Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty to six Capitol riot charges; calls police 'turncoats'
Source: USA Today/York Daily Record
Kim Strong
York Daily Record
Zachary Rehl, the Philadelphia chapter president of the far-right Proud Boys, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to six charges against him related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, including a charge of conspiracy for what the government says was a planned plot to storm the U.S. Capitol the day of President Joe Biden's election certification.
Rehl, 35, remains in jail, following the arraignment in Washington, D.C., district court, despite a Pennsylvania magistrate judge's decision to release him prior to trial. D.C.
The motion from the government, which says Rehl should remain in prison because he is a threat to the community, states that the Proud Boys leader is not remorseful for his actions on Jan. 6. "To the contrary, he has celebrated it," according to the motion.
In public messages, he condemned police officers who defended the Capitol by saying, They deserve to be tarred and feathered. These cops turning on us are also what they call turncoats. Just saying," the detention motion states.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/14/zachary-rehl-philadelphia-proud-boys-leader-enters-not-guilty-plea-to-six-charges-remains-in-jail/7221249002/
louis-t
(23,297 posts)Last time I looked, you weren't in charge of this country.
Oh, and I don't care if you were briefed beforehand and thought the Capitol police were going to 'go easy' on the trumpanzees.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)that you think the police will stand by or join you while you riot and assault cops in an attempt to overturn a democratic election.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)That's right wingers! Once we get you in jail, you'll stay there..hear me
stumpy?...
Justice matters.
(6,941 posts)The sentence for that crime is the death penalty, right?
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)Like the action giff...
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)However, four non-insurrectionists and one insurrectionist died during the attack on the Capitol. If they can tie this person to any of those five deaths, they can look at a federal murder charge which ALSO carries the death penalty.
Harker
(14,035 posts)Way to go.
joetheman
(1,450 posts)that could be considered as putting a target on the backs of law enforcement all over the country.
Mysterian
(4,593 posts)These trump cultists are dumber than rocks and probably too stupid to recognize what they did was wrong.
Long prison sentences are justified.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Looks like he really learned a lesson.