No. of Recommendations: 8
Could anything be more Orwellian than Donald Trump's calling the J6 riot, the attempt to thwart democracy, a'Day of Love"?
"“On this day, four years ago, police officers were brutally assaulted while bravely defending the United States Capitol. They were punched, tackled, tased, and attacked with chemical agents that burned their eyes and skin. Today, I am thinking of the officers who still bear the scars of that day as well as the loved ones of the five officers who lost their lives in the line of duty as a result of what happened to them on January 6, 2021.
January 6 was a violent attack on the law enforcement officers defending the Capitol, and it was an unprecedented attack on a cornerstone of our system of government — the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next.
Over the past four years, our prosecutors, FBI agents, investigators, and analysts have conducted one of the most complex, and most resource-intensive investigations in the Justice Department’s history.
They have analyzed massive amounts of physical and digital data, identified and arrested hundreds of people who took part in unlawful conduct that day, and initiated prosecutions and secured convictions across a wide range of criminal conduct. We have now charged more than 1,500 individuals for crimes that occurred on January 6, as well as in the days and weeks leading up to the attack.
The public servants of the Justice Department have sought to hold accountable those criminally responsible for the January 6 attack on our democracy with unrelenting integrity. They have conducted themselves in a manner that adheres to the rule of law and honors our obligation to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of everyone in this country.
I am proud of them, and I am grateful to them for the work they have done and the sacrifices they have made over the last four years to seek accountability for the January 6 attack on the Capitol.” - Merrick Garland
No. of Recommendations: 8
Some light reading for this auspicious day.
"We need to acknowledge that white males in this country are being radicalized in a manner not dissimilar to the tactics of the Islamic State when it recruits homegrown extremists. Our media and our law enforcement must understand this if they want to help prevent future Matthew Livelsbergers or Timothy McVeighs from wreaking havoc and destruction."There is a final story that is a bit long and complex, published over the weekend in ProPublica. If you get a chance to read it, please do; it is compelling and reads like a tense Netflix mini-series, but there is nothing fictitious about it."
The mole who got further than any law enforcement
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keeper...
