The harshest sentence for the Capitol riot went to someone who wasn’t there.
” thing from Donald Trump, the Proud Boys and Tarrio were ascending, and my editor realized that Tarrio was from our own backyard. My editor asked me, “Why don’t you follow him around?” And I was game for it.Given the subject matter, as a journalist, did you have ethical concerns? Other journalists I’ve interviewed have struggled with the question of when you should or shouldn’t humanize leaders of violent groups like the Proud Boys.
Absolutely. And I still ask myself that question to this day. It came up after the story was published. I faced backlash from both sides of the aisle. The people on the right said I was too mean to Tarrio, and people on the left asked why I would humanize these kinds of people.
It’s funny. At that press conference after the sentencing, his mom and his lawyer said that he likes to talk and be in front of cameras. It’s true. He definitely has an ego. So, when I approached him about this, he got on board pretty quickly. At the time, he was very open to speaking with media. And when I brought up the prospect of him getting another cover story, he was all about it. In his house, he has the Miami New Times’ first cover story about the Proud Boys framed in his office.
Let me say this carefully, because I don’t mean to say that he is someone that should be necessarily related to. But what struck me was how much this guy reminds me of my cousin. And I think that was the thrust of my story, that he was once a regular Miami kid who reminded me of people that I grew up with. I went to his house and he’s got annovels from the video game. I was like,Meanwhile, he is the face of this group.
. Tarrio has a very close-knit family. He was always talking to his mom, she was always around, and they worked together in the same office. She visited him every week after he was arrested, and spent five months in D.C. during this process. So I imagine it’s been very tough on her. His mom said that he’s being used as a political pawn, that they’re just making an example of him, which, I don’t know that that’s true. But it’s definitely a shocking verdict. He wasn’t there on Jan.
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