Everyone inside the Capitol building that day, other than those authorized to be there, were breaking the law. In my opinion, those who simply entered and were guilty of nothing other than trespassing should not have been charged. In September 2021, Chansley pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an official proceeding and was sentenced to 41 months in prison that November. Probably too harsh a penalty in my opinion but he did plead guilty. Why did Capitol Police officer Keith Robishaw and others not interfere? As Robishaw stated "The sheer number of them compared to us, I knew ahead there was no way we could all get physical with them,” Robishaw said, “so I took it upon myself to try to talk to them."
The people who have been sentenced to lengthy terms in jail, up to 10 years in jail, committed violent crimes. Some pleaded guilty and others were found guilty by juries.
There is nothing thus far in any statements made by good old Tucker to contradict previously released footage. Most people there were peaceful and along for the ride. Others committed violent acts and suffered the consequences. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
many of these people pled because their lawyers were not allowed to see and use the footage in their defense. that alone is an egregious breach of rule of law. it our legal system the prosecution cannot knowingly withhold exculpatory evidence. prosecutors have been censured for it, had their convictions overturned and in some cases fired as state/federal prosecutors.
many were held for long periods without the possibly of bail at all. they were detained and not charged as is required for months. yet another egregious breach of the rule of law. this happens in police states it's not supposed to happen in America.
Carlson is starting with low hanging fruit. the Shaman guy is a perfect starting point as video from protestor's phones have long been out on the internet. he's reinforcing what happened now with the security footage. there will be plenty more to come.
not so much here .. yet .. but comments on Yahoo show an incredible stupidity of the general public and worse a refusal to believe facts. by that i mean many of these commenters are buying the left's smear hook, line and sinker believing McCarthy "gave" Carlson the video and that FOX "edited it" therefore making it "fake" Not true. Carlson stated in his opener last night that at all times, the D.C. police controlled the video, that FOX producers had to watch the video on D.C. police devices and that the D.C. police did have some restrictions on what could be shown, destroying the Democrat's howling about "breach of Capitol security". you'd know as much about the overall layout of the Capitol building by taking a guided tour.
Carlson described the D.C. police's restrictions as "few and overall reasonable". some things were blurred out if needed.
McCarthy has stated that he will allow other media to view the footage, again under the control of the D.C. police. this means no one, not FOX or CNN for example, can fake anything. it will be interesting to see how many of the media take the opportunity to do so. i suspect many won't because they already know the conditions and that it's impossible for FOX to fake anything. and yet many in the media knowing it's a lie, will claim it's faked anyway.
