Posted on 06/13/2020 8:22:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Justice Department’s efforts to restore law and order amid riots and chaos that occurred in the wake of George Floyd’s death have led to the arrest of dozens of individuals over the last two weeks.
Federal authorities have charged at least 81 individuals as of 5:25 p.m. on June 12, according to a document, obtained by The Epoch Times, that outlines details of the arrests made since late May when the nationwide protests began.
Among those charges, about 40 were arrested for committing acts of violence including using Molotov cocktails, setting fires, damaging property, and looting.
While many of the protests remained peaceful as people flooded the streets to call for change over police brutality and policing practices, some cities were faced with the violent activity that has led to significant property damage and more than a dozen deaths.
Senior officials have attributed the violent activity observed amid protests over Floyd, a black man who died in the custody of Minneapolis police, to extremist organizations such as Antifa. Attorney General William Barr said in a press conference on June 3 that Antifa and other similar groups and “actors of a variety of different political persuasions” have been behind the recent violent activities in order to carry out their own separate agendas.
Barr said these actors were capitalizing on the protests to “engage in lawlessness, violent rioting, arson, looting of businesses, and public property assaults on law enforcement officers and innocent people, and even the murder of a federal agent.”
In Seattle, protesters have occupied and barricaded off part of the city, dubbed the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, after the police were driven out of the East Precinct building, which was the site of violent clashes...
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It’s only 80 because we don’t have the guts to surround the bad guys, crack skulls and throw them in police wagons. Giuliani cleaned up New York a City in this manner. Today, thugs rule the street.
Agreed. 80 is a token number that makes it look like the federal government is doing “something” when there are thousands who need to face punishment.
JoMa
The other awesome part about it? No need for immigration court because they were obviously CLOSED. It was easier to get them on the plane because there were BARELY any passengers. The airlines were getting paid double/triple the fare because they were handed to US marshalls. The ACLU/pro amnesty lawyers for fear of covid, didnt even bother showing up because why risk your health for some illegal bastard?
She told me the COVID lockdown for ICE was heaven as the operations went smoothly and wished the lockdown went on for months..
NOT ENOUGH!
Exactly. Begs the question.. are they enforcing laws selectively and why.
80 whole arrests. Impotents. There is ample video footage and.. winky wink.. metadata.
Wow a whole 80. BFD. The number should be more like 8000.
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