Redondo Beach man sentenced for punching reporter at pro-Trump march in Huntington Beach

Rise Above Movement member Tyler Laube punches a journalist during at a political rally at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach on March 25, 2017.

Rather than a six-month sentence requested by prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney gave Laube credit for 35 days he already served in custody, and did not order him to spend any additional time behind bars.Rundo — who was indicted alongside Laube — is alleged to have recruited and trained others to take part in violence alongside of him at the Huntington Beach march, as well as political rallies in San Bernardino and Berkeley.

Prosecutors in their sentencing brief wrote that 10 days before the Huntington Beach march, Laube attended a “combat training” event in San Clemente. During the march, prosecutors wrote, Laube punched the journalist several times before a counter-protestor used pepper spray to momentarily disperse the crowd.

Laube contended that in the midst of the march, multiple Antifa members slapped him, followed by a cameraman stepping on and breaking a rallygoer’s American flag, leading someone else to start a fight. The journalist “stepped in to assist the cameraman,” according to the judge. Laube is now three years sober, after seeking treatment for heroin and alcohol addiction, his attorney said, and he has had no contact with the members of the Rise Above Movement since before his indictment.

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