As someone else noted, it is easy to let our biases get in the way of processing we know and what we just suspect, but I 100% believe that the ease with which the protesters were able to storm the Capitol building was because some of the people hired to protect the people there doing their constitutional duties were complicit. I think this probably goes a little beyond the fact the insurgents were all white versus the diversity of the typical protests we saw this summer. That would be too easy and convenient an explanation. I know generally Occam's razor is the smart way to go but the optics of this episode of "How incompetent and/or racists can the cops be today?" just smells very bad. Count me among those who will be very surprised if January 20th comes and goes smoothly.
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Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
It's not up to them. It's up to the prosecutor's office. Like Wayupthere stated, this is a very common tactic used for far less crimes. Go study how the criminal justice system works these days. The basic ploy is to slap as many charges against someone arrested as they can come up with, even for a simple bar fight. That gives the DA office plenty of room to plea bargain with the defense, who is stuck either accepting something or risk their client -- many of whom can't afford better counsel for drawn out cases -- going to a jury trail with all the charges weighing over their heads. It's a risk the DA knows 99% of the accused will never accept. Thus, the scales of justice are greatly swung in the favor of the prosecutor.
This strategy also provides the DA office with excellent stats when it comes to showing the public, who are going to vote for these DA officials, how tough they are on crime. Thus, there is a huge incentive never to change this policy.
The downside is society pays for this. We end up with a slew of people with "minor" crimes forever having the label of felon on them, thus having more difficulty finding a job, and thus takes them out of the taxpayer pool and into the welfare pool. And, we have a massive jail population again for "minor" crimes, which again takes people out of the taxpayer pool and into the jail subsidized pool which costs taxpayers way more money than it costs taxpayers for welfare support. Yet, the public loves to jail people instead of educating them...
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Originally posted by Scarlet View PostI know it's written somewhere that transfer of power happens on January 20th. Is there a specific time? Because to be honest, I would love it if Biden and Harris were inaugurated in a bunker somewhere at 12:01am on the 20th.**NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.
Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.
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Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View PostLovely, Manchin says he’s against 2k checks.
That was a nice, what, four hours between Ossoff being the apparent winner and the siege to enjoy how things could maybe be good again?Cornell University
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Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
Unless the video has been altered, there are images of at least one cop directing people on where to go when charging the Capitol Building. Add that to the office who was taking selfies with rioters in the building, and I think it's a fair question to investigate.I gotta little bit of smoke and a whole lotta wine...
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Originally posted by bronconick View Post
If you believe that, you need to impeach immediately. Like as in 3pm today. If you're talking about Monday or next week, you're grandstanding.
Pence needs to get his balls out of Mother's purse and do something.
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Originally posted by BassAle View Post
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Originally posted by WeAreNDHockey View PostAs someone else noted, it is easy to let our biases get in the way of processing we know and what we just suspect, but I 100% believe that the ease with which the protesters were able to storm the Capitol building was because some of the people hired to protect the people there doing their constitutional duties were complicit. I think this probably goes a little beyond the fact the insurgents were all white versus the diversity of the typical protests we saw this summer. That would be too easy and convenient an explanation. I know generally Occam's razor is the smart way to go but the optics of this episode of "How incompetent and/or racists can the cops be today?" just smells very bad. Count me among those who will be very surprised if January 20th comes and goes smoothly.
followed up with, “I now believe that Nicholas Cage really could steal the US Constitution.”
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Originally posted by Spartanforlife4 View Post
So how do they pass things without him?
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That was Manchin's declaration that he can afford to hold out for goodies. Chuck is going to have to come through, whether that means repaving all of West Virginia with crap named after Manchin instead of Byrd or, less expensively, with the traditional unmarked bundle of bills laundered through the ahem election fund.Last edited by Kepler; 01-08-2021, 01:36 PM.Cornell University
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Originally posted by LynahFan View PostCan’t find it now, but I saw a tweet to the effect of, “As a screenwriter, I’ve had to come up with lots of elaborate ways that terrorists can take over buildings. Who knew I could just have them walk in the front door?”
followed up with, “I now believe that Nicholas Cage really could steal the US Constitution.”
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