Ohio town reckons with riot charges

[struggle4progress]

By Associated Press
Today Updated 1:36 pm

... a now-shuttered bar .. brought the FBI .. to Woodstock, Ohio... Bedsheets and drapes cover the windows of The Jolly Roger ...

... Army veteran Jessica Watkins tended bar and recruited members for a local militia group ... She affiliated it with the Oath Keepers ...

... Watkins and a member of her militia .. are charged, along with a Virginia man, with helping to plan and coordinate the Jan. 6 attack ...

“It’s quite concerning. I think the general media and the federal institutions have dropped the ball in taking these groups seriously,” Cruz said. He said many anti-government groups have been very active for years, carrying out military-like training for a second Civil War in apocalyptic fantasies fueled by conspiracy narratives ...

... the indictment Wednesday .. includes charges of conspiracy and obstructing Congress that carry up to 20 years in prison with conviction ...

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/01/30/breaking-news/ohio-town-reckons-with-charges-in-capitol-riot/

[soothsayer]

1. They definitely dropped the ball

In the 90s the fbi used to make their presence known at our free little karate class that trained outdoors.

There were like 6 of us at the most.

I mean it’s good they were “on it” but what happened to that vigilance?

[LeftInTX]

3. They certainly dropped the ball...These groups have flourished

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. FBI keeping their heads down during the trumPutin era? Are there enough decent ones left?

[LeftInTX]

4. Also during Obama

These groups flourished and it was pretty much hands off.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. You're right. Maybe we need a real purge of the entire DoJ.