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riversedge

(70,305 posts)
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 08:18 AM Aug 2021

FBI arrests Infowars fan accused of leading charge that led to Capitol cop's injuries

Source: raw story



August 27, 2021



The FBI on Thursday arrested a fan of Alex Jones' Infowars network who allegedly was near the front of the mob when DC Metropolitan police officer Daniel Hodges was crushed in a door frame — in one of the more widely viewed videos from the insurrection.


Jeffrey Scott Brown, 54, of Santa Ana, California, is charged with inflicting bodily injury on officers, obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

"According to court documents, Brown was part of the crowd entering the tunnel at the lower west terrace," the DOJ wrote. "Video footage shows him reaching through the crowd towards another rioter, who provides him with a can of spray. Brown can then be seen pointing the can towards the police defensive line and deploying the spray for several seconds in the direction of the police. Brown also participated in the pushing action against officers who were attempting to restrict access to the U.S. Capitol."
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According to the DOJ's criminal complaint, Brown "was at the front of the crowd of rioters in the tunnel, participating in the pushing action against officers who were attempting to restrict access to the U.S. Capitol through the exterior door to the Lower West Terrace." ...................................



Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-arrests-2654812357/



And another one bites the dust



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Jeffrey Scott Brown before boarding his flight, left, and at the Capitol. (Department of Justice)
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FBI arrests Infowars fan accused of leading charge that led to Capitol cop's injuries (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2021 OP
Polar Fleecewear reminiscent of the Brooks Bros. Riot bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #1
They had money and time for airplane fares, fancy hotels, nicely dressed and kitted out. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #2
But they are deprived - emotionally deprived. Tiger8 Aug 2021 #5
Perceptive synopsis on your part. I'd say emotionally deprived cause White Privilege seeping away Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #8
That is what I have been saying for years Ray Bruns Aug 2021 #9
Exactly TheRealNorth Aug 2021 #10
Many Trumpers are successful, financially well off Tiger8 Aug 2021 #12
Correct Traildogbob Aug 2021 #13
Bingo! Very insightful. Tiger8 Aug 2021 #19
It's your bias. Don't accuse me of a perception bias without understanding what I wrote Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #16
I stated facts - you stated feeling Tiger8 Aug 2021 #17
Read again, or perhaps for the first time. Not my feelings. THEIR feelings. You misread my post Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Aug 2021 #26
Yes and yes. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #28
It's going to be a very stylish crowd in the federal prison. They can share fashion tips and Vinca Aug 2021 #18
Wow. 7 months later. BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #3
In contrast to the other yahoos, I gotta say this guy looks pretty good for 54 greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #4
Congratulations, new career niche bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #6
Wait, are you calling me an "Insurrectionist Fluffer" greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #7
I know what an Insurrectionist Fluffer is but what's a "goodsie"? NoSheep Aug 2021 #11
Waitaminnit- Who "Found a marketing agency and consolidate?" NBachers Aug 2021 #14
He should enjoy prison, then. C Moon Aug 2021 #21
Hmmm greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #29
I dont' know what the hell you're getting at C Moon Aug 2021 #30
What do you mean he'd be a "pretty boy?" Like he'd get raped or something? greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #31
Let's hope this is more than a couple of misdemeanor charges. n/t NH Ethylene Aug 2021 #15
IKR? I was thinking...Wow, that's going to be some serious time. But had to check that thought. C Moon Aug 2021 #22
Caught on tape on Dec. 13, 2020 inside a Costco: dalton99a Aug 2021 #23
Really makes me wonder if people I know were involved in the riots. Initech Aug 2021 #24
Put him UNDER the jail. And not one of those NICE jails either nt oldsoftie Aug 2021 #25
Murderous scum. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #27
K&R ck4829 Aug 2021 #32

bucolic_frolic

(43,293 posts)
1. Polar Fleecewear reminiscent of the Brooks Bros. Riot
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 08:27 AM
Aug 2021

So deprived these people ... in dress, in their businesses, on the airplane ... so deprived. We're not putting enough emphasis on the connection between their personalities, and the personality of TFG. So deprived, so trodden upon, so unfair, so rigged, these poor people have never had a fair shake in their life, amiright?

Irish_Dem

(47,418 posts)
2. They had money and time for airplane fares, fancy hotels, nicely dressed and kitted out.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 09:14 AM
Aug 2021

Yep. Life is so hard for them.

 

Tiger8

(432 posts)
5. But they are deprived - emotionally deprived.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 09:34 AM
Aug 2021

Donald lives "The American Dream" beyond most people's wildest imagination - so why are he and his cult followers so angry and miserable?

Mary Trump gave us the answer in her first book - and here is my synopsis...

Donald was raised by emotionally stunted, and sometimes absent or cruel parents, and so he never got the emotional validation and acceptance that human beings need to feel whole. So Donald keeps pushing the "money, power and control" button in hopes to fill that hole in his psyche. But it's like that song, "You've got 10,000 forks, when all you need is a knife."

The common thread in Donald's Cult is a mass *emotional* deprivation. In a way, the Cult appears to fill that void - in the same way that a 12 step AA meeting brings people together with the shared pain of addiction. The difference is the Cult is totally unaware of their own personal emotional deprivation. And they never will, because it is too emotionally dangerous for them to face their own emotional abandonment issues.

So they will follow Donald's lead, in the mistaken belief it will fill the void that is so painful, that it's driving them to destroy people, institutions, and even society itself - much in the same way the drunk keeps drinking to fill that hole.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,043 posts)
8. Perceptive synopsis on your part. I'd say emotionally deprived cause White Privilege seeping away
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 10:05 AM
Aug 2021

They are unable to compete in a level playing field economy where a black might take the top job.

Ray Bruns

(4,111 posts)
9. That is what I have been saying for years
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 10:15 AM
Aug 2021

When they say they want their country back, they mean "we want to go back to the days where white privilege allowed us to treat minorities like shit"

Nothing scares a MAGAT more then the thought that white people will become a minority and be treated like they have been treating minorities for the past 400 year.

 

Tiger8

(432 posts)
12. Many Trumpers are successful, financially well off
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 10:36 AM
Aug 2021

I've seen so many Trump stickers and flags on late model loaded up pickups & upper middle class homes.

Your explanation also doesn't explain Latinos and Blacks, where Trump received higher levels of support than did Romney, McCain.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54972389

There is perception bias - but it's on your end.







Traildogbob

(8,807 posts)
13. Correct
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:06 AM
Aug 2021

I live in a community in WNC mountains thick with 2nd and 3rd million dollar homes, most Floridiots, all trumpers flying those flags and wearing MAGA hats. Go down the mountains into the poor communities of all white bubba’s and bubbetts, All MAGA everything AND they Hate Floridiots. They hate those rich folks buying up the mountain sides, and skyrocketing the property taxes for what the pay for land. The Floridiots despise the poor white illiterate trash. But put on a trump rally. All BFF’s. Strange bed fellows, just to own the libs. Can I longer own slaves so…….

 

Tiger8

(432 posts)
19. Bingo! Very insightful.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 12:02 PM
Aug 2021

In addition, they'll be nice as a pie to any atheist, LGBT or PoC who shows up at the Trump rally.

The mistake people make is trying to lump these people together into some neat easily identifiable category, such as race, or some economic insecurity.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,043 posts)
16. It's your bias. Don't accuse me of a perception bias without understanding what I wrote
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:44 AM
Aug 2021

I said NOTHING about the economic station of these people. Your bias is to view it through that kind of lens and then imagine that everyone else is using the same lens, even as you claim you are defending the tRumplickers against bias.

I did NOT say they were poor or couldn't afford late model pickups.

I explicitly referred to "top jobs". I was thinking Obama, and also had in mind management jobs, executive jobs which are being opened up to greater numbers of people that the White Privileged fear.

A jump from 3% to 5% among Latinos and Blacks, (don't have specific percentages), is not significant and is swamped by statistical noise.

Read. What I did say is that the competition is getting hotter. There is competition at all economic levels. Sure, they got to a certain station in life but they depended on privilege to get there, even if they don't realize it. They can probably continue to maintain their current position, but advancement may be slower as more women and non-whites advance.

It is this feeling of privilege slipping away that is affecting them emotionally.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,043 posts)
20. Read again, or perhaps for the first time. Not my feelings. THEIR feelings. You misread my post
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 12:20 PM
Aug 2021

Yes, you think every anti-tRumper thinks they are poor and illiterate. That's your bias that you think anti-tRumpers are biased that way. Your "fact" was a synopsis of a psychological analysis of tRump. You gave no facts about his supporters.

I endorsed that analysis of tRump by Mary Trump and wrote about the feelings of his supporters and their emotional needs. You say the cult is unaware of their own emotional deprivation and that is what I wrote to, explaining in terms of competition.

You misread that as claiming they were poor and economically deprived. That's your misreading because you are expecting it from all anti-tRumpers.

Widen your lens and read more carefully what posters write.

Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #20)

Vinca

(50,304 posts)
18. It's going to be a very stylish crowd in the federal prison. They can share fashion tips and
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:59 AM
Aug 2021

advise each other on which stocks to purchase and where to buy their next vacation home. Ah, the downtrodden. Give me your tired, your poor . . .

BumRushDaShow

(129,484 posts)
3. Wow. 7 months later.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 09:28 AM
Aug 2021

From a link to the local paper there, they said there were others from that area there too - https://www.ocregister.com/2021/08/26/irvine-man-charged-with-injuring-police-officers-at-capitol-riot/

They only recently IDed him after getting cell records from another insurrection via search warrant.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
4. In contrast to the other yahoos, I gotta say this guy looks pretty good for 54
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 09:33 AM
Aug 2021

Usually they look like they've lived a hard 38.

bucolic_frolic

(43,293 posts)
6. Congratulations, new career niche
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 09:47 AM
Aug 2021

Insurrectionist Fluffer. Some of these guys got the bucks to pay goodsie. Found a marketing agency and consolidate. Could have growth prospects.

C Moon

(12,221 posts)
30. I dont' know what the hell you're getting at
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 05:33 PM
Aug 2021

but I meant he'd be a pretty boy in prison.

I usually just block people like you, but this time I defended myself.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
31. What do you mean he'd be a "pretty boy?" Like he'd get raped or something?
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 05:34 PM
Aug 2021

And you support that?

Is that what you mean?

Initech

(100,103 posts)
24. Really makes me wonder if people I know were involved in the riots.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 01:53 PM
Aug 2021

Last edited Fri Aug 27, 2021, 07:02 PM - Edit history (1)

The fact that this guy is from Santa Ana is hitting waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too close to home for comfort.

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