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submitted 11 months ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

WASHINGTON — A former California police chief who called for the execution of Donald Trump's political enemies, joined the U.S. Capitol attack and then spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Thursday.

Alan Hostetter was found guilty in July on charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering or remaining on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. He represented himself at a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, who sentenced him to 135 months Thursday.

Hostetter, who was the chief of the La Habra, California, Police Department in 2010, was arrested in June 2021.

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

The man who represents himself has a fool for a client.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

I’m grateful for the taxpayer dollars saved, anyway

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's nice when the trash takes itself out.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Man heard he had a Reagan judge and figured the fix was in.

Apparently, it was not.

[-] jopepa@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And they’re cheap, too.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

That's not a very nice thing to say about fashionably homeless John Travolta

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

If you ordered Fat Mac off Temu.

[-] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ya I think he has a few loose screws. Most of them did.

The way this is an elected position in some locations, their are likely millions of people that were once chief of police. Many in some unheard of backwater place. Tend to get some nutcases the briefly hold that position.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 months ago

Alan Hostetter, who was found to have carried a hatchet during the Capitol attack, cited Vivek Ramaswamy's suggestion at Wednesday's GOP debate that Jan. 6 was an "inside job."

He was there. He was carrying 2 hatchets, a knife, a bludgeon and wearing reinforced gloves. He entered the buildings. In what way could it possibly have been an inside job?

"Sure, I carried a weapon and broke into the building, but it was an inside job because um... I was a former police chief, therefore I was indirectly employed by the government... so the government did it!"

the entire thing was staged

My guy, you were there. In what way was it staged? Were you a crisis actor?

He represented himself at a bench trial

What's that expression about a fool for a client?

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

He is saying it is an inside job because he still believes Drumph won the election so he got orders from "inside the government"

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 20 points 11 months ago

My favorite part of all of these sentences is that Trump was still president for a few days after Jan 6 and absolutely could have issued a blanket pardon for everyone who participated in the riots. It would have cost him nothing and would have even further galvanized them in support of him. Instead, he chose to abandon them to their fate. He is incapable of thinking of anyone but himself.

My second favorite part is that this idiot chose to represent himself like he was gonna just drop tRutH bOmBs and convince everyone that the riot was an antifa false flag and he wasn't actually there. Eat shit and die in prison, traitor.

[-] theredroom@midwest.social 3 points 11 months ago

Irony of ironies – in the first pic, he's wearing a shirt that says "be the lion, not the sheep", emblazoned with an oh-so-majestic lion's visage, which he oh-so-erroneously envisioned himself as. That is just too rich.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A true Y'allqaeda

[-] Mikey_donuts@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Imagine throwing eleven years of your life away for nothing

[-] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 14 points 11 months ago

lol enjoy prison, traitor.

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Wake up every morning in your tiny cell and remember that your orange hero isn't going to save you, doesn't give a shit about you, and probably doesn't even know your name.

Think about it longer and realize that you're not getting out of this, even if your orange hero wins and makes himself dictator. Because he only does things to help himself, or his buddies who have connections to help him. Why would he ever lift a finger to help a worthless loser like you?

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Gen pop! I demand gen pop!

[-] Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Ok, now do the thousands of other shitty cops!

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We're stopping at thousands?

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Oh no! Such a shame. How is that these poor tweedums, who were only out to visit the gift shop or something, are still being politically persecuted by Joe Biden himself?

-OJ supporters, probably

[-] Tremble@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Perfect place for him to receive his pension

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Oh, please tell me that he was disqualified from his pension

[-] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Hahahahah, I doubt it.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

If being a criminal disqualified cops from their pensions, then there wouldn't be a penny paid out.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Does the pension plan deposit directly into his prison commissary account?

[-] Tremble@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

You’d have to ask Chief Ramen

[-] BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 11 months ago

Good get all those fucking fascists behind the bars.

this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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