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wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months agoYou compared two politicians protesting because of SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, to thousands of people literally breaking into the capital to prevent the peaceful transfer of power
It is either an insurrection or it isn’t. And thousands didn’t break in to stop a transfer of power. It’s hard to take you serious when you just make things up.
How many people were charged with insurrection ? You think thousands were charged and convicted of insurrection ? Show me where thousands were charged and convicted for insurrection.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Jesus christ…
Lets look at the numbers, shall we? Number of people charged, federal: 1,346 Number of people who have pleaded guilty: 797 Number of individuals who have had jury, bench, or stipulated bench trials: 193 Number with mixed verdicts: 54 Number convicted on all charges: 136 Number acquitted of all charges: 3 Number of people sentenced: 827 Percentage of people sentenced who have received prison time: 64 Median sentence for those who received prison time, in days: 180 Number of cases dismissed, federal: 10
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
How many were charged with insurrection. You are claiming it was one. It shouldn’t be that hard to show how many were charged. That would be a big deal.
Last time I saw, it was zero. Zero people were charged for insurrection or rebellion. Zero.
Riot type charges were the most common that I’ve seen.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Two points:
You are focusing on a very specific detail, someone being charged specifically with “insurrection”-which isn’t at all how this works-and using it as a tool to dismiss every piece of evidence in front of you. This is the type of rhetoric that undermines your credibility and makes you look pedantic and ignorant.
54 people have been charged with conspiracy. I suggest you look at the article provided, it will give you not just the number of charges, but who, what charge, a description of exactly what the charge was, etc.
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wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Conspiracy means they talked about it and took an action. It means they did not do the crime.
What makes you look silly is being scared of something that didn’t happen. It it’s pedantic to say it’s not an insurrection if nobody was charged for it. No one was even charged with it.
It was a riot. Nothing more. I’ve never said they shouldn’t be charged or they were moral in what they did.
It was a bunch of idiots for the most part that got caught up in the moment. They should be punished lightly expect the few who had greater plans. Those should get strong charges.
While I dislike Biden and he’s a threat to our country. He isn’t a large enough threat to revolt over.