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> Are they calling January 6th violent crime? Until recently, assaulting cops and killing one would have been called a violent crime by pretty much everyone bu
by littlestymaar 1y ago
> Are they calling January 6th violent crime?
Until recently, assaulting cops and killing one would have been called a violent crime by pretty much everyone but the fringe revolutionary left but now it's somehow a partisan take…
- the_third_wave 1y ago[flagged]
- xtiansimon 1y ago> “The only person killed during the altercation…” Wikipedia lists “deaths” as a result of the insurrection, 4 on the day and 5 afterwards.
- the_third_wave 1y agoWikipedia lists whatever narrative the editors who have colonised that section of the site want to push. It is not a reliable source, this is something you learn in primary school.
- littlestymaar 1y agoBrian Sicknick was assaulted by Julian Elie Khater and George Pierre Tanios using pepper spray, and he died the day after. Khater and Tanios were sentenced for assaulting a police officer but Trump pardoned them earlier this year. Unless you are some kind of anarchist, this definitely counts as a violent crime, even when it doesn't happen while an armed crowd is trying to overthrow Congress.