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Charges dropped against last of Inauguration Day protest defendants
WTOP-FM (Washington, DC news radio) ^ | July 6, 2018 | Rick Massimo

Posted on 07/06/2018 5:38:48 PM PDT by seacapn

WASHINGTON — Charges have been dropped against the remaining defendants arrested in the wake of violent protests on Inauguration Day 2017.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement Friday that they believe “evidence shows that a riot occurred on January 20, 2017, during which more than $100,000 in damage was caused,” and that 21 people have pleaded guilty for their actions that day, including one felony.

“In light of the results in the cases brought to trial, however, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has now moved to dismiss charges against the 39 remaining defendants in this matter,” the statement said.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office previously announced the dismissed charges for 38 remaining defendants, but a second motion to dismiss charges for the 39th defendant was filed later Friday.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: antifa; inaugurationriots; trumpinaugural; washington
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Welp... if you were hoping for Jeff Sessions and his Department of Justice to impose some justice against violent leftist rioters, it looks like you hoped wrong. Let's not downplay what this means - it means that leftists can assault and riot against any sort of conservatives, Trump protestors, etc. and will officially not be punished by the government for doing so. A rather grim turn of events. I advise people to take note of this, and to be prepared. Take all appropriate precautions now that you know FOR SURE that not even the federal government has any interest in defending in your first amendment rights.
1 posted on 07/06/2018 5:38:48 PM PDT by seacapn
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To: seacapn

If over 100,000 in damages occurred, how come only one felony?


2 posted on 07/06/2018 5:39:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: seacapn

Sessions is letting Obama’s DOJ run free ,did Sessions even fire anyone


3 posted on 07/06/2018 5:40:51 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: seacapn
JUST DAMN!

THERE IS NO EQUAL JUSTICE IN THIS NATION; NONE AT ALL!

4 posted on 07/06/2018 5:41:52 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: seacapn

Travesty.


5 posted on 07/06/2018 5:43:58 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: seacapn

It only takes one juror to let someone walk after their crime.


6 posted on 07/06/2018 5:44:50 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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To: seacapn

Our side needs to pick out a uniform color (black is already taken by Antifa and ISIS) and show up to rallies in uniform with masks and helmets. If the government can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it was YOU who hit that Prog in the head with a sign that was stapled to a 1.5 inch thick hickory pole, then you walk away free.


7 posted on 07/06/2018 5:48:03 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: seacapn

It’s still the Holder Just Us Department.

The founders tried to prevent all of this by excluding the children of foreign nationals, but BOTH political parties wanted the natural protections of the natural born citizen requirement eliminated.


8 posted on 07/06/2018 5:48:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: seacapn

Of course. Now if they were “alt-righties”, they be stringing them up.


9 posted on 07/06/2018 5:49:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't pass up the opportunity to use the Second Amendment today! IT'S FREE!)
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To: seacapn

The left must be laughing their you know whats off....they got away with yet another crime...........My only source of hope is that I beleive in God and that there is a HELL awaiting those who reject him.


10 posted on 07/06/2018 5:50:03 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: nopardons

Law is in the courtroom, justice in the alley.


11 posted on 07/06/2018 5:50:09 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Bryanw92

That would be accelerating the decline. I’ll pass on their tactics. Not working for them....


12 posted on 07/06/2018 5:51:10 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: seacapn

And once again there is no punishment for the left in this country!


13 posted on 07/06/2018 5:52:23 PM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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To: seacapn

Should nave given them ALL a good flogging before releasing them.


14 posted on 07/06/2018 5:54:42 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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A civilian review board said in February 2017 that the D.C. police violated their own procedures for preserving protesters’ First Amendment rights, including the use of pepper spray and ball-like grenades that spray rubber pellets.

What about the constitutional rights of the many Americans who wanted to freely assemble on the DC mall to witness the inauguration of DJT but were prevented from doing so because of the presence of these rioters. In 2020 we can expect even worse rioting by these bullies on the left.

15 posted on 07/06/2018 5:54:44 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“Charges dropped against last of Inauguration Day protest defendants”

Sessions strikes again.


16 posted on 07/06/2018 5:54:57 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“It’s still the Holder Just Us Department”

Might as well be with Jeff the recuser.


17 posted on 07/06/2018 5:57:44 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Freee-dame

But but but......assaulting people and destroying property is another form of political expression. As long as it’s expressed by the left.

Things I learned living in Minnesota.


18 posted on 07/06/2018 6:05:50 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Bonemaker

19 posted on 07/06/2018 6:08:21 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: seacapn

It may not be the prosecutor's fault. If the only evidence they had was that the protester was apprehended in the vicinity of the crimes, the court is right to throw the case out.

It's not clear if the prosecutors were wrong to charge people without more evidence, whether the evidence was borderline and the prosecutors thought they had enough until the court threw them out, or if the police didn't deliver enough evidence.

In any event, people are going to think twice before the protest an inauguration again.

20 posted on 07/06/2018 6:10:02 PM PDT by DannyTN
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