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Roe Ruling: Making Protest Lawful Again
American Greatness ^ | 5 May, 2022 | Julie Kelly

Posted on 05/06/2022 4:48:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Will pro-abortion protesters who disrupt the Senate be charged with felony obstruction?

On Wednesday, Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced criminal charges against another American related to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Joshua Colgan of Maine entered a set of open doors that afternoon and walked around the building; he exited shortly thereafter. Capitol Police officers standing near the entrance did not attempt to block or arrest Colgan or hundreds of other protesters at the time who were unaware they were committing any crime.

Nonetheless, Graves charged Colgan with four misdemeanors including “parading” in the Capitol building. Graves’ office is in the process of prosecuting at least 800 people and counting for their involvement in the four-hour disturbance that occurred 16 months ago.

After he took over the office last fall, Graves changed the official name of the investigation from “Capitol breach” to “Capitol siege.” His prosecutors routinely request—and receive—prison sentences for those who plead guilty to the “parading” charge, a petty offense never before applied on such a broad scale.

As Graves presumably cheered his success in rounding up yet another Trump supporter, his wife was leading a rally outside the Supreme Court to protest the draft ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. Fatima Goss Graves, head of the far-left National Women’s Law Center based in D.C., told a group of pro-abortion demonstrators on Wedneday afternoon that “abortion care is a matter of equality, dignity, and freedom in this country and that will never change.”

The night before, Graves, who has a history of making anti-Trump, anti-Republican remarks, participated in an emergency conference call with other activist groups and warned they must “engage

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism

1 posted on 05/06/2022 4:48:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Two sets of rules. The left will be allowed to actually threaten and possibly harm Republican politicians.


2 posted on 05/06/2022 4:48:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Bonzo’s FBI and other ‘17 intelligence communities’ are worthless to Americans. They are all puppets of the DNC.


3 posted on 05/06/2022 4:55:07 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

AND enemies of the people.


4 posted on 05/06/2022 5:08:37 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: MtnClimber

2 Timothy 3:6

“For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts


5 posted on 05/06/2022 5:10:15 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: MtnClimber

In this case, we should refer to the pro-abortion protests as “insurrection” against the SCOTUS.


6 posted on 05/06/2022 8:08:22 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("When a woman thinks alone, she thinks evil", from "Malleus Maleficarum" (1486))
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