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The political persecution of Siaka Massaquoi (Babylon Bee Actor)
Orange County Register ^ | Dec 6, 2023 | Susan Shelley

Posted on 12/13/2023 6:54:04 PM PST by 11th_VA

“This has gone too far,” wrote Elon Musk on his X platform on Saturday.

Musk was reacting to a post by Seth Dillon of the satire site, the Babylon Bee.

Dillon wrote this about actor Siaka Massaquoi, a North Hollywood resident who was arrested by an FBI SWAT team at Burbank Airport when he and his pregnant wife Charlotte returned to Los Angeles after a trip to Nashville:

… As Siaka was returning home from a trip to Nashville for the Daily Wire’s latest premiere, the FBI was waiting to arrest him and charge him with crimes related to his presence at the Capitol on Jan 6. I couldn’t believe this when I heard it. This political persecution can’t be allowed to continue.”

Siaka was jailed overnight and hauled into a courtroom the next day. He was released on his own recognizance after posting a $1,000 bond.

I know Siaka personally. He was a candidate for the state Assembly in 2022. He is the elected 1st Vice-Chair of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County. He has volunteered his time to speak to political science classes at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, events that I have attended with him.

The arrest warrant for Siaka cites four misdemeanors (parading, trespassing, disorderly conduct) in connection with the events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

“Absolutely unprecedented. 21 years as a fed prosecutor. Never knew of a misdemeanor case that was handled by arrest,” wrote a former federal prosecutor who is now representing January 6 defendants and who posts on X under the handle “Shipwreckedcrew.”

If Siaka Massaquoi posed some threat to the United States, it seems very unlikely that he’d be charged only with misdemeanors, that he would be released on his own recognizance...

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arrest; babylonbee; elonmusk; harassment; persecution; politicalprisoners; siakamassaquoi
Wow … here’s YouTube video where he describes his arrest experience:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lgWQ4sBHFR4

1 posted on 12/13/2023 6:54:04 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

He was in the Capital for 71 seconds


2 posted on 12/13/2023 6:59:02 PM PST by 11th_VA (<>< Good News: Barbarians at not at the gate; Bad News: They’re in the city)
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To: 11th_VA

It would be real interesting if Musk, having all the information about the Fed’s and their censorship efforts, started naming names.

IE…the FBI didn’t meet with, etc, folks from Twitter, Special Agents(s) ???? did. Who are they?

Let them be unmasked and then asked to explain themselves under oath.

Especially since the cowards in the Senate just voted to renew their spying.


3 posted on 12/13/2023 7:38:51 PM PST by qaz123
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To: 11th_VA

Bfl


4 posted on 12/14/2023 1:16:46 AM PST by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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