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Felony charges awaiting hundreds of Inauguration Day violent rioters
American Thinker ^ | 22 Jan, 2017 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 01/22/2017 8:53:13 AM PST by MtnClimber

For the last 8 years leftist thugs have gotten a pass. Early on in the Obama administration, New Black Panther storm troopers – the label is fitting because they were decked out in ominous uniforms – stood before a polling station, weapons at hand, an obvious effort at voter intimidation that drew no official action from Eric Holder’s Justice Department. In effect, open season was declared by the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, and the message was received by progressives.

Those days are over, now that Holder’s surrogate Loretta Lynch is no longer in charge at the DOJ. Even before the law-and-order new boss Jeff Sessions is confirmed:

Most of the approximately 230 protesters arrested on Inauguration Day will be charged with felony rioting, federal prosecutors said.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the offense is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The office said most of those arrested will be released without having to post bail and must return to court in February.

A first group of 10 men appeared in Superior Court just before 3 p.m., and their lawyer entered a not guilty plea on their behalf. A judge released all of them on the condition they not get re-arrested in the District of Columbia.

Interim D.C. police chief Peter Newsham said Friday that 217 people were being charged with rioting.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; djtdoj; first100days; inauguration; protestors; radicalleft; sessions; trumpcabinet; trumpinaugural; usattorney
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To: FrdmLvr
$250,000 x 230 = $57,000,000. These numbskulls keep up with the rioting, we could take quite a chunk out of the national debt.

...or build a wall!

41 posted on 01/22/2017 9:42:15 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: oh8eleven

Too warm by far in Guantanamo bay.
The Aleutian islands, on the other hand...


42 posted on 01/22/2017 9:42:30 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: MrEdd
The Aleutian islands ...
I like it!
I spent a week at Gitmo (USMC) rebuilding defensive positions.
Intolerable heat and humidity.
43 posted on 01/22/2017 9:48:37 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: sparklite2

The definition is warranted by their threats and violent actions the uniform is only part of it.


44 posted on 01/22/2017 9:48:41 AM PST by protest1
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To: protest1

To the author, the uniform is sufficient.


45 posted on 01/22/2017 9:51:31 AM PST by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: MtnClimber

There’s a new sheriff in town and he doesn’t take kindly to these type of shenanigans.....

Thank goodness!


46 posted on 01/22/2017 9:54:50 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: RayChuang88

OMG.... From your keyboard to God’s ears!


47 posted on 01/22/2017 9:56:16 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: RayChuang88

OMG.... From your keyboard to God’s ears!


48 posted on 01/22/2017 9:57:11 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: MtnClimber

Soon-to-be US attorney general Jeff Sessions is in favor of civil asset forfeiture.
So it looks like these thugs could get jail/prison time, face fines and lose their stuff.
Another promise kept: law & order. Nobama would have said the police acted stupidly and called for a beer summit.
Good riddance, Kenyan.


49 posted on 01/22/2017 10:02:26 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: MtnClimber

Throw the book at them! Give them the full length of time in jail.


50 posted on 01/22/2017 10:07:01 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: dragonblustar

I can’t stop laughing!!!!!!! BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


51 posted on 01/22/2017 10:08:36 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: RayChuang88
That might just happen. I really expect Soros to be indicted within the next 4-5 months on violations of US election and finance laws. And when that happens, watch most of those radical Left groups shrivel up because their primary source of funding will be gone.

Oh, but I recently read that ol' Georgie has groomed one of his sons to take his place. So you'd have to remove not only Georgie, but his entire family, root and branch, to defund the monster he created.

52 posted on 01/22/2017 10:12:00 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: MtnClimber
Lifson wrote:

For the last 8 years leftist thugs have gotten a pass. Early on in the Obama administration, New Black Panther storm troopers – the label is fitting because they were decked out in ominous uniforms – stood before a polling station, weapons at hand, an obvious effort at voter intimidation that drew no official action from Eric Holder’s Justice Department. In effect, open season was declared by the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, and the message was received by progressives.

Two days ago, I posted:

They felt empowered after seeing the treatment of the Philadelphia New Black Panthers outside that polling place eight years ago. A message was sent and received.

-PJ

53 posted on 01/22/2017 10:14:17 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: PLMerite

I would rather euthanize than sterilize.


54 posted on 01/22/2017 10:25:00 AM PST by pfflier
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To: MtnClimber

The Rule of Law is returning....with a vengeance.


55 posted on 01/22/2017 10:26:14 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: MtnClimber

Charge and sentence them with max so they can serve as example


56 posted on 01/22/2017 11:15:21 AM PST by Lee25
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To: pfflier

I thought they might get arrested and charged with disorderly conduct or whatnot but I didn’t expect them to get hit with Federal charges, nor felony rioting to boot. :-)


57 posted on 01/22/2017 11:18:11 AM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: unixfox
Find George Soros and lock his communist ass up for inciting violence against the President. Just imagine the chaos that would erupt from the left when RICO comes calling and locks up his entire fortune.
58 posted on 01/22/2017 11:27:11 AM PST by Centurion2000 (Watch what people DO, not what they say.)
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To: EinNYC

Nope. Just ban all of his organizations, like Russia and Hungary have done. They’re done as soon as people learn to see them for what they are.


59 posted on 01/22/2017 11:32:09 AM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Is it true that it is against the law in
Washington DC to cover your face??? Lots of that was on camera.


60 posted on 01/22/2017 11:35:30 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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