MTG is becoming a serious congresswoman
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Maybe she is right, but hard to tell with as little details as she gives. Most were not arrested right away so they havent been in jail for almost a year, many were given bail, some have already had trials. So unless she tells us specifically who she is talking about, it is hard to know whether she is in the right or not.
Ummm, did you not see me defending Smollett on 'double jeopardy?' I'm regularly taking issue with police procedure and judicial non-sense.
Actually ... yes. They are American citizens. They have rights. Otherwise we might as well do the same to BLM and others too.
You only hear about Arpaio. You don't hear of all the others. Try being a conservative in San Francisco. They'll run you right through a gauntlet of non-citizen organized crime.
That's a fair question. [Business] Insider has a good list.
At least 1,003 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. This searchable table shows them all.
Thousands of pro-Trump supporters descended on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Two years later, more than 1,000 have been charged with crimes.
www.insider.com
But I am also concerned that the government is taking its sweet time gathering evidence though. If I was a judge, I'd be quick to force the government to complete its investigations in a timely manner, and force them to bring things to trial, regardless, based on duration of custody.
And there is also the issue of the government not differentiating between those on the grounds, and those who actually entered the building. Protesting outside is one thing. Going into the building where the votes were being ratified is another. Sorry, but there is a huge difference.
I also give some credit to those who merely 'followed the herd' and once they realized they were not 'welcome' into the building, they immediately exited. Yes, that happens too. That also explains why only 1/6th have made pleas, while some of the other 5/6ths are not, and maintaining their innocence.
I mean, for those Progressives that were complaining about those 'gut toting idiots' in St. Louis towards a 'peaceful' crowd, I invite you not only to watch the video again, but the fact that they were just 'following the herd' on someone's private property, ignoring the signs, even jumping the fence with clear signage!
It goes both ways.
I've been doing a lot more searching.
There's a lot of FUD and misinformation in the US and Social Media. For example, many are claiming there are so many minorities who are jailed while only 30-40% of those that were part of January 6th are jailed.
That's actually an utter fabrication. So few federal defendants are held at all, in any case, much less charged or don't otherwise plea. It's actually very low how many are detained. The super-majority of those who are held are being held on serious charges, like violence or trafficking people or firearms, although some of the drug charges are questionable.
www.pewresearch.org
So few federal defendants are actually detained, despite what the latter are saying. So only 30-40% being detained for January 6th, which are the 30-40% facing felony charges. Nearly all those released are the 60-70% that face only misdemeanor charges. This is actually much higher than the norm, not lower.
There's a lot of FUD and misinformation in the US and Social Media. For example, many are claiming there are so many minorities who are jailed while only 30-40% of those that were part of January 6th are jailed.
That's actually an utter fabrication. So few federal defendants are held at all, in any case, much less charged or don't otherwise plea. It's actually very low how many are detained. The super-majority of those who are held are being held on serious charges, like violence or trafficking people or firearms, although some of the drug charges are questionable.
Only 2% of federal criminal defendants went to trial in 2018, and most who did were found guilty
Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.
www.pewresearch.org
So few federal defendants are actually detained, despite what the latter are saying. So only 30-40% being detained for January 6th, which are the 30-40% facing felony charges. Nearly all those released are the 60-70% that face only misdemeanor charges. This is actually much higher than the norm, not lower.
