Benjamin Daley, a founder of the now-defunct Rise Above Movement, was sentenced Friday to 37 months in prison. Thomas Gillen, a Redondo Beach resident, was sentenced to 33 months and Michael Miselis, a member who worked as an aerospace engineer for Northrop Grumman, was sentenced to 27 months. A fourth defendant, Cole White, will be sentenced later.
Federal authorities said the group was founded in late 2016 or early 2017 by Daley and Robert Rundo, originally branded as “DIY Division.” The group grew in numbers through the use of social media, on which they coordinated combat training before political events and bragged about the violence to recruit members.
At a political rally in Huntington Beach in March 2017, several members pursued and assaulted groups of protesters and other individuals, according to authorities. In a rally in Berkeley the following month, group members again violently clashed with attendees. After group members arrived in Charlottesville in August 2017, they taped their fists and made their way through a group of people protesting against discrimination. Together, prosecutors said, the white supremacists pushed, punched, kicked and head-butted several people, resulting in a riot.The U.S. attorney’s office said that as part of their pleas, the defendants admitted the acts of violence were not carried out in self-defense.
“Every one of their sentences should stand as evidence that Virginia has zero tolerance for such criminal activity,” Col. Gary T. Settle, Virginia State Police superintendent, said in a statement.
Haters will always destroy themselves! Bon voyage!
What was the sentence? Two weeks in prison low security section
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Lock them up
Dude in the red hat went from working at Lockheed Martin or one of the other defense contractors to Prison. Talk about a downward spiral!
markvargas660 About time
Sorry to say, expect more. Trumpnugget just declared racial war on America. Doubt this at your own peril. Trumpers of color! Do you think he cares about you because you voted for him? How incredibly dumb is that?
Good!
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Good. I hope that they can meet other white supremacists and talk them out of committing acts of deplorable violence before more people like Heather Heyer are murdered. Some outreach programs would be nice to see.
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