Watching the events unfold south of our border should serve as a sober second thought for us here at home. We have a lot of people with anti Semitic views or reserved silent hatred for others of color, religion, and political views. It is true, these views have always been part of the equation. The difference is, we are getting to see what happens when hatred and political violence in all its forms goes unchecked.
Yes the summer of discontent saw demonstrations, even some looting and property damage and it should not go unchallenged in the courts. Some say what happened in Washington is no different. Not so and for a number of reasons here is why.
First this was not a demonstration or riot. It was in fact an attempted coup d’etat,. As the dust clears we see the pieces of a conspiracy linger in the dust of the empty halls. FBI and the Department of Justice are piecing together a more focused picture of events.
The police were outnumbered and bravely did what they could. There were some that have been detained as possible willing participants. It is coming to light some may be retired service folks (more about the fallout later)
They are now investigating, information that some staff or even politically elected members allegedly giving tours of the building the day before. Two points here all visitor tours were canceled due to COVID. It is being investigated as a possible reconnaissance mission the day before. Policing authorities don’t charge or contemplate charging people with sedition or conspiracy for no reason.
There is one other factor here that is not overly mentioned. The area is a crime scene, a murder scene where these loyal Trump supporters beat a police officer to death with a fire extinguisher. Some point and say, a young woman was shot at point blank range and sadly it is true. What they fail to say is this young woman was involved in an insurrection for the purpose of hurting others, and did in fact cause serious injury and death for others.
So what did these violent mobsters do? These people who claim to stand for law and order used bats, metal pipes, flag staffs, and anything else they could find to beat police or any other person who opposed them. They were intent on killing those who were doing the governments business and they intended to ensure Trump would remain in office. As Rudy Giuliani said lets have ‘trial by combat’.
Not exactly words for a peaceful demonstration.
Even sadder is the possible outcome for brain dead mobsters who were promised their leader would be with them. In fact he hid in the White House watching it unfold on TV. This is not the end it is the beginning. The charges are mounting and will be brought down after the new administration takes over.
I have been listening to serious possible actions in addition to the obvious. Retirees can be court martialed for crimes they committed after leaving the service. That was a Supreme Court decision handed down prior to this incident and involving another offender. Those in positions of trust, off duty police, firemen, lawyers, elected government officials can be arrested and charged with sedition and conspiracy.
For the mob participants things will get worse. Some are losing their jobs as they are identified. Those in professions will likely face disciplinary action losing their careers.. Many will face prosecution and jail time. From professionals to soccer moms indicted, defending a pathological liar.
As sad and tragic as it is for democracy and the rule of law it is also sad for the families of these offenders as they in many cases become victims too, especially children. The sad truth is, this is what happens when we don’t pay attention to radicalization in a nation. In many cases it starts when civil discussion breaks down and polarization in politics exists for long periods of time. Can you imagine Liberals, Conservatives or New Democrats behaving like this if they lost an election?
On the other hand the single greatest impediment to our security is to blindly state “It could never happen here.”
Fred Steele
Bob Thompson says
Hey Phyllis. It’s a lost cause. These left wingers have been swigging the CNN coolade for ever. What’s just as bad is the Canadian networks pass on the same garbage. These guys will give themselves a hernia fretting over all the fake stuff.
Publisher: Bob you are not one of kind – a lot of people think in positional terms – right or left…
wrong or right… good or evil…. silly, flakey or stiff-necked…
The difference between Canada and the USA is – silly hand gun laws… ( you can take a handgun in a holster without a horse…. if you common law wife feels afraid to walk into Walmart. )
You can storm the capital and get away with it. You can be the elected president and still be an idiot. One guy on here said Donald Duck was the best president of the USA – compared to who – Richard Nixon and his Plumbers….??
Gail Blidook says
And these Officers have names. They have families. One Officer, bravely defending the Capitol from the well organized domestic Terrorists, was attacked and hit on his head with a fire extinguisher. He died a day later, while on life support, from his injuries. His name was Brian Sicknick, age 42. The Officer who was crushed in the doorway by a wave of rioters was Daniel Hodges, age 32, who also had his gas mask ripped off, was beaten with his own baton, sprayed with tear gas, and one Trump supporter even tried to gouge out his eye. As another officer, Mike Fanone, age 40, was pulling Hodges to safety, he was attacked while the mob who ripped his badge off, tried to get his gun and began to chant “ Kill him with his own gun!”. At this point he shouted out pleading that he had kids. He said, “ fortunately, some people did start to protect me.” He was eventually pulled to safety.
If people want the truth about this very well orchestrated crime they will actually listen to the officers who are telling their stories and the top investigators who are bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Publisher: O come on Gail – best four years of golfing in Florida…. Twitter is designed for Twits…. that social platform deserves Donald Duck as senior twit.
Gail Blidook says
This information wasn’t from Twitter. It was taken from interviews with Fanone and Hodges, as well as videos of the incidents reported by most worldwide news networks including BBC, CBC, Fox News, The Guardian, CNN.
John Bjerkan says
Hey Phyllis, stop watching “Faux” News. The officer in the doorway is not the officer killed.
Publisher: Only one killed? or more than that. Fox News is a station. Fake News or Faux News means…….
Phyllis Whitten says
You are making my point. Who is to say what and when is the truth? Why did it take more than a week for the Washington Post and CNN to finally report that the FBI had warned the Capital police days ahead of time that mobsters with lethal weapons would be descending on the capital building? And the police took no action till it was too late. Who is deciding which is “Faux” news?
Publisher:John Bjerkan is a seasoned golfer, a former pole dancer for BC TeL.
He takes notes when ever he can. The truth is often found 20 30 years after the event.
Fred Steele says
The guy crushed is not dead. The officer killed was bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher
Bonnie Thompson says
Thank you for taking the unnecessary vocabulary out and telling it like it is. I have avoided reading anything about this other than headlines, as I do with most of the “news” as can’t do anything about most of it. However we can do something about the hate in the world by with, to quote
Michael Jackson,”start with the man in the mirror”. Only love will drive out hate.
Each of us has a part in this and we all need to be kind to one another and the one’s that need the most kindness are the haters. It’s all about living by example.
Phyllis Whitten says
I do not wish to get into an argument here or give a whole new prospective on things. But I would like to say that I probably listen to a whole different news outlets and I have found a whole lot of other slants to what happened. Just to mention one the news as to the death of the police officer was not due to a beating but to him having died being suffocated in a crowded doorway. I find I am having to question everything on the news to form my life values.