Fugitive Jan. 6 Rioter Makes Insanely Desperate Plea on Belarus State TV

[Zorro]

In the full special released Thursday, Neumann—who allegedly called Jan. 6 cops “little bitches”—said he’d face “torture” in America and promised to be a “good citizen” of Belarus.

Evan Neumann of Mill Valley, California is the newly minted star of state television in Minsk, Belarus.

Neumann, who is wanted in the U.S. on six criminal charges related to the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6—including two felonies for assaulting an officer—was featured in the Belarusian state TV special, “Goodbye, America,” which aired in full on Thursday. He recounted a treacherous journey through forested borderlands that landed him in Minsk and expressed his unwillingness to face justice in the United States. Neumann said he is seeking political asylum in Belarus because the U.S. is, in his opinion, no longer a country of law and order.

In Thursday’s premiere of his interview, Neumann said that unless he is able to return to the United States, he would like to stay in Belarus and perhaps get an IT job. He said that Belarus did him “a big favor” and in return promised to be “a productive and a good citizen.” Neumann mentioned living in Moscow in 1994 and complained that both Russia and Belarus are being “demonized” by the Western media. He described U.S. sanctions against both countries as “a form of terrorism.”

Neumann claimed that upon return to America, he would face certain torture. “I’m not strong enough to withstand torture,” he said, while grinning ear to ear. He expressed the need to obtain “government protection” from the United States by another country. Neumann explained his choice of a destination to the TV presenter Evgeny Gorin: “I know that Belarus resists the West. Besides that, your country was closer than Russia.” He described leaving his temporary refuge in Ukraine with only $1,000 dollars on his person and heading for the border.

In a country dealing with a severe migrant crisis in a cruel and callous way, this transplant from California is being handled in a markedly privileged way. For the Belarusian and Russian state media, he is a convenient pawn for besmirching the U.S. government. Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, repeatedly used the Capitol insurrection to take jabs at the U.S.’s election integrity and to claim that the rioters are facing “political repressions,” in an attempt to deflect from domestic issues plaguing Russia and Belarus under their authoritarian leadership.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fugitive-january-6-rioter-evan-neumann-makes-wildly-desperate-plea-on-belarus-state-tv

[Cartoonist]

1. So he's gone full traitor, eh? n/t

[Beausoleil]

2. That's where Lee Harvey Oswald lived.

Just sayin'.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Oh, great! I have a lot of things planned for today and NOW I have to dig out my violin?

Sheesh!

WTH is going on? Trump's sending envoys, Jan. 6th creeps are begging for asylum?

Would someone please wake me up from this crazy nightmare? I swear, I will never eat pizza again before I go to sleep.

[2naSalit]

4. Hope he...

Dies from some disease that could be avoided.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. Weird how he already had experience living in Russia, huh? And got caught trying to overthrow

the US government. And is a Russian sympathizer. Enjoy Belarus, traitorous shitbag.

[Ohio Joe]

6. So...

He's a wanted criminal who illegally crossed the border of a sovereign nation and wants the government to give him everything...

Now... What kind of people have I heard complain about that before... It'll come to me.