And yet many people who have been politically persecuted for Jan 6 didn't destroy federal property nor threaten the lives of lawmakers and the VP. They did the exact same thing the Colbert insurrectionists did yet some in the Jan 6 group was held in squalor in the DC jail for more than a year without a bail hearing
So again why do those laws only apply to Trump supporters?
Originally Posted by berryberry
The people in January are all being investigated by the FBI. Even if they didn't do the major action of breaking in to the buildings and putting their feet on desks, they were part of the group of people that did, such is the grounds for investigation.
All of the people in January who had their cell phones with them is going to be investigated by the FBI. Every single one of them. They can track your cell signal, they will know if you were in the building or not. Even if you weren't, you are going to be investigated and if they deem it worthy, hold you in prison until you can be seen in front of a judge. That's our our criminal system worked.
A lot of these Proud Boys were expecting their Messiah Trump to pardon them. But because Trump only cares about his own Rump, he didn't.
Not only did he actively encourage the mob in January to overthrow the election, he implied that because they are 'doing the right thing' for him, they will get a get out of jail free card. Well they didn't.
The people in June didn't break into the capitol with the intent of overthrowing the government, threatening lawmakers, and damaging federal property. They simply didn't, if you can prove that they did that (like how the people in January did), I'm willing to reconsider my position.
But you aren't going to do that, just like how you won't watch a 10 minute long video of selfie footage filmed by the Proud Boys Mob in January in an effort to justify it.
Yes, a few hundred people in a country of over 200 million is 'small', but a few hundred people marching on your front lawn, breaking in to your building, isn't the same kind of 'small', is it? If 40 people drive up to your house and tried to break in, would you say that is a 'small' number of people? Doubt it. Context matters, in everything. You clearly are ignoring context to justify your ignorant opinion.