Proud Boys panicked when members started getting arrested after the Capitol riot

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Proud Boys members squabbled in private conversations after the Capitol riot, according to newly-released audio transcripts in a group leader's court case.

Ethan Nordean, a 30-year-old described as the "Sergeant of Arms" of the Proud Boys' Seattle chapter, was arrested in February and charged with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, aiding and abetting, and knowingly entering a restricted building, according to the Associated Press.

The most serious charge against Nordean, who also goes by the alias "Rufio Panman," carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

'We are f---ed'

Court documents released on Tuesday detailed audio files investigators had recovered from Nordean's cell phone, that were exchanged on Telegram, an encrypted-messaging service that has become popular with far-right groups.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/telegram-audio-transcripts-show-proud-115017782.html

Idiots didn't think this one through. Probably thought they would be welcomed as heroes.

[Kingofalldems]

1. The judge should see this:

Before locking up their asses.

[StarryNite]

4. They really need to grow up.

[RegularJam]

2. I'm sure they were a bit concerned after realizing....

How willing their leader was to turn informant if it helped him personally. Couple that with him getting thrown out of town the night before the insurrection.

Would love to see this narrative pushed on right wing extremist discussion boards.

[Windy City Charlie]

3. That's because

That's because they thought what they were doing would help keep Trump as president and that he would show his appreciation for what they did by giving them a pardon. Those dummies have always thought Trump cared for them.

[TheRealNorth]

5. +1

They thought they would win.

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[Dream Girl]

6. They thought it would be fun to kick ass for their guy. They thought they would be successful.

With forever bragging rights about the time they breached the Capitol. The highlight of their pathetic, hate-filled lives.

[murielm99]

7. Huh.

Is it like saying, "I was at Woodstock?"

Everybody and his brother was at Woodstock. Yeah.

[Permanut]

8. Grammar police alert..

Anyone who calls the "Sergeant AT Arms" the "Sergeant OF Arms" is displaying his deep knowledge of English as our offical language.

Wouldn't quibble if the context was just a casual conversation, but this clown apparently thinks he has the title of "Sergeant OF Arms".

[malaise]

24. But is our language

offical language

[Permanut]

25. Only for the Morans..

For the rest of us, it's official.

[msfiddlestix]

9. Good article .. pieced together a few key facts for me

I'm not going to list all of those here, just clarifying points for me. Not a terribly long article, worth the read though.

Very happy this a-hole is in the slammer while awaiting trial, thanks to a very wise and appropriate decision made by the judge.

Also, the article mentions Enrique Tarrio, Leader of the Proud Boys, but an FBI informant for SEVERAL years???

That's wild. Now I'm curious what the nature of his "informant" status was exactly. Who was he informing on for all those years?

Was it a drug cartel? Was it a White Supremacists - Militia group? Arms dealer? Proud Boys?

[C_U_L8R]

10. So hilarious

They thought their “encrypted platform” was secure. What idiots.

[inthewind21]

12. These are the same people

That freak at the thought of a National ID card because they don't want to be tracked by the Federal Government. Meanwhile they are oblivious and have no idea that if you get a paycheck, have a cell phone, have a home landline, own a home, have a bank account, have a credit card, have utilities turned on at that home you own, purchased a car, purchased a boat, an rv, a mobile home, land or anything that has a yearly tax levied, have a drivers license, have a passport, have a PO Box, went to school, have medical records at a hospital and on an on and on, YOU ARE ALREADY TRACKABLE! Because, you have a SS#!

[C_U_L8R]

13. They can always leave.

Russia loves them and they love Russia. It’s a perfect match. Their departure can’t come soon enough.

[brush]

17. Not to mention the videos they uploaded of them insurrectioning.

[aggiesal]

20. They can track your paperwork with all that you mention ...

The National RealID tracks your person.

I refused to take a RealID drivers License.
My Passport and the Passport Card each have RealID.

So I can't fly unless I take my Passport Card with me, and
Passports (i.e Passport & Passport Card) are for international travel
not interstate travel, like it is currently being used.
Papeles por favor!

We should not be tracked where we go.

The GPS on my phone is turned off, and I really don't like that the
gov't can ping my phone and determine my phone's location, thus
the owner as well, based on cell towers.

Why is all this happening?
Because GW McIdiot felt like tracking terrorist after 9/11, so let's track everyone.

I'm reminded of the famous Benjamin Franklin quote:
‘They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.’

[Initech]

11. Good! Hope they enjoy prison!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

14. Ohhh - Poor boy tears. Dumb shits.

[ShazzieB]

15. Idiots gonna idiot.

"Idiots didn't think this one through."

Because they are idiots, and thinking things through is a skill they do not possess!

By the time they reach adulthood, most people acquire at least some ability to see around corners and foresee the possible consequences of their actions. The Proud "Boys" seem to have chosen their name well, as they still think like little boys who have not yet fully absorbed the concept that actions actually DO have consequences.

[Escurumbele]

23. Like their idiot "leader", they have no concept of consequences...

That is exactly what makes trump-the-buffoon and some republicans so dangerous, they don't understand that actions have consequences, whether the consequences are good or bad, the outcome depends on the action.

One track mind...they only see the outcome they want, now they see another result and they are crapping their pants.

[JT45242]

16. Wait until the felony murder charges start falling...

You will see them turn on each other faster than lord of the flies.

[patphil]

18. I don't think they ever realized how small a minority the violent right wing mob is.

It's one thing to chant slogans, it's quite another to get out there and try to take over the government. Most of these ultra right wing shits aren't into direct, in-your-face violence with police, national guard and US military.
Unless they have a huge advantage in numbers.

[gratuitous]

19. High on their own supply

I get the distinct vibe that these knuckleheads thought it was going to go down like some fantasy of the toughguys beating up on the weak soyboys with hardly any opposition at all. As that great philosopher Mike Tyson observed, "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." They figured they'd sweep through the Capitol like the army of the dead in "The Return of the King," and the rightful ruler of these here United States would be seated for another four years.

It didn't work out quite that way, did it boys?

[Escurumbele]

22. Don't the "Proud Boys" know that trump will pay all their legal fees?

Relax idiots, trump will take care of you, he loves you, nothing would make trump happier than to spend time with you guys at a barbecue watching you drink beers (he doesn't drink, he only snorts some substance), hearing your very intelligent jokes...so please, do not worry, he will have the check in the mail in no time, in the mean time please contribute to trump's legal fees.

[Silent3]

26. "Probably thought they would be welcomed as heroes"

Success wasn't out of the question. If they had succeeded, they probably would have been treated as heroes.

Not by a lot of us (maybe even most of us), but by those who would have then had the power to treat them as heroes instead of prosecuting them.