Capitol Rioter Threatened to Shoot His Kids If They Snitched: Feds
Source: Yahoo News/The Daily Beast
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Reffitt, the Texas man busted for his alleged involvement in the attack, also had extremist ties, the FBI said. Reffitt attended the riot in a helmet outfitted with a camera, and what appeared to be a tactical vest, according to pictures included in court filings.
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According to prosecutors, Reffitt was part of the Texas Freedom Fighters, a militant group that lobbies to protect Confederate symbols, and has spent the past weeks on Twitter accusing the left of being the real rioters.
Reffitt allegedly admitted to his family that hed participated in the attacks, telling the family that we (likely the TFF, according to a criminal filing) had stormed the Capitol. He also allegedly told family that hed brought a gun with him to D.C.
Reffitts children allegedly were disturbed by his extreme statements. When they expressed alarm, he allegedly told them that if you turn me in, youre a traitor and you know what happens to traitors...traitors get shot.
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/capitol-rioter-threatened-shoot-kids-161238515.html
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)He seems nice.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)I had thought we'd already reached bottom
Apparently not
Aristus
(66,467 posts)One must be careful of what one says...
bluestarone
(17,058 posts)Here we have a TRAITOR TERRORIST, talking to PATRIOTS!! (assuming they were not involved)
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,631 posts)Guy Wesley Reffitt
Guy's big enough to lean down and terrorize children, too.
All that, and homicidal, too.
GoneOffShore
(17,341 posts)ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Arne
(2,091 posts)reACTIONary
(5,788 posts)KG
(28,753 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)dalton99a
(81,599 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,341 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)have family members that couldn't wait to turn them in.
And by 'amazing', I mean 'highly predicable'.
RealityCheque
(473 posts)VA_Jill
(9,999 posts)you mean CPS. And I hope his wife got a restraining order too. This guy doesn't need to be out running around on bail either.
RealityCheque
(473 posts)Initech
(100,105 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,383 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,059 posts)This guy is typical. A loud mouth braggard who doesn't want to take responsibility for doing what he KNOWS is wrong...mentally about 7 years old. However, their "stupid" is helping to round them up.
Lovegan
(59 posts)I can imagine the orange cult terrorists trying to use some type of mass hysteria, temporary insanity excuse, even a right wing media brainwashing class action lawsuit.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)and it doesn't seem that farfetched to me. they were practically foaming at the mouth.
Sogo
(4,997 posts)ffr
(22,672 posts)LakeArenal
(28,847 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Bought it for himself out of a clearance bin.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,858 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)WTF - what propaganda has accomplished in this country.
BootinUp
(47,197 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...than a dad.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)I hope his wife and kids can be kept safe.
LakeArenal
(28,847 posts)Because they are the real men?
Initech
(100,105 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,212 posts)...and he looks like a doughy jerk waiting to get his ass kicked.
The tac gear is drastic compensation.
He's really a scared little punk.
A bully, he ain't. He just pretends to be one around children.
LakeArenal
(28,847 posts)Tos.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)report zone, and mandated reporters need to do their job, report this to child services, and get those kids away from a parent who endangers them.
It's horrible to be forced to live with a parent's crime under threat of being hurt if you tell. It's as if their innocence has been kidnapped by their lawless parent.
irisblue
(33,034 posts)What made a man who the good parts of American society feel he was a victim?
There was enough money in that family for his daughter to have a smart phone ..."His son told authorities Reffitt warned him not to report him to the authorities or he would do what he had to do, according to the affidavit. While Reffitts daughter was on the phone with friends, he told her that if she betrayed the family, he would put a bullet through her phone."https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/wylie-man-believed-to-be-member-of-militia-extremist-group-arrested-in-connection-to-us-capitol-attack/287-175a0f96-dd27-4c29-93e0-657cb1d44d87
yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)as an Asshole Republican.
erronis
(15,355 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)Headshot!
canuckledragger
(1,667 posts)These idiots NEVER take any kind of responsibility for the stupid things they've done.
It's point fingers at someone else, all the time. Probably blames his kids for getting himself in trouble now, given how he threatened them.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)from the president, who also advocates threatening witnesses.
Cut him some slack.
magicarpet
(14,175 posts)... of the house/family.
What about all of that ?
Because the trDump reign is ending we toss misogyny and Nazi boi macho man out the window ?
sakabatou
(42,176 posts)athenasatanjesus
(859 posts)KayF
(1,345 posts)that's all
a militant group that lobbies to protect Confederate symbols
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