Posted on 03/26/2023 4:51:21 AM PDT by george76
A federal prosecutor made a rather explosive filing on Friday, admitting that three police officers helped instigate parts of the crowd on January 6th.
The case, which is before US District Judge Rudolph Contreras, involves a defendant named William Pope who is seeking to uncover the videos in question. Prosecutors are none too happy about that, arguing that “unmasking” the videos would put police officers at risk
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A federal prosecutor admitted in court papers that three D.C. Metropolitan Police Department undercover officers acted as provocateurs at the northwest steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The admission came in a March 24 filing before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras that seeks to keep video footage shot by the officers under court seal.
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So what’s on the videos? Part of it has already leaked on Rumble, and there are three officers involved, one of which directly encourages the crowd on the northwest steps to advance on the Capitol. Astonishingly, they even join in with the protesters, chanting along with the crowd.
Officer 1 repeatedly joined in chants of “Drain the swamp!” and “Our house! Our house! Our house!”
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At the foot of the northwest stairs, someone leaned part of a bicycle rack against the balustrade. As a protester climbed up the makeshift ladder, Officer 1 shouted, “C’mon, man, let’s go! Leave that sh*t.”
Officer 1 got help from a protester climbing onto the balustrade of the steps. Then, surveying the people moving up the staircase, he shouted, “C’mon, go, go, go!”
Officer 1 encouraged the crowd to move up the stairs with repeated shouts, “Keep going! Keep going!” and “Keep going, keep going, come on!”…
At other times in these videos, the officer and the two other plainclothes officers with him appear to join the crowd around them in various chants, including “drain the swamp,” “U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!”, and “Whose house? Our house!”
This provides more evidence that January 6th grew out of confusion and not some organized plot to overthrow the government. When you have protesters being urged on by police officers, that then provides some level of authority to advance on and enter the Capitol Building. In other words, as many defendants have claimed in court proceedings, the protesters felt that the police were on their side, and they didn’t believe they were breaking the law (I’m speaking specifically of those who did not get violent).
As to the notion that releasing this footage would put the lives of officers at risk, that’s laughable. In almost no other case is body cam (or other footage such as in this case) kept hidden due to completely unsubstantiated risks. In fact, it is typically the left that is shouting for the release of footage the loudest after any incident, justified or not.
These prosecutors want to bury the rest of this footage for two reasons. One, it severely harms their case against Pope, and two, it is embarrassing for those who have pushed the “insurrection” narrative. It’s the same reason the January 6th committee kept so much footage hidden. The government wants to tell one story and one story only, no matter how misleading or incomplete it is. But the truth of the situation, as with most things in life, is far more complicated.
the reason for the rally is always lost...
no insurrection, just protesting
https://rumble.com/v181401-january-6th-rally-2021.html
“This provides more evidence that January 6th grew out of confusion and not some organized plot to overthrow the government.”
Kind of the opposite, really. It WAS an organized plot, organized by Pelosi. Wray, and Capitol Police.
It WAS a plot to overthrow the government — the legitimate government with DJT as POTUS.
Dissent
Right to peaceable assembly, petition, and protest
Entrapment
The gestapo
Political prisoner
Kangaroo court
The American gulag
Desaparecido
If they can do it to THEM, they can do it to YOU!
And they will.
Strzok-Page texts reveal personal relationship between FBI official - Peter Strzok - and Judge Rudolph Contreras recused from Flynn case.
“Rudy is on the FISC! Did you know that?” Page texted Strzok on July 25, 2016. “Just appointed two months ago.”
“I did,” Strzok replied. “We talked about it before and after. I need to get together with him.”
Strzok suggested a “cocktail party” with FISA: U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ..
this corrupt plot by Pelosi and the murderous Capitol
police was MADE only to murder innocent women
and to put the innocent in jail to die.
accountability = 0.0
truth hurts.
Put Trump into the Presidency ASAP as he should be and he will correct the misrepresentations.
Where’s Tucker ?
Yes but everyone had arms.
If a prosecutor wants to protect the identity of a witness, they can, but they must abandon the prosecution of the case the witness is involved in. You can’t use a witness anonymously. The right to confront witnesses is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and the right to present relevant, exculpatory evidence is part of the due process clause in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment. These doctrines, along the right against self incrimination and to remain silent, are the strongest and most honored rights Americans have through the constitution. If they’re gone, we are done for.
Calling Mr. Jim Jordan,
When is your committee going to start its investigation into the true cause of the J-6 riot and the failure of the Speaker of the House to protect the House?
You could also call in Matthew Graves to testify as to why evidence is and has been withheld from J-6 defense teams.
It is time for action!
And once again, where are all the ‘back the blue’ useful idiots?
It wasn't damning to Trump so it doesn't meet the standards Tucker/Fox was looking to make public.
He's playing 'Mother May I' aka 'Captain May I' with Murdoch and you can guess who plays the role of 'Captain'.
Amen
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I’ll buy that.
Its a small world. Follow the players.
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