WASHINGTON - United by political grievances, they came in costumes, snapping selfies, calling themselves patriots. Some came armed for battle and planning for “war.”
Federal prosecutors have said they expect to bring charges against hundreds of people involving the riot and related threats and violence. They had charged about 80 as of Thursday, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Their task was made much harder by that fact that overwhelmed police initially made few arrests of the hundreds of people who stormed the building - just 14 were detained that day by the U.S. Capitol Police, which guards the building.
At least some of those arrested in connection with the riots have a history of mental illness. Mark Leffingwell of Seattle, who faces charges for assaulting a police officer, is an Iraq war veteran who suffers from PTSD and traumatic brain injury, his lawyer told a judge. Richard Barnett, photographed sitting in U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, told the judge he has a history of depressive disorder.
As Meredith traveled to Washington, someone sent him a text message that Trump supporters had breached the Capitol. “Burn DC to the FKG ground,” he replied, according to court documents. When Meredith learned that Vice President Mike Pence would count electoral votes from states Trump lost, he replied: “War time.”
Prosecutors said the combination of weapons and political messages “suggest that these weapons were intended to be used in an effort to violently attack our elected representatives.” Michael Curzio, arrested at the front of a crowd inside the Capitol, had recently served a prison sentence in Florida for attempted murder. He was released in 2019. Curzio’s mother, Vicki Prentiss, told Reuters he went to Washington because “he was excited about going to support Trump.” Curzio was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct, along with unlawful entry of the Capitol. Curzio’s case was sealed by the court and he could not be reached for comment.
It’s not so much Trump supporters but many people scared and angry about losing their livelihoods during the pandemic. They are some many who are similar to the bonus army stormed the capitol building in 1932. history leaderless CongressIsBroken POTUS
KattyKay_ The Nazis banked on Americans being weak. An assumption they eventually came to deeply regret. ExpungeTheGOP SeenEnough
Please tell me they got Elizabeth and her onion.
The disconnection between capitol hill and main street gets to the point where the gap will become too wide to bridge, this event did not come out of thin air, when most of the wealth is in the hands of few , that simple conclusion is unavoidable🤔
omar_quraishi Hate to say it but unbounded freedom of expression, coming fro US president or anyone else leads to violence, something like that in muslim countries would have been labeled terrorism, and biden did so too rightly, but then, these are lawyers, bankers, flower vendors...
In other words, people who pay taxes came to Congress and who demanded answers to their questions from officials chosen by these same people. In response, officials declared them terrorists. Officials can answer only to officials, but not to the people?
It's a cross-section of America, whether you like it or not. The left's twenty years of race-baiting and violence since Ferguson & Baltimore created Trump & everything you see today. They never should have abandoned their class message for Al Sharpton's 'hate Jews & white people'
“Siege” lmfao ok bro
Among those arrested in the BLM riots that took the lives of over 20 people including a black child, were teachers, state lawmakers, college professors, lawyers, veterans & suburban moms. An insight into a mob incited by perceived grievances.
This capitol police officer wins an OSCAR for his performance !!
As a florist, I am DEEPLY offended that someone in my profession would think storming the Capitol was a good idea.
mob mentality...virtually anyone can succumb to it given the right (or wrong) set of circumstances.
... and the partridge in a pear tree. It gathered just as those in 2020, bunch of idiots, nothing better to do, got together. The only differences are, this was at the capitol and the media didn’t call this “mostly peaceful” and “justified violence” as they did with all others.
The Terrorist Attack of 1/6 It was not a seige, a riot or a picnic. It was a Terrorist Attack!
And an antifa leader... don‘t forget 🤭
Really ?!
Not a mob but a domestic terrorist group
Yet they had no weapons? Big flaw in that theory.
America must find peace.
can't remeber such information about arrested in BLM riots - thousands of shops and cars busted
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Seeeeeee it’s not just supporters of President Trump
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