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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:13 PM Jan 2021

Let's discuss.."CONVICTIONS" not arrests..

...In order to convict, there must be "proof.".......................

.................I don't care if the FBI takes time, I want "convictions" and jail time........!!!!!

The proof needs to be as flawless as possible.

....................................... We are talking about members of Congress that will be convicted and sent to jail. Please give the FBI time to get the proof to convict and the make sure the convictions stick and are not overturned by some minor error. Officers know that getting the proof toconvict takes time. Please give the officers and detectives some time to get the proof that will convict and send to jail those that caused this...I want those convicted to remain in jail for a long time, and not those convicted,
released and let go on some technicality ..

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Johnny2X2X

(24,210 posts)
1. There will be pleas, very few trials.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jan 2021

Will be interesting to see what this looks like in a minyh or so when the first pleas start getting negotiated.

A lot of people are going to get very light sentences, but I hope they get creative with their community service, make them do something that could give them perspective.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
2. Wish they treated it as a crime scene
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jan 2021

But the massive amounts of videos will help, and social media postings

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
4. Yes, the ..."massive amounts of videos" will help with the convictions...
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:20 PM
Jan 2021

...It will become totally obvious, after some time, who was ultimately responsible for this. Those responsible
will be caught and tried. Please give the detectives some time to get the absolute "proof" to make those
convictions and jail time stick.

BComplex

(9,914 posts)
5. "proof needs to be as flawless as possible"??????? WTF? It was a riot!
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:40 PM
Jan 2021

Shoot 'em next time with the same rubber bullets and tear gas and bang thingy's the other side gets while being NON-violent!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. I heard that ultimately there will be hundreds of arrests.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:46 PM
Jan 2021

As one would expect since the White Nationalist Seditionist Party will not be in control, much less running a new authoritarian state. The Democracy Party will be.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
7. Yes, but those convictions will take "..time"
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:53 PM
Jan 2021

Arrests take little time.. Iron clad convictions take a whole lot of time..

We do not want any clear cut crimes thrown out on "..technicalities." We want those responsible
to spend time in jail. It is one thing to ...arrest... and another thing to convict and send to jail for
jail time. Some very well connected people may be ...".arrested"..but those same people are sure
that they will never be ..."convicted" and spend time in jail...
...That is why we must give the FBI time to get the proof and make sure that the proof ends up with real jail time for those that caused this. The total convincing proof is much harder to get than arresting someone.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Sure. As for people who insist that nothing'll be done right,
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 06:12 PM
Jan 2021

refusal to recognize all the evidence to the contrary, suggests that tedious victimhood syndrome may be behind it -- seeing oneself as a perpetual victim and extending that mindset to everything they can't control, which of course is virtually everything.

Regardless of those who set their own standards for government in the toilet, the ones you call for are of course the norm when Republican corruption doesn't rule. It'd be a very strange FBI agent who liked identifying and investigating criminals only to have them turned loose.

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