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Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison
The Associated Press ^ | February 9, 2023 | By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

Posted on 02/09/2023 3:41:19 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The man is an idiot. He’s lucky he wasn’t shot


21 posted on 02/09/2023 4:53:54 PM PST by Nifster ( EI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: mac_truck

And if he was just the 12th one to get in, then he was one of the instigators. The Trump crowd probably hadn’t even arrived from the site of the speech yet.


22 posted on 02/09/2023 4:54:13 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Heavens me. It sounds as if poor Judge McFadden has got the vapors!"


23 posted on 02/09/2023 4:55:11 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The prosecutors claim he and his son attended the rally... yet he was the 12th rioted to get in. Must have walked really fast, or didn’t stay at the rally to the end.


24 posted on 02/09/2023 4:55:50 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reports in January 2021 just say he was wanted for walking around with the battle flag, not that he “menaced” anyone with it. I suspect they just made that up.


25 posted on 02/09/2023 4:59:21 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He threatened him with a pole, not a cloth.


26 posted on 02/09/2023 5:03:46 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: blackdog

“What is the actual difference between a confederate flag and a confederate battle flag?”

The term “Confederate Flag” could possibly refer to any of several official flags used by Confederates.

The Confederate battle flag usually refers to the one dominated by St. Andrew’s Cross.


27 posted on 02/09/2023 5:27:48 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Waving a flag around is a 1st amendment right. No matter what flag.

Menacing is mostly subjective unless there was was some kind of assault.


28 posted on 02/09/2023 5:39:20 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t do drugs. How the hell do you “menace” an “officer” with a Rebel flag? It’s sounds as though the “judge” was menaced also and now needs to see a shrink. He said he can’t believe someone would take a Rebel flag in that sacred outhouse known as the House on The Hill.


29 posted on 02/09/2023 5:50:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what FJB Brandon said, "...more than half of the women in my administration are women.")
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“Bringing a Confederate flag into one of our nation’s most sacred halls was outrageous,” the judge said.

Yep, a symbol of America's fierce independent attitude is a slap in the face to this judge.

30 posted on 02/09/2023 5:53:10 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is it 2 years or 3?


31 posted on 02/09/2023 5:59:08 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Bringing a Confederate flag into one of our nation’s most sacred halls was outrageous,” the judge said.”

Let’s ask Senator Byrd what he thinks.

L


32 posted on 02/09/2023 6:00:47 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: mac_truck

Has ray epps/ john sullivan on speed dial


33 posted on 02/09/2023 6:17:12 PM PST by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism )
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Seefried thrust the base of the flagpole at US Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, who is black, several times without making contact, prosecutors said.

Stupid and unacceptable behavior, but 3 years in prison?

34 posted on 02/09/2023 6:45:33 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It sounds more like he got three years for the Confederate flag.


35 posted on 02/10/2023 7:44:56 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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