Posted on 03/02/2021 6:05:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - Over half the people charged with taking part in the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol were not connected to extremist groups or to one another, according to an analysis of arrest information.
The study, by George Washington University's Program on Extremism, examined court documents and other data from 257 cases filed in federal court as of late February. It concluded that 33 of those charged were involved with militant networks and that 82 were connected with others through networks of like-minded believers.
But the remaining 142 planned to go to the Capitol on their own, "inspired by a range of extremist narratives, conspiracy theories, and personal motivations."
The authors said the findings show that "conspiracy communities" are playing an expanding role in right-wing extremism that leads to violence, as followers of online theories mobilize in the real world.
Those charged are 18 to 70 years old, and they came from all but a handful of states. Men outnumbered women by 6 to 1. Records showed that 33 have military backgrounds.
While only about three dozen of those charged were part of extremist groups, their participation "was likely a necessary precondition for the escalation of violence from an angry riot into a breach of Capitol security," the report said. Prosecutors have accused members of three groups — the Oath Keepers, the Three Percenters and the Proud Boys — of conspiring to come to Washington and stage violent protesters.
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I wonder how much it cost them to reach that laughably obvious conclusion
It was a field trip that got out of control based on high emotions and a HANDFUL of lawbreakers who destroyed property and they themselves incited the passionate entry.
Except for a tiny group, compared to the whole, it was going to be a non-violent protest.
All the violent protests, the burning of cities, the deaths of policeman....and those got the okay from Dems. Amazing!!
no mention of antifa/blm
Yet we know members of Antifa were there. Are they included in the "non-affiliated" group ?
How many people did Kamala post bail for?
siege?
Antifa and BLM did over two BILLION dollars worth of damage - burning down whole city blocks in some places... and murdering dozens of citizens...Why aren't they being examined? We know, don't we. The people who did the worst damage prop up the power of white liberal 'elites'...
So, which group is being examined with a fine tooth comb by "George Washington University's Program on Extremism?" You guessed it... Liberal 'elites' protecting liberal 'elites' oblivious to real damage done by various groups. Yep we know... just like we know Biden's vaccine roll out is heavy in favor of protecting democrat elites and the victim groups that prop them up...
This shows the democrats will arrest anyone and ruin anyone in the quest for power.
I was just ging to say, how many ANTIFA did they choose to ignore? Sullavan got busted, but then he was released.
“I’m sorry your honor, the nice Capitol police officer held the door open for me, and shook my hand. I just walked through and didn’t really touch anything. We were trying to get those nice police men to stop the guys in the Kevlar helmets smashing windows with skateboards, but they just let them keep on smashing.”
Unless they have your participating in the destruction on video, this clusterf*&% is going nowhere.
If they had put this much effort into identifying the rioters, looters, vandals, arsonists, and murderers who have plagued the country since Memorial Day, there most likely would not have been the Capitol incident (not an insurrection and not even a riot).
Well if you believe the media Trump supporters are an extremist group on their own.
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