{"id":1743447,"date":"2022-11-18T06:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T11:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743447"},"modified":"2022-11-18T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:18:09","slug":"texas-man-convicted-of-wearing-military-gear-on-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-man-convicted-of-wearing-military-gear-on-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Man Convicted of &#8220;Wearing Military Gear&#8221; on Jan 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-man-convicted-of-wearing-military-gear-on-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/b2349c5c-1f3f-49f4-bc9f-fa4c4de5839d-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The latest trial of the trespassers who entered the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/16\/politics\/larry-brock-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has come to a close<\/a>. 55-year-old Larry Brock, a Texas resident and retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, was convicted of multiple charges yesterday in Washington. As with so many of the other rioters we\u2019ve seen being rushed through the courts, both prosecutors and the media seemed hard-pressed to come up with any specifics as to what Brock did on that day to warrant a conviction in federal court that will very likely result in a lengthy prison sentence. The one thing everyone seemed to agree on was that Brock was \u201cguilty\u201d of wearing \u201cmilitary gear\u201d (a tactical vest and a helmet) which is now apparently either a crime or indicative of criminal activity somehow. (CNN)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Texas man who served in the US Air Force was convicted on Wednesday of six charges in the US Capitol attack on , when prosecutors say he entered the Senate chamber dressed in military gear.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Washington, DC, found Larry Brock, 55, of Grapevine, Texas, guilty of several misdemeanors and the felony of obstructing an official proceeding during the Capitol riot. He faces a statutory maximum of 20 years behind bars, though federal guidelines will likely lead to a far lower sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The retired lieutenant colonel chose to have his trial before a judge instead of a jury.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read the full press release on Brock\u2019s conviction from the Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/texas-man-found-guilty-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-related-capitol-breach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The story of Larry Brock\u2019s involvement in the riot is rather short, as was his participation in the event. He didn\u2019t enter the building until 2:24 pm, well after all of the breaking of windows and doors had taken place. There is no mention of his ever having come face to face with any Capitol Hill police or other law enforcement personnel, so he clearly didn\u2019t try to attack any of them.<\/p>\n<p>Brock \u201cwalked around\u201d (that\u2019s the description used by the Justice Department) various parts of the building for a while. He found a discarded pair of plastic flex-cuffs near the Rotunda, picked them up, and carried them around with him. There is no mention of him ever trying to use them on anyone. In perhaps his most serious offense, he entered the Senate chambers and \u201crifled through paperwork on some Senators\u2019 desks,\u201d though he was not accused of taking anything. He left the building at 3:01 pm after spending roughly 37 minutes inside.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it. That was the entirety of Larry Brock\u2019s participation in the riot. He made the curious choice of having his case heard by a judge rather than before a jury. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates found him guilty of six charges with little delay. Like the others before him, Brock was convicted of one felony (obstruction of an official proceeding) and five misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building, three different counts of disorderly conduct, and, of course, \u201cparading\u201d in the Capitol Building.<\/p>\n<p>Brock didn\u2019t damage any property, he didn\u2019t physically attack anyone, and he didn\u2019t steal anything. When he is sentenced in February, he is facing up to twenty years in prison, though the judge is expected to give him significantly less than that. He will spend years behind bars for the equivalent of trespassing and doing so \u201cwhile wearing military gear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The obvious political persecution of perceived ideological opponents of the current administration continues apace. As with the others, I\u2019m not saying that Larry Brock didn\u2019t break the law and shouldn\u2019t be held accountable for his actions. I\u2019m saying that these sentences are massively disproportionate to those received by people who have been convicted of far worse and more violent crimes during other riots around the country. Unequally applied justice is no form of justice at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest trial of the trespassers who entered the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021, has come to a close. 55-year-old Larry Brock, a Texas resident and retired Air Force<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1743450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1743447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1743450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}