Re: Capitol Mob - "Pretty Normal People"

On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 1:53:30 PM UTC-5, John Corbett wrote:
> On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 9:44:02 AM UTC-5, ajohnstone wrote: 
> > I know when i link to studies they are quickly dismissed as having a 
> > leftist liberal bias. But i'm not so sure this one will receive such a 
> > reception. 
> > 
> > https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/This-Is-Our-House.pdf 
> > 
> > Nearly 90% of the people charged in the Capitol riot so far have no 
> > connection with militias or other organized extremist groups, according to 
> > a new analysis from George Washington University’s Center on 
> > Extremism. It found that more than half of people facing federal charges 
> > over the 6 January attack appear to have planned their participation 
> > alone, not even coordinating with family members or close friends. Only 33 
> > of the 257 alleged participants appear to have been part of existing 
> > “militant networks”, including the Proud Boys and the Oath 
> > Keepers anti-government militia. 
> > 
> > The largest category according to the report, was a 
> > “hodgepodge” of individuals with a variety of extremist 
> > beliefs who made plans to come to the rally on their own. 
> > 
> > A separate analysis of court records by the Chicago Project on Security 
> > and Threats, looking at 290 arrests connected to the Capitol attack, found 
> > very similar results to the George Washington University report, including 
> > that only 12% of alleged participants were part of militias or other 
> > organized violent groups. 
> > 
> > https://d3qi0qp55mx5f5.cloudfront.net/cpost/i/docs/americas_insurrectionists_online_2021_02_26.pdf?mtime=1614612718 
> > 
> > Which also concluded that the supposed cure - arresting members of those 
> > extremist groups- is worse than the disease 
> > 
> > Reported in that unreliable newspaper. 
> > 
> > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/04/us-capitol-attack-individual-extremist-far-right-groups 
> > 
> > This a confirmation of what i already stated and others i think concurr 
> > that the riot at the Capitol was not a pre-meditated insurrection and 
> > certainly no coup but a situation that simply got out of control.
> All of which seems to exonerate Trump. About half the people arrested had 
> already planned to do something before they even got to Washington and the 
> other half went along with it once it started. All of them ignored Trump's 
> directive to protest peacefully. 
> 
> Nobody should every be arrested for belonging to a group whether that be 
> Proud Boys, Antifa, BLM, KKK, or the American Communist Party. People 
> should only be arrested if they break the law. They also should not be 
> excused for breaking the law if they belong to any of the above.

 Worth a watch...

  https://youtu.be/bqb3UOiIF9E