sentencing enhancement for 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, armed with bear spray and a metal whip, prosecutors said.

Only the best people.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 57 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Taake had been on pretrial release for a pending child-solicitation case in Texas when he went to the Capitol ready for violence, armed with bear spray and a metal whip, prosecutors said. He sprayed officers trying to hold the line with “bear-attack repellent spray” four times. He attacked an officer with a metal whip and threw a water bottle at the police line before scaling a wall, authorities said. He entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing Door soon after its initial breach and wandered around the building for 20 minutes, brandishing his metal whip, prosecutors said.

Dude is a real winner.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago

he has “taken to using violence against other inmates to relieve his frustrations with his self-inflicted predicament.”

Oh yes

[–] Retrograde 3 points 7 months ago

What an absolute psychopath

[–] geekworking 53 points 7 months ago (1 children)

self employed handyman pretrial release for a pending child-solicitation case

Jan 6th aside, The Dude works in people's homes, and there's at least enough evidence to change him with solicitation of a child.

Everybody has the right of innocent until proven guilty, but surely scary for any of his clients. Hope none of them have kids in the house.

[–] FuglyDuck 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Everybody has the right of innocent until proven guilty, but surely scary for any of his clients. Hope none of them have kids in the house.

the presumptions of innocence until proven guilty only applies to criminal law. It does not apply to protecting your kids in your own home. You're perfectly fine to say "no you are a pedophile and I'm not hiring you." It's also perfectly okay to drop reviews on such sites saying "This man solicited sex from my child."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unless he actually did solicit sex from your child, it's absolutely not "perfectly okay" to post that. It would be a pretty open and shut case of libel.

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 7 months ago

To clarify , the context is about a guy who is indicted and going to trial for that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

FuglyDuck didn't solicit sex from my children, but they did call my children "fucking hideous" and then beat them with jumper cables. I was gonna beat them with jumper cables later and now I have nothing to do. Two stars.

[–] FuglyDuck 4 points 7 months ago

If it’s true it’s not defamation or slander.

[–] FuglyDuck 42 points 7 months ago

The “haywire” has nothing to do with the solicitation.

The judge decided to tack on a modifier to increase the sentencing. It should be noted that a metal whip is a short length of a heavy twisted steel cable.

It’s not exceptionally flexible- but it’s flexible enough you can preload it and that it’ll also hit across more of its length than a baton.

[–] Burn_The_Right 36 points 7 months ago

#JustConservativeThings

[–] homesweethomeMrL 23 points 7 months ago

Taake had been on pretrial release for a pending child-solicitation case in Texas when he went to the Capitol ready for violence, armed with bear spray and a metal whip

Son, you got troubles.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

I haven't read the article yet but judging from the comments, the term 'haywire' isn't just a devestating metal whip pun.