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Re: FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S. Capitol Building

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Post by omgJustTest »

flycaliguy wrote: post #20
optimalsolver wrote: post #4

My favorite of these guys was West Virginia state legislator Derrick Evans: >The video shows a crowd surging through a Capitol door, past security, while an alarm repeatedly blares. As Evans enters an area called National Statuary Hall he celebrates and states his own name: “We’re in! We’re in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-resigns-w-v...

I don’t think these people had or have any interest in being anonymous. They are standing up for what they believe in. A public display is an important part of this all, it’s part of their statement as Americans in America.

As Americans in America they will also be charged with laws their president crafted, in the light of BLM protests. Too bad they are getting used by powerful Americans in america.

Re: FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S. Capitol Building

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Post by Animats »

The one that's really wanted is this guy.[1] This is someone in the Senate chamber with zip-ties. This is not the retired USAF officer who was arrested with zip-ties.[2] The person in [1] is thinner, in good shape, and wearing completely different tactical gear, along with a Punisher logo on an American flag.

[1] https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/protesters-enter-the-se...

[2] https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox5dc.com/www.fox5dc.com/co...

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Post by weixiyen »

_y5hn wrote: post #10

The implications of this event keeps growing. New video shows Capitol riot was way worse than we thought https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-99178053752

The lives of congress men and women were undoubtedly at risk. I think this directly contributed to Twitter and many other tech companies clamping down on the mediums of communication for radical Trump supporters.

Tech platforms fear revenge from congress for enabling what took place, and it suddenly became a no-brainer business decision to ban Trump from social media.

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Post by ErikVandeWater »

I think people are upvoting this because they approve of the maximum penalty to anyone caught trespassing (or worse) in the Capitol building. This isn't really relevant to Hacker News though. There is nothing interesting about the FBI investigating the most conspicuous federal crime in the past 5 years.

Re: FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S. Capitol Building

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Post by ineedasername »

flycaliguy wrote: post #20
optimalsolver wrote: post #4

My favorite of these guys was West Virginia state legislator Derrick Evans: >The video shows a crowd surging through a Capitol door, past security, while an alarm repeatedly blares. As Evans enters an area called National Statuary Hall he celebrates and states his own name: “We’re in! We’re in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-resigns-w-v...

I don’t think these people had or have any interest in being anonymous. They are standing up for what they believe in. A public display is an important part of this all, it’s part of their statement as Americans in America.

Counterproductive regardless. Peaceful non-destructive protests have achieved a lot more social change in modern history than violent and/or destructive methods.

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Post by Barrin92 »

ffggvv wrote: post #8

funny how all the #resistance and #defundthepolice folks are actively working with the feds and law enforcement and cheering them on

Not really contradictory. I trust the Feds and the intelligence community a hell of a lot more with protecting a country from sedition than your average local cop who dropped out of middle school so he can bully people of colour with a baton

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Post by bendbro »

mxmilkb wrote: post #13
djtriptych wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was looking for datasets. Thanks for this. Not sure why anyone downvoted a data source.

Is downvoting to censor comments something that should be against the guidelines or not?

Sorry, I downvoted because t*rr*r is a common tr*gger word for some folks. If a corporation is not morally responsible enough to censor irresponsible comments, then the community must feel empowered to do so.

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Post by zozbot234 »

musicale wrote: post #18
optimalsolver wrote: post #4

My favorite of these guys was West Virginia state legislator Derrick Evans: >The video shows a crowd surging through a Capitol door, past security, while an alarm repeatedly blares. As Evans enters an area called National Statuary Hall he celebrates and states his own name: “We’re in! We’re in! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/09/derrick-evans-resigns-w-v...

Presumably they are being blatant so that they can be explicitly pardoned, as they apparently think they will be.

Um, judging from this Trump Tweet...

> Anarchists, Agitators or Protestors who vandalize or damage our Federal Courthouse in Portland, or any Federal Buildings in any of our Cities or States, will be prosecuted under our recently re-enacted Statues & Monuments Act. MINIMUM TEN YEARS IN PRISON. Don’t do it! @DHSgov

..I doubt that a Presidential Pardon is in the cards. But maybe I'm missing something. I thought those "Qanon" folks were really obsessed with following everything Trump tweets?

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Post by jp57 »

alecco wrote: post #5

Greenwald rang the alarm on this just yesterday. Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from authoritarian "solutions" are often greater than the threats they are ostensibly designed to combat. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dan... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686567

If they had burned the Capitol to the ground with everyone in it, Greenwald would be concerned about the authoritarian harms of the response.
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