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The photo that helped define the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
Reuters (Rooters Propaganda Service) ^ | December 30, 2021 | BEN KELLERMAN

Posted on 01/04/2022 7:25:12 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Reuters photographer Leah Millis was covering a rally for then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021 when she received a text from her colleague Tom Brenner at 1:06 p.m.

Four chaotic hours later, she captured the exact moment a flash-bang grenade, fired by law enforcement to disperse protesters, illuminated the Capitol steps, throwing tear-gas smoke into sharp relief and casting a shadow of the American flag onto the iconic dome. The image reverberated across the United States and abroad in 2021. Media outlets and Congress have used it to emphasize the gravity of the day and to illustrate a symbol of democracy under siege.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20210106; blacklivesmatter; blm; capitolbuilding; capitolriot; communistcoup; flashbang; grenades; iylm; j6; january6; leahmillis; media; mediabias; millis; presstitutes; propagandists; reuters
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This is a Whitewash Narrative article claiming Rooters did not selectively manipulate an image used to define Trump Supporters as Rioters on January 6th.

Interestingly is contains the visual evidence showing Rooters did exactly that.

Unfortunately, Yer gonna have to click on Rooters to see the images yourself, and see how they did it.

1 posted on 01/04/2022 7:25:12 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot; All

Rooters and associates used this millisecond image lit by a flash-bang device, without descriptive text, to give the impression there was fire and smoke from a burning capitol.


2 posted on 01/04/2022 7:31:36 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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That is the defining photo of Jan 6- the photo is a lie as is the whole story they are telling and the investigation.

The photo makes it seem as though there were fires and things were burning at the Capitol. Unlike the BLM riots, nothing of the sort happened on Jan 6.

Also- the visitors were walking through the Capitol at noon- the photo makes it seem as though this stretched into the evening. Another lie.


3 posted on 01/04/2022 7:33:35 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Navy Patriot

The photo that should be used is the one of Ashli Babbitt being murdered.


4 posted on 01/04/2022 7:40:21 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: God luvs America
The photo makes it seem as though there were fires and things were burning at the Capitol. Unlike the BLM riots, nothing of the sort happened on Jan 6.

Also- the visitors were walking through the Capitol at noon- the photo makes it seem as though this stretched into the evening. Another lie.

Correct, both points.

Fortunately, the article contains the images, time stamps and admission of color and tone correction that make the selected image ATYPICAL rather than representative.

5 posted on 01/04/2022 7:42:07 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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I don’t think she makes the point she thinks that she’s making.

6 posted on 01/04/2022 7:45:00 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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The photo that should be used is the one of Ashli Babbitt being murdered.

Correct, that would show the disparity between the Police Responses.

7 posted on 01/04/2022 7:45:31 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Rooters and associates used this millisecond image lit by a flash-bang device, without descriptive text, to give the impression there was fire and smoke from a burning capitol.

Everyone, search for "Jan 6 capitol damage" and then search for "Summer 2020 riot damage" and just look at the photos to compare. You'll see just how little damage was done to the capitol building and how much real damage was done by BLM/Antifa riots.

8 posted on 01/04/2022 7:46:54 AM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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No photos of the capital police escorting patriots into the Capital? Or they just didn’t make the cover of one of these propaganda rags.


9 posted on 01/04/2022 7:47:07 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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I don’t think she makes the point she thinks that she’s making.

I agree, but to be clear, one Ben Kellerman assembled the evidence in this article lionizing Leah Millis.

10 posted on 01/04/2022 7:50:29 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Or they just didn’t make the cover of one of these propaganda rags.

There! You got it on the second try.

11 posted on 01/04/2022 7:51:54 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot
We now live in a world lit only by


12 posted on 01/04/2022 7:53:08 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: libertylover

Thanks, Liberty.


13 posted on 01/04/2022 7:54:30 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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THIS is the "defining" photograph.



TPTB just won't admit it.

14 posted on 01/04/2022 8:02:49 AM PST by Bratch
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And there it is: “a flash-bang grenade, fired by law enforcement.” Yes, the Capitol Police are responsible for escalating this issue, and for causing or facilitating all deaths that day.

No police were killed by protestors, despite media’s Big Lie promoting the allegation that police were killed.


15 posted on 01/04/2022 8:10:02 AM PST by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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We know what really happened!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHIwiKvdY7E


16 posted on 01/04/2022 8:33:23 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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Thanks, Harpotoo, great video!


17 posted on 01/04/2022 8:40:49 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: smokingfrog

That’s an incredibly staged and/or enhanced photo!


18 posted on 01/04/2022 8:41:49 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: smokingfrog

At first glance it looks like the whole area is on fire.


19 posted on 01/04/2022 9:49:47 AM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear

Government against its own people this is what I see


20 posted on 01/04/2022 10:37:04 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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