Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Been reading claims that the US holds political prisoners to punish Trump supporters<\/a>.\u00a0 Here’s a list of everybody arrested in the Four Hour Insurrection<\/a> with their charges and detention status.
A lot of them are out, either on bail or personal recognizance.\u00a0 A few\u00a0 haven’t had their bail set yet, which strikes me as being a ridiculously long time to get around to it.\u00a0\u00a0 Only a few have been denied bail and remain in jail: those are mostly people who allegedly attacked cops or were engaged in Assaultive \/ Violent Behavior.\u00a0
Attacking a cop is still not enough reason to deny bail in any ordinary criminal case.\u00a0 The courts have consistently held that bail is a constitutional right.\u00a0 It’s being delayed\/denied.\u00a0 The charges against the January 6th accused aren’t serious enough to support the denial of bail.\u00a0 And denial of bail for trespass-type offenses while holding the accused in solitary confinement, is inconsistent treatment considering that we’re emptying the jails everywhere else so people don’t catch Covid.
The hype could simply be complaints from defense lawyers looking for a better deal for their clients, or from political grifters who will seize any stick to beat the administration.\u00a0 But the fact the DOJ’s own list confirms the claims makes this smell political. The fact the government refuses to turn over video evidence makes it smell political.\u00a0 The fact the judge made histrionic claims to justify the sentence for a non-violent protester<\/a> makes it smell political. \u00a0 It smells like an attempt to punish these Trump supporters and intimidate the rest.\u00a0 It smells like federal law enforcement is holding political prisoners.\u00a0 That’s Third World banana republic stuff, like stuffing ballot boxes or imposing martial law on the capital city or calling for ‘reeducation camps’ or telling the media which news stories to take down.\u00a0\u00a0 That stuff could never happen in America, right?\u00a0
Right?<\/p>Joe Doakes
<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nDemocracy can not survive if people don’t trust its institutions to be even-handed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’ve got a big problem, then. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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