Posted on 06/23/2020 9:31:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There is already a law that makes wanton destruction of federal property a felony. But then Christopher Wray is too busy plotting how to take down Trump and his associates to actually arrest any BLM/Antifa terrorists.
What is the use of the FBI?
Wray should have been dismissed long ago.
So they will just go after the white criminals? Not surprising since Kim Kardasian & Jared Kushner would be upset otherwise.
Since cops and the military are evil in the eyes of the dems, it could get any worse if they just shoot the vandals and save everyone a lot of grief.
Wanna stop this crap? And anyone caught burning the American Flag should himself be set on fire on the spot. Harsh measures prevent bad actions.
I tend to agree, but maybe its a local/state/federal jurisdictional crime issue.
The next time that police commissioner, mayor, or governor is up for election, The Stupid Party should point out the irresponsible actions of these individuals.
“Should be illegal to do so no matter the property.”
It is, but when the states and localities won’t enforce the law, the federal authorities can at least enforce federal law on federal property.
As Mark Steyn has observed, "the process is the punishment." Just paying to defend themselves against the charges will bankrupt their parents. And if they get convicted of a felony, even if the punishment is mitigated, their lives will never be the same.
That may be a good percentage, or, it indicates they only prosecute the worst of the worst cases and dismiss the rest.
There is an additional reason I don't see mentioned. I have a friend that actually went through this process during the Clinton Administration.
He said they threatened to bankrupt him and put his family out on the street if he didn't plead guilty. He said they told him that if he beats the initial charge, they will file a new charge against him, and they will grind him into the dust financially. They will deny him his Federal pension (he was a federal employee) and still put him in jail.
They said that if he would just agree to plead guilty, he could keep his pension and his wife and kids could keep their house. He would serve a few years and then be released.
He plead guilty.
For more background, he claims his boss did what he was accused of doing, and he proved it to the federal prosecutors. They said they didn't care. His boss was black, and they weren't going to prosecute him, but they had to prosecute somebody, so he was it.
daaaaang-10 years should be plenty of time to read about America’s great heroes
So this is what we have come to.
States and local authorities lets all Hell Break Loose.
Damn Dirty Rats.
I like Mayor Daley’s solution better:
“I have conferred with the superintendent of police this morning and I gave him the following instructions, which I thought were instructions on the night of the fifth that were not carried out. I said to him very emphatically and very definitely that [he should issue an order] immediately and under his signature to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand in Chicago because they’re potential murderers, and to issue a police order to shoot to maim or cripple any arsonists and looters—arsonists to kill and looters to maim and detain.”
Mayor Daley April 1968
They didn’t already have the authority? Get the Marshals, FBI, ATF etc out of their cubicles already.
Believe it or not alot of federal agents have their hands tied by policy. Policy supercedes the law. Trump just overrid policies that would prevent a federal agent from making an arrest for this crime.
Depending upon which agency one works for they may not have the authority. For instance Border Patrol agents sent to DC had to be deputized before they could make an arrest.
Good move.
He takes care of federal lands and leaves the private and other properties under local jurisdiction.
Then people can see and contrast between a president who takes action and the useless dems who do nothing.
Fun idea... monuments with cattle grid decking around them for rioters to attempt to cross. It could be an entertaining reality show, we could bet on how long it takes for one of the rioters to try to urinate on it, and on how far he jumps or whether there will be smoke.
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