Trump appointed U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden probably doesn’t know much about the law, if other Trump Judges are any measure, but he does know what he likes – a clean cut and handsome young 19 year old III percent-er with aspirations of joining his fellow fascists in the ranks of the police, a penchant for bear spray, gun and cosplay and… butterfingers.
He is a clip of the fortunate recipient of McFadden’s ruling, young Tyler Bensch playing SWAT mens (most likely behind mommie’s house), and… oops… dropping his reload:
Here is Tyler Bensch aka #SmithHelmet3P giving Steve "whistling" Friend a run for his money, even after dropping his clip. #SeditionHunters https://t.co/Bk8r4UyZRY pic.twitter.com/9MUz71LTEO
— K2theSky 📛 (@K2theSky) July 8, 2023
But Bensch wasn’t playing on Jan. 6th, 2021 when he donned his III % patch fatigues, combat helmet and boots, grabbed his bear- spray and set out from Florida to Washington D.C. to bring down our Democracy.
He was sentenced yesterday and luckily, for himself and his future police force aspirations, he drew a Trump appointed judge…
“A federal judge nominated by former President Donald Trump gave a “break” Friday to a man who used bear spray during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, saying he did not deserve the prison sentence requested by prosecutors.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced Tyler Bensch, who pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts in connection with the riot, to two years of probation and 60 days home incarceration. Prosecutors had requested nine months in federal prison.
“You participated in a national embarrassment,” McFadden said before imposing the sentence. “You came ready for trouble.”
But, he added, Bensch’s involvement was “pretty minor” when compared to others, while noting that his age was a mitigating factor. Bensch was 19 years old on Jan. 6, 2021.
“I am giving you this break because of your age” at the time and a lack of criminal history, McFadden said. “This doesn’t need to define you or your life.”
This is not the first time that McFadden has shown deference to Jan. 6th defendants. In February of 2021, despite pending felony charges, he allowed one to travel to Mexico for a corporate retreat:
“In February 2021, McFadden received widespread media attention when he approved a uncontested travel request by Jenny Cudd, who faced two misdemeanor charges in connection with the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol and wanted to travel to Mexico for a “weekend retreat with her employees”. Subsequent to Cudd’s filing of her travel request, she was indicted on five federal counts, including one felony, relating to her alleged activities during the January 6, 2021, storming of the United States Capitol. Following Cudd’s conviction, Judge McFadden removed weapons restrictions from her probation conditions, agreeing it was not “reasonably related” to her crime and she may a firearm for own self-defense in the face of harassment she had endured following her conviction.“
And the good judge seems very concerned that Jan. 6th defendants, who sought to overthrow the government, are being treated more harshly than Black Lives Matter protestors who seek to staunch the wholesale slaughter of themselves and their fellows by the police:
“McFadden also received national media attention for suggesting that the January 6 Capitol rioters were being treated more harshly than the rioters in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. “The US Attorney’s Office would have more credibility if it was even-handed in its concern about riots and mobs in the city,” said McFadden during sentencing for one of the Capitol rioters. He later became the first judge to issue an outright acquittal of an accused January 6 rioter who had breached the Capitol grounds, concluding that the defendant “reasonably believed the [Capitol police] officers allowed him into the Capitol.” McFadden sentenced another January 6 protester to 52 months imprisonment for having seized a police baton from an officer and used it to strike two other officers.”
Cases such as Bensch’s and Cudd’s, and judges such as McFadden will likely be the longest lasting legacy of Donald Trump -other than perhaps his deleterious poisoning of our society as a whole – for the balance of our lives.
Long after Trump is punished – and I predict that will be meted out in far smaller potions than he deserves – McFadden and his fellows will keep bending the arc of injustice ever more to the right… to the continued detriment of our democracy.
Because, after all, what chance do white men have. Worthless pieces of shi*t who attempted to overthrow our duly elected government need gifts like this because our country doesn’t do quite enough for them.
I want to tie that judge down and after emptying a bottle of scotch all over his face thru my dick, sh*t in his mouth.
We will be decades most likely cleaning up the sh*tty mess trump left our country in so we’d better get our a$$es off the couch and get to work. Getting rid of the rest of the ‘pubes in office is a good start.
The cosplay video would have been amusing except for how seriously these Rambo wannabes take themselves. What jumped out at me though was that last second “look at what a bada$$ tough guy I am” sneer at the camera. Where was all that “toughness” in court? His defense came down to begging for mercy!
As I said when I wrote about this elsewhere long before I was nineteen I’d have known, KNOWN without anyone telling me so that Trump’s call to people to come to DC and raise hell was WRONG! And that encouragment to storm the Capitol to stop Congress from carrying out what it was Constitutionally mandated to do that day was a CRIME! AND that actually going to DC, dressing up for “battle” and carrying a weapon (yes, even a can of pepper spray is carrying a weapon and with this PUNK and others it wasn’t being carried for self-defense but to attack others including LE) was an even bigger CRIME.
But returning to the cosplay. Although I volunteered for infantry I would wind up being stationed in the DC area. Long story. Back then (in the 80s) HQMC was in the Navy Annex up the hill from the Pentagon. Henderson Hall, across the street was where a nice, large set of BEQ (Bachelor Enlisted Quarters) for jarheads stationed in Arlington was located. Most of those stationed there were part of A Company. A huge number of people and almost all of the enlisted Marines in the DC area were admin types. 0100 was the general M.O.S. (Military Occupational Specialty) for admin pukes. Depending on one’s actual specialty the 00 part was some number designating just what it was a particular “01” actually did.
I on the other hand was infantry, and therefore in the 0300 category, which also had two digits after the 3 if you were more than a basic infantry puke. (I was – anti-tank/assault) Just as admins were called 01s, infantry were called 03s. I bring all this up because there were admins who like to pretend they were more than some admin type, that they were “real” Marines with some combat arms or at least related speciality. They tended to be careful about talking sh*t around those of us who were actually grunts, or other combat arms types like artillery, tankers, etc. but some couldn’t restrain themselves.
And then there was the guy even other 01s rolled their eyes at. Known as “Ricky Recon.” Or, as many of my fellow grunts, the MP we worked with (we were attached to the Provost Marshall’s office) and lots of others the “01 -03.” THIS guy when off duty would wear camo around the post sometimes. And when he’d go for a run in the streets of Arlington? Oh boy! He’d wear combat boots of course. But he’s also wear green or camo running shorts, and a green or camo T-shirt. At least until he found a camo one with decent sized “MARINES” letters on the chest after which his sorts and t-shirt were both camo. AND he’d cover his face in camo paint! I wasn’t the only one (not by a long shot) who asked why just play grunt instead of switching his M.O.S. and actually being one.
The best part was annual “Prac.” As in practical. Once, or for some things twice a year everyone has to do certain things. One of these is passing “Practical Knowledge.” There’s a written test of stuff every Marine should know. And some actual hands on stuff, including proving one could field strip and re-assemble an M-16 which is what we carried then. I’d only just been stationed there for my first crack at it and on the M-16 part I found that to save time, one only had to strip the thing down or re-assemble it after the person before them had done so. Like everything else in the Prac Exam it was a piece of cake. But not for a lot, a LOT of the admin folks! It was pretty embarrassing for their company commander as it seems to have become an ongoing issue. (I haven’t so much as touched an M-16 in decades now and if not with blinding speed anymore could still easily field strip and re-assemble one)
So the next time, instead of a complete field stripping/re-assembly they eased up and all a person had to do was break the weapon down into the three main groups – upper receiver group, lower receiver group and bolt group. All you had to two was pop two pins to separate the upper and lower receivers and pull out the bolt. (the charging handle would come out too. Or re-insert the bolt (and charging handle) into the upper receiver, then fit the upper and lower receivers together and push the retaining pins back into place. (they didn’t come all the way out) I could, in less than two minutes teach anyone reading this how to do it, and complete the task in less than fifteen seconds. Probably less than ten.
Well, when I went over to the room where the hands on part of the exam was taking place Ricky Recon’s office was there too. As fate, or rather luck would have it I was behind him in line for the M-16 part. When his turn came, he had to put the three groups back together.
And couldn’t do it!
I couldn’t help it and started laughing. Since he outranked me he got upset and trying to order me to attention so he could chew me out and that only made me laugh harder! Luckily for me the battalion Sgt. Major was present and I could see him headed our way with a smile on his face. But Ricky Recon’s C.O. was there too and held out a “I’ve got this” hand and he first told me to go ahead and show his guy how it was done, then took Ricky Recon out of the room whispering in his ear. Ricky Recon, the “O1-03” did his best to avoid me after that!
Some people, wannabes who cosplay are just that. Cosplaying wannabes.
Bensch didn’t just deserve to have to spend time in prison, he NEEDED it to teach him some goddamned truths about himself. As Dirty Harry’s tagline in one of those movies said – “A man’s gotta know his limitations.”
If the kid likes playing “army” (because cops don’t usually wear camouflage fatigues), maybe he should’ve been sent to the military for a minimum 2-year tour of duty (and being completely ineligible for any kind of promotion or citation until the end of the 2 years).