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Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used
Heard on Morning Edition
Tom Dreisbach and Tim Mak
March 19, 20215:06 AM ET

Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used

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"Those weapons brought violence and chaos to the Capitol. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick died one day after two rioters allegedly sprayed him and other officers with what prosecutors describe as an "unknown chemical substance." Four other people in the crowd died in the insurrection, and more than 100 police officers suffered injuries, including cracked ribs, gouged eyes and shattered spinal disks.

Some supporters of former President Donald Trump have argued that the dangerousness of the Capitol rioters has been overblown. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., has said, for example, "This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me."

Others have echoed that view, and conservative and pro-Trump media, like Breitbart, The Epoch Times and the Washington Examiner, have seized on the congressional testimony of FBI Assistant Director Jill Sanborn, who said the bureau did not confiscate firearms from suspects that day. But FBI spokesperson Carol Cratty told NPR that Sanborn was talking only specifically about arrests by the FBI, and not other police agencies that made arrests on the day of the riot — including arrests of people allegedly carrying guns."

 

Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used

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"Police officers have a much different memory of that day. "I've talked to officers who have done two tours in Iraq who said this was scarier to them than their time in combat," Robert J. Contee III, the acting chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department, said in January. At the time of his comments, he had just spoken with an officer who was attacked with a rioter's stun gun.""

 

Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used

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"Beirich said downplaying the violence also undermines efforts to combat domestic extremism more generally.

"There is a reluctance on the part of some in conservative circles to accept that domestic terrorism is largely coming from right-wing extremist groups," said Beirich."

 

The GOP is still having difficulty accepting the fact that Trump's rioters were domestic people radicalized domestically by instigators like Trump and by the extremists groups he embraced, such as Proud Boys, Three Percenters, and Oath Keepers.

 

List of right-wing extremist groups operating in the U.S.


Antigovernment Movement

 

Blakely arrested with the help of GPS data.


GPS data helps feds identify Texas man accused of participating in Capitol riot

 

The defense attorney for Michael Foy claims he was acting in self-defense.


Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used

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"Federal prosecutors have called Michael Foy "one of the most violent of the Capitol rioters" and have said that evidence shows him "brutally assaulting law enforcement officers" with both a hockey stick and a "sharpened pole" during the riot. Foy's attorney has argued that Foy was acting in self-defense and that his actions were "justified" and not premeditated."

 

Lock him up... after beating him with a hockey stick.

 

Barnett had a stun gun walking stick.

Barnett remains in jail until May while awaiting trial.

He became upset when the judge denied his release.



Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used

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"At least one of the rioters was allegedly found with a stun gun. Richard Barnett was photographed sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office with his feet up on a desk. Barnett, who self-identifies as a "white nationalist," was seen in that photo with what federal law enforcement later identified as a "ZAP Hike N Strike 950,000 Volt Stun Gun Walking Stick." According to a product description, the weapon "delivers 950,000 volts of knock down power, causing loss of muscle control and disorientation that bring attackers to their knees and makes them incapable of further aggression." (A Reuters investigation found that, as of 2017, more than 1,000 people died after police used a stun gun on them.)"

 

A lot of that is remnants of the Sage Brush Rebellion, of the 70s.

 

An article about a campaign scam in Florida, one that Trump doesn't talk about while whining about election integrity. The tactic used by Artiles has attributes similar to those used by Trump to pay Stormy Daniels under the table for what can be construed as an unreported campaign contribution.



How a Sham Candidate Helped Flip a Florida Election
Patricia Mazzei
Sat, March 20, 2021, 10:13 AM

How a Sham Candidate Helped Flip a Florida Election

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"Investigators with Miami-Dade County’s public corruption investigations unit began sniffing around on Nov. 11, eight days after the election.

“It was suspicious that Rodriguez did not appear to have actively campaigned,” Detective Eutimio Cepero of the Miami Police Department wrote in one of the arrest documents. “Additionally, it was learned that political committees were spending money in support of Rodriguez’s candidacy, even though Rodriguez did not actively campaign.”

Investigators found that Artiles ultimately paid $44,708 to Alexis Rodriguez in violation of the state’s $1,000 campaign contribution limit for legislative races. The payments came in various forms, including payments of $3,000 and then $5,000 that Artiles had stored in his home safe and recorded in a ledger on his desk, as well as $2,400 that Artiles had wired to Rodriguez’s landlord."

 

How a Sham Candidate Helped Flip a Florida Election

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"On Thursday, Artiles, 47, and Alex Rodriguez, 55, turned themselves in for arrest. They were each charged with three third-degree felony charges related to violating campaign finance law, including for conspiracy to make campaign contributions in excess of legal limits, making those excess contributions and false swearing in connection to an election."

 

Hillary Clinton summed up Trump at a presidential debate in 2016 when she said Trump claims corruption any time he doesn't get what he thinks he deserved.

Trump's pathology worsened during his presidency and culminated with his riot at the Capitol.



Donald Trump says he will accept US election result 'if I win'

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"Clinton, who has become practiced at provoking and baiting Trump, then laid a trap he walked straight into.

“Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction, he claims whatever it is is rigged against him,” said Clinton, adding that he has, at various times, accused the FBI, the Republican primary process and the judicial system of being corrupt.

“There was even a time when he didn’t get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged.”

“Should have gotten it!” Trump interjected.

People in the debate auditorium giggled at that interruption, one of several occasions when the audience erupted. There were sniggers, for example, when Trump insisted: “Nobody has more respect for women than I do, nobody.”"

 

lol smh, yeh he a real goof

 

'A nightmare scenario': Extremists in police ranks spark growing concern after Capitol riot
Racially biased policing was already a concern. Now, charges against officers in the Capitol riot inflame fears of extremists infiltrating law enforcement.
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY
Published 5:00 AM EDT Mar. 21, 2021
Updated 5:00 AM EDT Mar. 21, 2021

Police charged in Capitol riot reignite concerns of racism, extremism

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"“A street alliance among right-wing paramilitary forces, law enforcement and demagogic politicians has been a hallmark of fascism for a century, so the involvement of multiple law enforcement officers from across the country in waging the Jan. 6th insurrection against the Capitol and the Congress is a warning sign of danger for our democracy," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told USA TODAY. "Off-duty cops beating up on-duty cops to overthrow an election is a nightmare scenario for America."

The Capitol insurrection, where 140 police officers were injured and three later died, featured numerous examples of violent extremism and white supremacy. Rioters carried Confederate flags and nooses, and wore shirts saying the deaths of six million Jews during the Holocaust weren't enough. Amid the crowd, law enforcement officers reveled in social media posts about how they "attacked the government," according to court documents."

 

Police charged in Capitol riot reignite concerns of racism, extremism

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"People involved in a number of hate groups have been arrested since the Capitol assault, including:

• 16 defendants linked to Proud Boys, a misogynistic, anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic group with ties to white supremacism
• 13 linked to QAnon, a once-fringe internet conspiracy movement that recently grew into a powerful force in mainstream conservative politics
• 12 linked to Oath Keepers, a paramilitary organization that recruits current and former military, law enforcement and first-responder personnel

Some arrests also included people allegedly associated with the Three Percenters, an anti-government militia movement, and Super Happy Fun America, a group with ties to white nationalists known for organizing a “straight pride” parade in Boston."

 

A former Green Beret used a flagpole to attack an officer in the Capitol riot, authorities say.

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"A former Green Beret wearing a tactical vest struck an officer in the face with a flagpole he was wielding like a spear during the Capitol riot, according to new court filings from the government and the F.B.I.

Jeffrey McKellop, who was arrested on Wednesday and accused of shoving, pushing or violently striking several officers, is the first known Capitol rioter to have served in the elite Special Operations division of the military. During the Jan. 6 riot, he carried a flagpole with at least two types of flags: a “thin blue line” flag, which is generally used to signal support for the police, and a 13-star Betsy Ross flag with the words “Trump. Keep America Great” printed on it, the F.B.I. said."

 

Facebook kicked him out so he's doing it on his own. Hopefully it will fail like all his other ventures.

Donald Trump is creating his own social media network that will go live in a few months - CNN

 

Lock his ass up for good!

 

It will. He’s washed up!