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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Dec 14, 2024, 06:41 AM Dec 14

Leader of California white supremacist group gets two years in prison

Source: AP

Updated 7:18 PM EST, December 13, 2024


LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of a Southern California white supremacist group was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for inciting violence at California political rallies in 2017.

Robert Paul Rundo, 34, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Riot Act, the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said.

“Hate and violence are antithetical to American values and tear at our community. It is therefore critical that we protect the civil and constitutional rights of our community against those who promote divisiveness,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. Rundo’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Prosecutors say Rundo co-founded the Rise Above Movement, which they describe as “a combat-ready, militant group of a new nationalist white supremacy and identity movement.” He and two others were accused of planning and engaging in violence at gatherings in Huntington Beach, Berkeley and San Bernardino in 2017.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/california-white-supremacist-rundo-rise-above-movement-cee798b647c647d208ac2f5b0215c8bc

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Leader of California white supremacist group gets two years in prison (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 14 OP
He'll be pardoned. no_hypocrisy Dec 14 #1
That's no reason not to sentence and jail him. We need to hold violent groups like this responsible for their actions. Martin68 Dec 14 #3
Every mother in the world dreams her daughter will one day come home with a boy just like this. C0RI0LANUS Dec 14 #2
Thanks, DOJ! ancianita Dec 14 #4
Maybe, I've been over reacting to the convicted felons pardons and his future pardons. republianmushroom Dec 14 #5
Wasn't he sentenced to Time Served? So now he's freee? Ranting Randy Dec 14 #6
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Martin68

(24,892 posts)
3. That's no reason not to sentence and jail him. We need to hold violent groups like this responsible for their actions.
Sat Dec 14, 2024, 08:53 AM
Dec 14

republianmushroom

(18,654 posts)
5. Maybe, I've been over reacting to the convicted felons pardons and his future pardons.
Sat Dec 14, 2024, 01:22 PM
Dec 14

Biden grants clemency to Indiana nursing home CEO who led $19 million fraud scheme
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143356294

Biden commutes sentence for Kids-for-Cash judge
https://www.citizensvoice.com/2024/12/12/biden-commutes-sentence-for-kids-for-cash-judge/
Conahan, 72, was convicted along with former judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., 74, of funneling juvenile defendants to two private, for-profit detention centers in exchange for $2.1 million in kickbacks.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219816835

Must be a Washington thing.

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