{"id":52927,"date":"2023-12-05T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=52927"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:03:57","slug":"slouching-toward-banana-republic-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=52927","title":{"rendered":"Slouching Toward Banana Republic Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evidently in modern-day America when you stand before a judge, it doesn&#8217;t matter what you did, it matters which side of the political aisle you favor.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/trendingpoliticsnews.com\/blm-rioters-who-torched-an-atlanta-wendys-in-2020-get-probation-500-cmc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trending Politics<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Two far-left rioters who pleaded guilty to burning down an Atlanta Wendy\u2019s during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020 have been sentenced to five years of probation by a Fulton County judge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Wendy\u2019s was the site of the fatal, officer-involved shooting of Rayshard Brooks on June 12, 2020. Brooks had fallen asleep in the drive thru and attacked the responding Atlanta Police Officer, Garret Rolfe, when he was detained. Brooks was shot and killed after he tried to grab Rolfe\u2019s taser, leading to riots not long after George Floyd\u2019s death in Minneapolis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Atanta\u2019s BLM chapter, along with other chapters and far-left activists nationwide, called for Rolfe to be charged. He ultimately was charged with murder by then-Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, though charges were dropped in 2022 by a special prosecutor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>On Saturday, 11 Alive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/crime\/atlanta-wendys-burned-rayshard-brooks-suspects-plea-deal\/85-28707eea-86d7-45b6-aa42-5fe46bd9c90b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that two suspects charged with torching the Wendy\u2019s had accepted generous plea deals. Chisom Kingston and Natalie White were each sentenced to five years of probation, court records show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Both Kingston and White will also be forced to complete 150 hours of community service and pay a $500 fine. A third suspect, John Wade, was indicted for his role in starting the blaze this past January.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>According to an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/apr\/17\/george-floyd-protesters-charges-citations-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>, upwards of 99 percent of charges brought against Black Lives Matter rioters in 2020 were dropped by local prosecutors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, people who did nothing more than walk through the Capitol on January 6th are rotting in Washington, D. C. jail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidently in modern-day America when you stand before a judge, it doesn&#8217;t matter what you did, it matters which side of the political aisle you favor. 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