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Yes. You read that right. Johnson is saying that he is intentionally hiding insurrectionists from prosecution in the release of tapes that Republicans claim will vindicate them on January 6th.

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[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 163 points 1 year ago

Far-right Republicans like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and former President Donald Trump have praised Johnson’s promise to release the footage, saying it will “prove” that the activities of Jan. 6, 2021, were peaceful.

Only morons and guilty people believe this. I saw evidence to the contrary on live broadcast.

[-] chowder@lemmy.one 115 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Someone was peacefully trampled to death, Ashley Babbitt was peacefully shot breaking into the capitol, and those were gallows of peace.

[-] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They literally dragged a security guard out of the door and ~~beat him to death~~. Because of all the preconditions that the seditionists set up, there were few guards and they didn't escalate. It saved their lives at least, but it was corrupt to the core

[-] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

I think you're confusing Michael Fanone (dragged out, tased and beaten, had a heart attack but survived) with Brian Sicknick (had a stroke late that night and died the next day). To my knowledge, Sicknick wasn't involved in any assault that is believed to have caused his death.

(Before anyone jumps down my throat, I think all the Jan 6th rioters are traitors. I just think it's important to be accurate.)

[-] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly I saw the thing live and read some time after that security guards died and just put two and two together

[-] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Wait, I thought they backed tracked that claim of beating to death. Instead it was determined it was something else that was a result of that day. Heart attack or something along the lines.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Natural causes…that resulted from being beaten to half an inch of his life and left to die, yeah?

They record the final cause (heart attack, aneurism,) as being the cause… but no one who reads the autopsy report with even half a brain really thinks he would be alive today if the beating never happened

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

“Officially” it was “natural causes” and a total “coincidence” that a Trump-supporting cop was beaten to near-death by other Trump supporters and died within hours. Naturally. As one does.

[-] Travalanche@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] stringere@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

Chronic hysteria

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Breaking outside windows to gain access, etc.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Gallows and a guillotine should be at all protests.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago

I was gonna say, we watched the events play out live on both news and social media. Peaceful protestors don't scale the walls of the capitol building, bulldoze baracades, and threaten capitol police, all while chanting stop the steal.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

That’s like saying a school shooting was peaceful because over 99.9% of people weren’t being violent.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Also all the people who went to jail for being peaceful.

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