Actor James T. Justis Arrested For His Role In The Jan. 6 Sedition Riot

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Odd--why did it take over 10 months to arrest him?? Article does not say.

More interesting facts about the clothes he was wearing at link.





Actor Arrested For His Role In The Jan. 6 Sedition Riot
Actor James T. Justis, aka James D. Beeks, was arrested for being in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/11/actor-arrested-his-role-jan-6-sedition?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=53389


By Chris capper Liebenthal — November 26, 2021

Florida actor James D. Beeks, who goes by the stage name of James T. Justis, was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his role in the January 6th Sedition Riot. Beeks was in Milwaukee performing in the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar:"

According to the U.S. Justice Department, James D. Beeks was charged with obstruction of Congress, a felony, and a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully entering a restricted building or ground.

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According to the criminal complaint filed by an FBI agent investigating the incident:

Beeks and a group of Oath Keeper members and affiliates marched in “stack” formation into the Capitol grounds and then up the east steps of the Capitol to the area outside of the Rotunda doors around 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 6.

The people Beeks marched with assaulted officers using pepper spray, flagpoles, and numerous improvised weapons and projectiles. They also disarmed the officers by stealing their shields and pushing them away from the Rotunda doors.

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Actor James T. Justis, aka James D. Beeks, was arrested for being in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I can't understand why an African-American actor would join the Oath Keepers to

potentially take down the Government. What shared goals? Not to mention the RWNJ's aren't inclusive to non-white races.

Here in my part of NJ, a failed congressional candidate (who happens to be African-American) publicly announced on his FB page that he was joining them on Jan. 6. When I followed up later on that date, all he posted was him hanging out in the street after dark with 3-4 white dudes. (IOW, he didn't go to or in the Capitol Building.) And he even took that down from FB.

It's almost a year now and he's still pro-MAGA, if not more so. I don't get it.

[multigraincracker]

2. Just goes to show

you can’t judge a person by the color of their skin.

[stopdiggin]

19. I've never been able to understand it either

but it's just plain fact. And actually, there's something fundamentally wrong (and perhaps dismissive and denigrating?) about assuming that any single ethnic or group - is going to march in lock-step - or have some kind of 'mind-meld' unity of opinion/perspective. Just doesn't work like that.

But I still don't get a meathead like K.West - wanting to hang with the racially toxic Trump ... Is it a shared lack of any kind of values?

[hlthe2b]

4. That was my immediate thought...

Stockholm Syndrome? MAGA women are almost as inexplicably attached to these assholes at their own expense. But, yes, AA MAGA-lovers are beyond inexplicable.

[Deuce]

15. Neither do I...but we have African-American Republicans and I despise them all.

[secondwind]

3. Cult mentality is powerful......

[Sherman A1]

5. Hopefully Mr. Justis

Will receive a good measure of justice.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Maybe he was only recently identified by a fellow OathKeeper

who is now naming names in an effort to help himself.

[The Jungle 1]

7. One of his acting roles was to play Jutas!

How fitting, how ironic.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. It's 'justis' that his latest role is...

James D Beeks is known for roles in Broadway -- Kinky Boots, Aida, Ragtime, and Smokey Joe's Cafe. He most recently starred as Judas in a major touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar.

[jaxexpat]

13. Perhaps as an actor assumes his role, acquiring insight is fraught with challenges.

[Trueblue Texan]

9. I'll say it again...

...there were a lot more people of color at the Jan 6 insurrection than I would have thought possible. How did this happen that persons of color would identify with white supremacists enough that they are willing to overthrow democracy with them? Even that Enrique Tarrio guy looks like he could be Latino or some other non-white race. I cannot understand it. Will someone please explain this to me?

[bucolic_frolic]

11. It's a conundrum

Either shared economic goals - money - or were some paid to be there? Or they sought the power and control and domination over others that so long eluded them?

[mountain grammy]

12. When I was a child

My mother always said about anything that didn’t make sense “always remember There were Jewish Nazis “

[uponit7771]

16. There will always be collaborators among any protected identity and not all of them identify

... with the oppressor most of the time they affiliate for self serving reasons mostly money and power.

[stopdiggin]

20. probably says it best.

and it's long past time that we should be in any way surprised.

There also seems to be a common phenomenon involving a person that has climbed a few rungs up the ladder from his peers .... Surprisingly little identification - or empathy.

[LeftInTX]

25. Tarrio is Afro-Cuban

I don't know anything about his childhood, but many people just don't look at race the way we do or the way we think they do or should do.

Lots of Mexican-Americans are not happy about new immigrants coming into the country. People think they should welcome them, but many don't.

White people often are mad at white people for various reasons. We hate white nationalists, yet they accuse white Democrats of "self-hate"...

Many of those white supremacists don't market themselves as white supremacists. They market themselves as "freedum".....

[JHB]

14. The icing: He was playing Judas at the time of his arrest

An interview from early October about his role in the production of Jesus Christ Superstar he's been performing lately.

https://equality365.com/interview-james-t-justis-what-would-judas-do/

Andrews-Katz: You play the role of Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar. Would you say that Judas is a villain, hero, anti-hero, or something more?
Justis: I’d say, that in this production, Judas is more of a hero. Others say, “anti-hero”, but I think there is something more to Judas. He has a perspective on what his mission was to be. Tim Rice (lyricist of Jesus Christ Superstar) gave Judas a voice. He was a human, and he had to make choices. What were the conversations going on in Judas’ mind? This production leaves us with a question about his role. Personally, I started to study the character and the archetype of what he has become. I read the Bible, as well as the Gospel of Judas (removed from the Bible), and other books taken out of the Bible. Without Judas turning Jesus into the authorities, there is no ‘salvation’. Technically, Judas should be celebrated instead of booed. I fell in love with the character and feel he has been given a bad turn.


Andrews-Katz: Part of the story of Jesus is about rebellion against authority. Since a person of color almost always plays the role of Judas, has the current social unrest added any nuances to the way you portray the character?
Justis: That’s a good question. I don’t look at it as Judas being a bad guy. I think he is a hero. I am honored to be the archetype of Judas and to give him a voice. Myself, being a person of color, I cherish that. I think that we’ve been told we have to question society. I want people to look at Judas in a different light and from different perspectives. He wasn’t a bad guy, and was only doing what he had to do. However that is translated into today’s society, I hope it would be looked on as a good thing. Tim Rice asks, “What did Judas do in these times? What did Judas see?” Judas had a vision and a plan.

[GoCubsGo]

17. I suspect that "volume" was the reason it took 10 months.

There were thousands upon thousands of traitors, and there are only a limited number of DOJ personnel to handle their arrests and prosecutions. That's including Trump holdovers that haven't been weeded out yet, and who are, no doubt, obstructing however they can. They also have to deal with "normal" DOJ operations, like other domestic terrorism issues, gun and drug running, child and adult sex trafficking, other Trump crimes, etc.

[turbinetree]

18. So he was with the fucking group that was assaulting police officers and he only

gets charged with....... hold on:

According to the U.S. Justice Department, James D. Beeks was charged with obstruction of Congress, a felony, and a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully entering a restricted building or ground.

No charges like :

18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection

Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

He was fucking assisting........

[stopdiggin]

21. I'm not sure if anyone

(correct me if I'm wrong) has been charged with with the code you cite?
Perhaps this comes after LE and Justice has plotted out the different tentacles and players?

[turbinetree]

23. This should be the first code in a indictment this code pretty much lays out what can be done

and makes everyone aware in there plotting food chain.....that DOJ means business....no no has been charged under this law....

[stopdiggin]

24. so then, as I read it

either the DOJ does not agree with your strategy (first charge, fair warning). Or - there will be no charges leveled under this provision. I'm rather hoping for the former ...

[yellowcanine]

22. When I hear the name "Beeks" I think of Clarence Beeks of "Trading Places" fame.

Can't help it.