Posted on 02/05/2022 8:27:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON — A man featured on the FBI's website — wanted for assaulting police at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack — died months ago. Now the bureau has to figure out what to do about those photos.
In the year since the Jan. 6 investigation began, the FBI has posted images of more than 500 individuals on its U.S. Capitol Violence webpage. More than 350 of those included on the page still haven't been arrested, including dozens who have been successfully identified by online sleuths.
The website typically labels those who have been locked up as arrested. But the FBI has, in some cases, removed images from the database of individuals who haven't been arrested, sparking conspiracy theories from supporters of former President Donald Trump who are trying to paint Jan. 6 not as an attack perpetrated by Trump enthusiasts who believed Trump's claims about a stolen election but as a "false flag" event set up by "agent provocateurs."
“If we don’t prosecute them, we can’t talk about it. We’re not going to talk about that person,” said one law enforcement official. “That puts us in a tough place.”
That's something that the FBI will have to weigh when deciding what to do about the suspect who still appears on its website with the label "AFO," meaning assault on federal officer. The FBI received a tip about the suspect months ago, not long before his unexpected death over the summer. But removing his image from the website now could spark additional conspiracy theories that could only be resolved through public identification, which would set off a fresh round of pain for a family still recovering from its loss. (NBC News is not naming the suspect, other than saying he was from the Midwest, because he was not arrested...
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So the media cares about the family of this recently deceased supposed insurrectionist? That tells me he was not a Trump supporter.
Presumed innocent until proven guilty. What’s the problem?
I was speaking in reference to the FBI.
If they didn’t lie so much they wouldn’t be worried about “conspiracy theories.”
Way to go NBC! Its great to see media holding the public accountable for wondering why somebody died in public custody! Keep up the good work and stick it to those upidity peasants for the glorious regime!
I wish that were true. When totalitarians are in charge may be far less frightening to lie than to dare tell the truth. Of course the one who does is not in fear of mearly being branded a liar, but being treated as a “liar” by the state.
More Biden Admin screwup. The new Normal.
I came of age during the cold war, and served in the military on the tail end of it, in to the GW1 and Somalia era. The US was never squeaky clean, or acted in a truly altruistic fashion. On the balance sheet, though, we were the good guys more often than not. It hurts me to the very core of my soul to admit that is not the case anymore. Because of the actions of the US government, we are no longer the good guys on the world stage. I'm not sure there are any "good guys" (in regards to governments) out there anymore.
Funny. They didn’t mention the laughable case the FIB filed claiming some grand plot to kidnap Gestapo Gretchen that had more FIB agents than actual suspects involved. Additionally, it was FIB agents who suggested and indeed pushed the idea of kidnapping Gestapo Gretchen. The agent who headed it up, Trask was recently arrested as a wife beater.
Oh lookie here! That same agent was also moved over to Washington DC before the Jan 6 mostly peaceful protest. What a koinkidink! Kinda like the same FIB agent heading up both the Hilary Clinton “investigation” and the Russia Collusion “investigation”.
Amazing how the same individuals (this one also guilty of wrongdoing in porking a co-worker without revealing the relationship as was required) keep heading up one key and highly political case after another.
Couldn’t agree with you more. Also came of age during the Cold War, and served.
Sad to behold all of this, and how quickly we are falling.
NBC is so full of sh-t.
Why would the FBI need to prep when they have NBC “reporters” like Ryan J. Reilly to do it for them?
See post #23. I wasn’t talking about myself or other citizens.
And that wouldn't happen if they were just "rogue agents" acting solely on their own volition entirely outside the norms of the agency. Their actions are supported and directed from within.
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