Follow-up: Man sentenced after arson at Travis County Democratic Party office

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A San Antonio man has been sentenced to prison after he threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Travis County Democratic Party office in Austin in 2021.

Ryan Faircloth, 31, was sentenced Friday to 6 years in prison. He pled guilty to arson in January.

In addition to prison time, Faircloth was ordered to pay $12,472.84 in restitution and a $5,000 fine.

Faircloth admitted to targeting the political party office “because he opposed positions he believed to be taken by the Democratic Party,” according to the Western District of Texas U.S. Attorney’s office.

Surveillance video from the September 2021 incident shows Faircloth break a window and then throw in some type of incendiary device at the office at East Sixth and Navasota streets in downtown Austin.

Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-sentenced-after-arson-at-travis-county-democratic-party-office/

Earlier thread:
On Rachel tonight-Man seen putting Molotov cocktail inside Travis County Democratic Party office
https://democraticunderground.com/107856767

[NJCher]

1. I remember

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Watching this back in 2021. Nice to see the follow up and that he will have to pay the $12,472 + 5000. Would have been so much better to write a letter to the editor, right Mr. Faircloth?

A poster board and a Magic Marker will run you around $10.

Savings: around $17k, not to mention the inconvenience of prison.

[TexasTowelie]

2. One of the benefits of roaming around the state groups like I do

is that I find the follow-up stories. In a world where justice is elusive it's nice to get a small sense of satisfaction that somebody got what they deserved. Mr. Faircloth will have six years to think about his actions.

[jaxexpat]

6. Gosh, six years in a Texas prison.

I sure hope he doesn't get "radicalized" during his stay. Huntsville in the summer can get pretty humid.

[hlthe2b]

3. Yes. Rachel Maddow covered this story in detail. Nice the hear what happened to the

a'hole.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I remember this, too: "FBI Investigating Fire Attack On Texas County Democratic Party Office" - TRMS

'Credible Threat': FBI Investigating Fire Attack On Texas County Democratic Party Office - Rachel Maddow
https://democraticunderground.com/1017684368

Rachel Maddow walks viewers through video of someone smashing a window and attempting to ignite a fire in the offices of the Democratic Party of Travid County, Texas. Party chair Katie Naranjo joins with a message for the attacker. Aired on 09/29/2021.

[DFW]

5. If I were the judge, I'd advise the perp thusly:

"During the next six years, you might want to ask yourself, if you oppose positions taken by the Democratic Party, if it might not cause less harm, to both yourself and others, if you simply vote Republican, just like they vote Democratic?"