Trump shared a call for Capitol Hill police who "beat the hell out of innocent J6 protesters" to face criminal charges.
  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    40·
    2 years ago

    From the article:

    Speaking at a rally in Houston, Texas, on November 2, Trump described those incarcerated after the January 6 riot as “hostages, not prisoners.” It came after organizers played “Justice for All.” It is a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the J6 Prison Choir, made up of men imprisoned after the riot, interspersed with Trump reciting the pledge of allegiance.

    The depths of stupidity don’t surprise me anymore. If this isn’t an ad for lead abatement, I don’t know what is.

  • athos77@kbin.social
    28·
    2 years ago

    The Capitol cops beat the hell out of innocent J6 protesters, and the videos are finally coming out. […] The cops should be charged and the protesters should be freed."

    Funny how when it was BLM vs the cops, they were cheering for the cops to murder more black people because they were uppity for challenging the status quo.

    • psvrh@lemmy.ca
      13·
      2 years ago

      That’s how it’s supposed to be, and why this is such a challenge for the political Right. For them, the cops are allies, and it was incomprehensible that they would put up any opposition at all.

      By and large this has always been the case, the the police are guardians of order and the primacy of capital, and that’s the side the Right is almost always on, so it’s understandable how precedent would have led them to believe that it’d always be the case.

      And they were shocked and hurt to find out that it wasn’t.

      For the record, they feel the same way about the military.

  • skozzii@lemmy.ca
    6·
    2 years ago

    Let’s see how many of his supporters want to set a precedent of allowing people to charge police.

    Court systems would be clogged up within hours , and there would be very few police left.

    • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml
      8·
      2 years ago

      I’m actually fine with this as an outcome. Not the court part, but the disappearance of qualified immunity.

  • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    2 years ago

    “It’s so unfair to call us out for our actions!!”

    Edit: Do people not understand that it’s pretty clear this article has been brigaded by right wing nutjobs who have scewed the needle to the left, and those are the people I’m mocking?

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I think that graphic they have is rather misleading; you have to click on it and then confirm your selection to see what most people rated it as.

      • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        Ah that makes sense, the needle is off the scale. What did you see it as when you clicked through?

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    31·
    2 years ago

    I mean, when you consider that the protesters were completely peaceful and how the cops rushed in and kicked their asses, this makes complete sense. /s

  • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 years ago

    Something something thin blue line.

    Everything conservatives say is reactionary bullshit and what they believe will change from moment to moment.

  • Froyn@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    That’s going to go over real well when read back during the insurrection trials.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Donald Trump has shared a post on his Truth Social website, calling for Capitol Police officers who “beat the hell out of innocent J6 [January 6] protesters” to face criminal charges.

    On January 6, 2021, hundreds of Trump supporters stormed Congress in a bid to prevent Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory from being certified.

    Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who collapsed after being assaulted on January 6, died the following day, though a Washington D.C. medical examiner later attributed his death to natural causes.

    It is a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the J6 Prison Choir, made up of men imprisoned after the riot, interspersed with Trump reciting the pledge of allegiance.

    In December 2022 a House Select Committee formed to investigate the Capitol Hill riots attributed the disorder directly to Trump’s actions.

    Separately the Republican frontrunner is also facing criminal charges in Georgia relating to his efforts to block Biden’s election win in the state.

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