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He's a punk. He obviously wants to be treated like one.
His parents encouraged his behavior. They are not fit to supervise him
Dina Don't play poor small town boy. Milton is a large city built on entitlement. It's surrounded by larger cities where they socialize, shop etc. Also,Cua has had plenty of run ins with police.(Ted Kaczynski could also build a treehouse). Do your research.
As an adult, can it be proved that he did in deed what he has being accused of? his Mommy come to the rescue for her innocent child?
Dina Good pr work for the defense. I'd have guessed the guy's defense lawyers wrote it, but the byline says different.
Dina Small town of Milton? Nope. Please correct this story.
Aw. That's too bad.... Feed him to the wolves.
I would bet a look at his social media will reveal that he's not nearly as 'naive' as his lawyers want to portray him to be.
Compare the image that ran on this piece to one drawn from his Instagram feed at the time of his arrest.
He’s a thug... a gang banger... a dangerous felon who was aided and abetted by his parents. They’re thugs too
To his parents? He’s a damn adult!
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Too bad. He's an adult and a dangerous delusional felon.
Family of dead police officer what him home for dinner tonight.
You're old enough to assault a federal officer. Welcome to the big time baby. Mommy and Daddy can't save you now. 💰💰👀😎
It’s nice that Trump’s privatization of prisons will benefit his constituents.
At 18 you are considered an adult and have the ability to take responsibility for your own actions. Are we adding nuances of gray now? The kid knew exactly what he was doing, thus needs to be held accountable.
If you can't do the time don't do th .........
So sad.
But a 12 year-old black kid is a danger to the the society and needs to be eliminated within 3 seconds of seeing him with a toy 😡😡😡
He is a white bot.. a black or brown kid will get no mercy from the judicial system. If he he is old enough to father a child , he is old enough and mature enough to respond for his crimes.. do not tell me he is a naive innocent boy. He is not.. hE iS NOT
Now he knows what it feels like to be prosecuted as an adult. Helps him grow up fast.Naive I do not think so.
Sure. Excuses excuses. Jail them all.
I've got 3 classes that kid ought to take!
Dina This “naive kid” has had 12 previous run-ins with law enforcement. Instead of the cute puppy photo, why didn’t you publish this one?
He’s 18, so he is an adult
If he was of color, I am sure that he would be tried as an adult.
Too bad for him. If you are so small minded that you cannot filter reality from fiction, you probably need to live in a controlled environment
Bullshit....he should be prosecuted and granted no grace. Tamir Rice wasn’t given any consideration. They (white Trump supporter) just saw him as a thug in the making and needed to be put down!
Lock that fucker up like you would a black man. This defense is absolute bullshit and I’m so sick of the privilege. If he was too poor to have a private attorney and had a court appointed state attorney he’d be in prison already .....
He’s old enough to drive, vote, live on his own, attend college, serve in the military, peace corpse or Americorpse. He can be held accountable for his actions 1/6/21
Just prosecute and sentence him like he's black. He's lucky to be alive! Black people have been killed for FAR less.
Hate to repeatedly highlight the inequality between white and POC, but it is true and rampant to this day. If he is a POC, there is no question. He would be jailed probably twice the amount of time given to a white teen.
Absolutely not. 1: 18 is old enough to enlist, vote, get married, hold some elected offices. Like others here, I was a full adult on my own at 18. 2: 18-YOs fought & died to create this country, to keep it united, to protect it. 3: Those parents raised him. They messed up once.
_Carja they try to try 14 year old black children as adults. this dude should get the same treatment.
My father was drafted to Vietnam at 18.
No, treat him just like a terrorist should be treated. No release. No bail.
This “troubled yoot” portrait is pure BS. He was a violent traitor and insurrectionist who trashed our Capitol. Tree houses? Are you serious? Yet 12 year old Tamir Rice and 17 year old Trayvon Martin are portrayed as “menacing adults”. GTFOH with this.
I call BS: violence is violence
Stop with fairy tale story telling!! Cua is from a VERY wealthy country club suburb of Atlanta NOT a small town atmosphere. His home is an estate home with land, pool etc. His home school of 2300 students is ostentatious. He has been in trouble with police & community already.
Innocent until proven guilty, right? georgefloyd he was judged, sentenced and executed in 8 minutes and 46 seconds. justice isn't blind, it was designed to be unfair! There are two systems, let's face it folks!! WhitePrivilege
Hopefully, a few sessions of EST will help this young man start thinking rationally.
No sympathy for breaking the law.
He must be sentence and fined and send him to the reformatry.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
Too bad. Send him to jail!!!
Quit coddling the 18 year old. He was probably groomed by his parents to be a traitor to his own country. No mercy for all of those involved in trying to overthrow our government. Long long federal prison terms are needed.
This should be a teachable moment for him that actions have consequences. The question is, if he was a black teenager, what would the charge be (assuming he lived to see another day)? Whatever sentencing you would give should be equally applied.
How many young Black men his age have already been sentenced to long jail terms, and NO White Cop, Prosecutor or Judge believed the 'naive teen' defence!
Child soldiers..
I have thought about this article for a long time. I can only conclude that he is 18--legally an adult. His decision to break into the Capitol building, enter the Senate chamber and assault a law enforcement officer was of his own free will. Was he radicalized? Were his parents?
The parents who transported him to the rally, said yes go get a better look at a violent insurgency are now expected to be an influence and monitor him on release pending trial?
Prison will make a man out of him
Tell it to the 70 something-year-old black man who just got released from prison for a crime he was charged with as a teenager.
At 18 you are old enough to enter the military. No question on being radicalized. At 18 when you decide to go against your country’s democracy then you come up with the excuse of being radicalized. Hmmm, no. You are free to choose, and you chose wrong. Do the crime pay the time.
How come white people are “teens” and “kids” at the same ages that black people get thrown in prison (if they survive the cops)?
Tough sh!t. Sometimes lessons have to be learned when they’re young. Maybe there’s hope for this one.
I call bull sh*t! He knew exactly what he was doing. He's an adult, not a 2 year old.
Dina He’s best known for building treehouses? Really? Have you talked to anyone in this community? That’s so far from the truth it’s laughable. You need to get the full story before you write your articles. Very disappointed in this.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. That's what they tell Black folks when they send them to jail. Same applies to hateful ignorance
Dig a little deeper, npr. Was he radicalized on parler_app or Twitter or Facebook ? Only one of those was destroyed by leftists and politicians and big tech. Save your narrative. EnemyOfThePeople
Judges are handing out house arrest organic food and community service so I'm sure they will get him some of that.
A Black 15 year old is an “adult” but white 18 year old is just a naive child. They stormed congress and people died. Save it for the sentencing hearing.
Does this argumentation apply to 18 year old drug dealers, robbers, etc.?
Saintsfan5348 18 is 18...an adult
That's a lousy excuse.....
'30s Germany, anyone? Anyone?
Time to pay the price. He should get multiple felonies and serve time in prison. Really, I wish all the Capitol Rioters were sent to GITMO to serve their sentences.
I thought we tended to assert that a radicalized youth was a terrorist.
Seems it is already too late for ‘parental control’ ...
Next we will be hearing what a bright future he had ahead of him and how one youthful indiscretion shouldn't block him from that.
We know they're all stupid, but storming the Capitol is illegal and dangerous.
Guessing the “naive teen” is white cause he gets due process...and isn’t 6ft under.
Naive my ass
TERRORIST
Because that worked so well with Kyle Rittenhouse
Police pepper sprayed a handcuffed secured 9 year old Black girl inside a police car. White teenagers are criminals when they break the law.
Imagine if he was black
This is really sad. He believed what trump said and acted on it. His life should not be ruined by this one mistake.
18 in the seventies was grown. I was working full-time I had my own apartment I had my own car I was caring for a infant
First take him to RonJohnsonWI and confess he was /is not Antifa
That’s a completely reasonable point to raise at his sentencing hearing.
Don’t do it. Accountability matters.
Just imagine if this were a young black man. This conversation wouldn’t even be happening. 😡
Old enough to serve, old enough to pay for your mistakes!
Reminds me of the swimmer who got charged with rape and they let him go cus he was a good kid.
Dina Mr. Cua was not known in his local town for just building treehouses. He was known for being extremely reckless, trying to run people off the road, and going off on people who disagreed with him. The police were called to his house several times.
We have 18 year olds serving in the military , he isn’t a child . You do the crime you do the time .
Radicalized white supremacist terrorist
I knew better than to stage a coup at 18. Have fun in prison. You ruined your life by being gaslit by an orange idiot. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I have no guns, haven't fought since 5th grade and am an unenrolled voter. What I saw leading up to and on January 6th from many people like this 18-year-old to the President was scary and treasonous. Consequences please.
A time bomb waiting to explode!!!
Nazis were impressionable young kids too. Not a valid excuse.
He can vote and serve in the military. Charge as an adult.
He is a adult. Fullest extent of the law.
When Tamir Rice was 12 he was considered a serious danger with a toy gun who had to be put down. Y’all want me to feel bad for this MF? Think again.
CryBabyTerrorist
If he was an 18 year old Black Teen, he would be charged as an Adult! LawAndOrder insurrectionhearing
Tough enough to attempt govt overthrow, tough enough for Federal prison... he’ll be popular in general population 😏
It wasn't an insurrection, stupid shhhh.
18 is an adult, responsible for his actions.
then why was he trying to tear the building down ?
Wait I thought kids weren’t capable of making informed decisions and understanding the consequences of theirs actions
Everyone is blaming someone else for getting dressed, going to the rally, walking to the Capitol, assaulting the capitol, and beating police. There are way too many steps to blame someone or something else.
Wait, that radicalized excuse didn’t work for the Boston Marathon bombers right? Terrorists are terrorists.
18 is considered an ADULT. Ask any 18 y/o... If you broke into someones house, would you get arrested? If you assaulted an officer, would you get arrested? He committed the crime. He shouldn't get a 'pass' for stupidity. If he was black we would even be havin this conversation.
Being a dumbass isn't an excuse for assaulting a federal officer or for attempting to overthrow the government.
I do not know any naive 18 year old
Justce4AllPRISON
The Charleston church killer was a teenager. The DC Sniper was a teenager & got life in prison. What's your point.
naive does not necessarily mean without mens rea or mental incapable of telling right from wrong
I have a 18 year old, so I tend to think of them as kids. But police handcuffed a 9 year old, and shot a 12 year old. There are many 17 year olds tried as adults languishing in jail, and many more in juvie for smaller crimes. The only difference is the color of skin. Lock him up.
No one considers terrorists from overseas 'naive' based on their age.
I was an adult at 18, I had to pay bills, work, and care for myself. If I was a criminal I would be prosecuted for those crimes with full consequences. Nobody would say I was a misled kid.
If he were Black you would call him an adult. Do better.
How many 18 year old black men get “released to their parents” when arrested? Can you spell “white privilege”?
Uhh, hell no! The crime, the time. Old enough to know better. TUFFF 🆘⚖️😷🇺🇸
They all have an excuse.
Try him like he had $20 bag of marijuana. We all know that’s 5-10 years.
I’m sorry. Isn’t he an adult now
MaureenMannion2 Noooo
My guy needs compassionate care.
being an adult is learning to be responsible for your actions and that actions have consequences....
18 year olds can go to war and commit war crimes. That 14 year old girl Claire Miller is charged as an adult for murder. Surely 18 year old Traitor can face the grownup music.
He is 18 years old. He attacked the United States Capitol. Stop with this weak ass white supremacy.
He is a legal adult. Even juveniles under 18 can be tried as adults depending on the act. Insurrection, assault, and sedition are not 'bad judgement'. They are acts against one's nation, harm to another. Try him as you would any other 18 year old: as an adult.
I think 18 is old enough to understand bad choices have consequences
When was this 'naiveté' recognized: before or after the teenager participated in trying to destroy this nation's capitol and our elected leaders?
Sounds about white.
So.... adult
But if a black man of 18 was dealing pot , we must throw the book at him
Lock him up
Yeah, I think he is a naive kid who bought into a cult, got caught up in mob violence & had poor parental guidance. But, know what? All criminals are guilty of poor judgement. It's a reason, not an excuse, not a free pass.
According to our society, the right thing to do is to medicate the child until he’s no longer able to grow up, and put him in some terrible job that he hates, for life, as punishment. or, we could emulate Syrian society, and torture him to death at Guantanamo for treason.
A 14 yo girl recently shot and killed her 12 yo sister in PA. It's called consequences.
He just finished Intro to Government? You can’t make this sh*t up.
lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who supported them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
criha When I was 18 I was “radicalized “ by 3 Marine Drill SGTs , he made the wrong choice and he’s an adult. No mercy.
Building what? Lego? I am so tired of armchair psychologists painting pictures of 'naive' young men being led astray. At 18, he was old enough to make good decisions so 'naive' or not, he has to pay the price. He certainly won't do it again when he emerges as a new person!
he is an adult, he should spend the rest of his life in jail like anyone who stepped foot into the capital
18 is old enough to know better & to understand actions have consequences
18? He’s an adult. Will be tried as an adult.
Yet, Kailef Browder thrown into solitary confinement in Rikers for two years allegedly stealing a backpack. He was 17 years old.
At 18 years of age, one is legally emancipated from parents. This young adult is equipped with enough judgment to recognize the line between law-abiding and criminal behavior.
Adult. Throw book at him.
That’s great he’s just shy of graduating high school, but that’s not going to matter now. He’s about to learn a lot of other stuff he probably never planned on.
BULL💩💩💩 🤬🤬🤬
is the teen white? because cops will buy him burger king before swinging him by his mom's house. - 18 years old is an adult by law. throw the book at him
Seems like he may just be the victim of his parents failures to teach him better. They brainwashed him, brought him to DC for the Trump riot and he got carried away in the mob. The court can decide whether he's a violent criminal or just trespassing, time to face consequences.
'very naive' teen? That is the most BS I could have heard
Milton, GA isn't some rinky dink city north of Atlanta. It's one of the wealthiest and whitest. I'm actually surprised they aren't going with the affluenza defense for this little turd.
He can vote, he can be drafted, “naive” ... naive isn’t a defense.
So what if he was naive. If he’s allowed to go without consequences then he will do it again. Furthermore, the message sent will be that it’s no big deal if you’re young, naive, and attempt to overthrow the United States in a violent coup that leaves several people dead.
Do you really think the right would plan and lead an insurrection without guns?
Actions have consequences. Time for him to learn that lesson.
If he had a brown skin tone it wouldn’t even be in question
How many Isis believers were that young and spent decades in Guantnemo?
Naïveté ... just like ignorance. Of the law ... is no excuse.
He an idiot that's all
Soldiering age. Throw the book at him.
He's an adult. He put on his big boy pants the minute he committed treason and sedition. Let him wear them now to prison.
'Please. My client. He is very white.'
Fuck him, throw the book at him.
If I pulled some shit like that, I would have begged them to just leave me locked. If my choices were jail or released into my mom's custody, it wouldn't matter if I was 18. I would have gotten my ass beat before leaving the police station.
Charge him as an adult. InsurrectionHasConsequences
'Naivete' isn't an excuse for assaulting an officer. If they think teens involved in this have been radicalized, they should be handled just like teens in overseas extremist groups: charged and incarcerated, then rehabilitated. Don't blame 4chan for felonies.
Very naive legal adult who can vote.
Just another DOMESTIC TERRORIST!
How did we treat teen suicide bombers radicalized by Al Quaeda and ISIL? 🤔🤷🏼♂️🐬
System is rigged.
KodoAndSangha 'radicalized by Fox News.' There, fixed it for you.
The problem was, continues to be, lack of personal responsibility. The GOP SenateGOP HouseGOP Republicans RepublicanParty is RIFE with it. The disgusting racist white supremacy & nationalism is built off itsdenial. Always blame someone else for yer own failings FascistGOP
So what the issue?
Wah wah
POC are grownups at 14, otherwise, you have until you're 22 or 24. Yeah, equality my ass!
Watch the Central Park 5...
a judge allowed a violent insurrectionist, a criminal, to be released for her vacation. Who was that judge and why is no one jumping up in anger?
If you haven't watched a loved one jump down the rabbit hole and come out a different person, you can't understand. And if we don't make some effort to 'get our people back,' we are going to be outnumbered; truth is already jeopardized. TruthMatters Jan6Insurrection
Let’s do the same to ISIS radicals send them to Guantanamo
Nope.
Tough shit kid. Enjoy prison.
18 and by law an Adult... Enjoy ....
nah brah. he fxked up. he was a man.
n0tIdentifiable A criminal is a criminal. That’s the mantra of the trump crew. So..... off to jail he goes.
ISIS and Al Queda 18 year olds are radicalized too...what do we do to them? Throw the dipshit in Gitmo.
He could have been a Dylaan Roof, or a Kyle Rittenhouse.
He's a thug and should be treated as such.
My son is 18. If he participated in this I'd expect him to be held accountable for his actions
The scary thing is the concept of 'radicalized by social media.' About half the population seems to have no innate defense mechanism against that. Cults used to be rare.
To these parents? 😂😂😂😂
If he was black he’d have been shot 🤷🏻♂️ Try him as far as you would an 18-year-old black man. Or, as we should be trying them. Instead of killing them.
JERK! Throw him to the wolves! insurrectionists
Lock him up!!
The young *man* willfully participated in a coup attempt. He was radicalized by a cognitively impaired sociopath and pathological liar as well as the party and media outlets who continue to worship him; as we see in Orlando this weekend.
If he was black, this argument certainly wouldn't fly. Hold him accountable.
No, he’s 18? he’s a whole adult and made an adult decision. Now its time to face the adult consequence.
Nah they need to keep his ass locked up
Don’t buy it for Rittenhouse, don’t buy it for whoever this kid is.
He is an adult able to live on his own, purchase a gun, vote, get a loan, purchase a home, get married, serve in the military & learn to kill. Naive teen defense is a typical white person defense good for our unfair class legal system, i.e. white, black, ethnic, rich, poor, etc.
It's always something or someone else's fault when they get caught.
If he was black he'd be a 'common thug with history of violence.'
The media's solution to solving social injustice is to artificially swing the pendulum in the other direction.
Always an excuse.
Everyone read The Book No One Is Writing by Zacregela
Oh, puhleeeze.
BuzzEdition He's 18 - legal adult. Mommy and Daddy can't help him now.
Insurrections have consequences?
Law & Order. Take responsibility for your actions.
All may be true. But guilty if found guilty by a jury of his peers
It’s only when they get caught, ...they have an epiphany.
He’s old enough to vote and serve in the military. No crocodile tears for him.
This kid was suck in by the former guys BS. But there must be some accountability. Let's not close Guantanamo so fast.
family of conspiracy theorists. Now that their kid is in serious trouble and they’re paying defense lawyers, i guess it was well worth it for them.
Do the crime....
Federal prison will do him some good.
He’s an adult. No.
18 year old men are men, legally. He was able to be successfully arrested, which is more grace than we ever gave Michael Brown or Trayvon Martin.
This is bullshit. And BLM/Antifa get away with causing two billion dollars in damage during the months and months of 'peaceful protesting' because they got the okay from the Democrats who encouraged it.
So, they want prosecutors to charge an adult as a child. This is new.
Sucks to suck, pal.
He’ll be ‘welcomed’ in prison & maybe he’ll think twice about his choices. As for being radicalized, Bullsh!t.....he had choices & he made the wrong ones. He’ll be popular in prison. So be it.
The crazy will be multiplied in 2024 when Dumpf runs again. GOP can’t break free of the dude. Makes it worse when Dems are just weak, can’t fulfill a single campaign promise to improve people’s lives. It’s failure will be the add fuel to the fire.
Teenagers think they know so much more than adults until they screw up, then they wanna use the teenage excuse.
5 to 10 should give him time to reflect on his poor decisions 🤷🏿♂️
ICYMI …
Put his parents in jail..obviously they don’t have a clue how to raise children
Aww, too bad he's 18 years old, and an adult. Time to pay for your transgressions.
I thought the Republicans believe in LawAndOrder and FamilyValues
A white person who is legally an adult is a naive child. A 11-year-old black child with a toy or some Skittles is a hardened criminal. It never fails.
If it's a black or latino kid they are thugs that should be locked up, white kids....oh they just are naive and couldn't deal with thinking clearly. It's the same old 'boys will be boys' type of fucking bullshit.
It can be both things Young and impressionable with a side of angry
And Khalif Browder was in prison for 3 years for a bookbag that he didn’t steal. He can sit there and wait. Next time don’t participate in terrorist plots.
He’s 18!!! He’ll figure it out!!
we know who he was radicalized by.
And 14 year olds get charged as adults. We need to stop giving out passes to the people that already are privileged. He was adult enough to get to DC.
he should spend a month alone in a room with nancy pelosi
I doubt locking him up would help undo his radicalisation
Good. Hope he gets charged to the full extent.
That’s precisely the type of people that should be taken out of circulation early on.
It’s a shame but he must be charged as an adult ...it’s just the way it is
This man is a traitor and needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law.
If you're eighteen, you're an adult. Put him in a prison cell where he belongs.
Young and impressionable will only get you so far.
The saying 'Ignorance is no excuse' came immediately to mind.
Who cares, no excuse.....sounds like a hard lesson is needed
very naive... that should be changing, but stupid is a better description may never change.
They killed younger black men for much less or tried them as adults. Full extent of the law please 🙏🏾
I guess only white kids and can be very naive
The court needs to treat this young man with consideration and compassion .... Then jail him for the maximum time allowed under law
Uh, wtf? Sorry we have kids doing time in prison for less, this guy is an adult and should be treated as such.
No! KALIEF BROWDER!
Fuck ‘em
Lock him up
We lock up black kids for far less. Stop protecting the little white supremacists.
FAIL ... His parents have obviously failed in their responsibility to raise a competent citizen.
Remember TamirRice, who was 12 and had a toy gun in a place where he threatened no one, but was summarily executed by police within seconds.
nice
Aw. Lil muffin.
Yeah he’s an adult now so... welcome
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