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Right but in this case BLM got arrested so much people were put in holding buses in this case nothing happened
by SamoyedFurFluff 6y ago
Right but in this case BLM got arrested so much people were put in holding buses in this case nothing happened
- sokoloff 6y agoIf fewer than 100 people are charged as a result of yesterday's events, I agree that's a grave miscarriage of justice. I don't care if they're arrested right now (as the violence has ended), but I care greatly that they are eventually charged and that those facts are transparently shared with the public.
- SamoyedFurFluff 6y agoYes, my confusion is that mass arrests happened during BLM protests and after them. In this case during the protests there were no similar actions and that’s what people are pointing out as disproportionate.
- sokoloff 6y agoTo be perfectly honest, I hope they’re arrested on/after Jan 21, so they can’t be pardoned by 45.
- InitialLastName 6y agoLast I saw 52 people had been arrested. In interviews on C-SPAN last night, the DC Attorney General (an elected official by the city) made clear that many of yesterday's actions fall under his jurisdiction, but that (because DC is a federal district directly controlled by the executive branch) he is only able to operate under the guidance of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, a Trump appointee named Michael Sherwin [0] [0] https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/meet-us-attorney https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/meet-us-attorney