Posted on 07/30/2022 11:17:55 AM PDT by John Semmens
The normal procedure for Congressional hearings is for both Parties to choose their own representatives on the committee conducting the hearings. Both Parties would be empowered to call whatever witnesses they deem appropriate. Both Parties would have the right to cross-examine each other's witnesses. None of these normal procedures have been observed in the January 6 Committee. As a result, key evidence has been ignored.
While the Democrats running the Committee contend that Trump desired and instigated the violence at the Capitol, evidence from the Pentagon shows that he was concerned enough about preventing violence that on January 3 he gave authorization for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and local DC government officials to call for up 10,000 National Guard troops for help. While the Capitol Police's own security assessment also expressed concern that there might be violence, Capitol Police Deputy Chief Sean Gallagher explicitly rejected this help. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser also rejected the deployment of troops. Pelosi did not take advantage of the proffered help.
Videos of the January 6 riot indicate that Capitol Police actions aggravated rather than mitigated the violence. Numerous videos show tear gas and flash bangs being fired into a peaceful crowd--including an area where women, children, and elderly people were standing behind police barriers. Another video shows D.C. Metro Police Officer Lila Morris beating an unconscious Roseanne Boyland with a metal baton. The only shot fired that day was by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd who killed an unarmed woman named Ashli Babbitt. Though the excessive use of force by both Morris and Byrd violated police rules on the deployment of deadly methods neither has been investigated.
To the contrary, Gretta Goodwin, a director in GAO's Homeland Security and Justice team, defended the aggressive tactics, arguing that "we didn't want to see a repeat of the Pearl Harbor sneak attack. In 1941 we were at peace with Japan until an unexpected surprise raid devastated our fleet and killed over 2,000 people. For all we knew, Trump's instructions for his minions to peacefully protest could have been a ruse. Luckily, none of the insurrectionists had firearms. This kept the casualties to a minimum. So I'd say that every one of the 293 police use-of-force incidents on that day was fully justified."
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From where I sit, they didn’t have any evidence in the first place.
Democrats LIE, what’s new ?
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