Comments by "Scott Charney" (@scottcharney1091) on "FOX 13 Seattle"
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@elkeater8672 No, the news media are not engaged in some kind of conspiracy to divide Americans. "We" have never been united, despite people (apparently like you) telling the marginalized to "know their place" and not get "uppity."
Many (most?) of those arrested are being charged with offenses somewhat more serious than trespassing, but many more are in trouble for attempts to obstruct official proceedings, i.e. stop the certification of the election. More still are charged with various violent crimes, some have weapons charges, and some are charged with conspiracy to do all of the above and more. The attackers came very close to killing lawmakers (and staff), stopping certification of the election entirely, and causing a constitutional crisis. This was a coup attempt, or a putsch at minimum, and numerous respected analysts have characterized it this way.
Yes, five people died outright. Babbitt was shot by a Capitol Police officer while breaching the penultimate barrier to the House Chamber, where some legislators and staffers were trapped. Sicknick was beaten and sprayed with chemical irritants, which according to the M.E./coroner contributed to his subsequent stroke. One attacker died of an amphetamine overdose, and two others of natural causes. Two officers killed themselves soon after the events, as did one of the accused attackers (whose charges were light, as it happens). Over 140 people were hospitalized, mostly police. Some of their injuries were maiming, such as loss of fingers, loss of an eye, traumatic brain injuries, etc.
I don't like the neoliberal capitalist news media like those you named any more than you do, but those aren't the only places where one can find objective facts about this event. Fake/false news refers to clickbait sites that impersonate professional news organs, not corporate news outlets that you don't like. It's depressing to see that "do some/your own research" has come to mean "look up nonsense on conspiracy sites and pass it around on Facebook," but here we are.
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@jasongrooming36 I got vaccinated months ago, and I wear a mask when I go inside (other than my home, of course). I hope that the same is true for you. I'm not sure why you wrote that, but anyway, I really hope that you're not serious. Everything is on video, most of it shot by the attackers themselves, along with security cameras, police bodycams, journalists, and bystanders. There's a truly enormous amount of footage, along with months' worth of internal communications between the attackers, and plenty of other evidence. There's nothing "overblown" about the testimony from people who were involved in heavy fighting, suffering serious injuries and nearly dying as a result.
I don't know where you get this idea that the worst thing that occurred was the laptop theft. Babbit was at the head of a mob that was shouting about their desire to lynch lawmakers and anybody else that stood in their way. I don't watch CNN, so I'm not sure why you mention that.
Here- This is an outstanding documentary, the product of six months of forensic analysis of the footage from that day, along with the evidence discovered after that. There's been more since! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJVMoe7OY0
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