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Journalist sentenced to 60 days for standing OUTSIDE the Capitol and expressing unpopular opinions

America is now proving to the world it is no longer even pretending to be a free and open society

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Leo Hohmann
Sep 12, 2023
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War Room host Owen Shroyer has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for his role in January 6, according to reports.

“I was not a part of any larger plan for illegal activity or violence that day,” said Shroyer Tuesday morning to the D.C. court according to NBC News.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Shroyer. Last week, he sent Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio to federal prison for a record-setting term of 22 years.

See tweet here on X (formerly Twitter) : https://x.com/HarrisonHSmith/status/1701622260069478455?s=20

This won’t get much attention in the corporate media, and the coverage it does get will go light on the implications for American society going forward.

This sets a very dangerous precedent. Here we have a journalist — NBC calls him a “conspiracy theorist” but whatever — who will spend 60 days in jail for what even his prosecutors admit was a crime that consisted of nothing more than expressing ideas that made people upset and angry.

Think of the possibilities here as …

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