You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Fifth Column
North Dakota man convicted over an axe attack on office of Republican @Sen John Hoeven is revealed to be part of antifa
2021-11-24
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by:Fred

#9  And they gave him his axe back.
Posted by: KBK   2021-11-24 19:10  

#8  When I was a newspaper reporter, the inside joke on the courthouse beat was "What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 80?"

"Your honor..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-11-24 11:24  

#7  /\ Thing to remember about judges. Before they were judges, they were lawyers.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-11-24 11:12  

#6  Judges will always use the excuse they are "just following the law," except when they are making or un-making it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-11-24 10:54  

#5  When are judges going to be held accountable for their role in these non-punitive sentences?
Posted by: Crusader   2021-11-24 10:53  

#4  Boy's gonna end up on the open-end of a shotgun.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-11-24 10:02  

#3  At least he shows remorse...uh, no
Posted by: Frank G   2021-11-24 07:24  

#2  Thomas “Tas” Alexander Starks, 31, of Lisbon, N.D., was filmed on CCTV trying to break inside the office of Sen. John Hoeven's in Fargo on Dec. 21, 2020, using an axe. In April, he pleaded guilty to a charge of destruction of government property. Federal sentencing guidelines suggested 10–16 months in prison but he was only sentenced to probation and fined $2,784 for restitution.
According to court documents, Starks’ colleague said he was “politically open and motivated,” left-leaning and "very active in protests.”
Recently Starks has taken to Facebook to brag about getting his axe back from the FBI.
“Look what the FBI were kind enough to give back to me!” Starks posted on Oct. 26.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651   2021-11-24 06:55  

#1  "Your money's no good here, Mr Torrance"
- Lloyd the Democrat bartender fundraiser to the axe murderer
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-11-24 02:41  

00:00