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Stewart Rhodes is in Prison. Why is Enrique Tarrio Free?
Something’s Rotten in the State of Florida
On Friday, January 14th, Proud Boy Chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio Jr. left the DC Central Detention facility with a plastic garbage bag full of his belongings, an armful of paperwork and, as the Daily Mail tastefully pointed out, an unzipped fly.
Tarrio’s sentence ended 25 days early for reasons no one seems able to explain. The court denied his November petition for compassionate release. And yet here he is, presumably enjoying his life as a free proud western Chauvinist who refuses to apologize for creating the modern world, without a single January 6th criminal charge.
Tarrio walked free just one day after authorities arrested Oathkeepers founder and leader Eugene “Stewart” Rhodes. Rhodes and his associates face sedition charges for their January 6th plans: a fever dream of Arlington weapons caches, plots for boat crossings in case summoned by Trump, tactical golf carts, and military “stack” formations to save America from the democratic process or whatever.
Tarrio and his “War Boys” fall far short of the standard of competence set by the Oathkeepers, a group that primarily recruits “current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders” rather than, say, that one guy who always starts shit at the bar on UFC…
