MAGA Mob Assaulted at Least 139 Cops at Capitol Riot, Prosecutors Say

[sabra]

Source: The Daily Beast

The pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6 assaulted at least 139 police officers, U.S. prosecutors have alleged. According to the Washington Post, prosecutors for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. filed papers on Sunday that repeatedly described the storming of Congress an “insurrection,” and said it resulted in the deaths of five people and assaults on around 81 Capitol Police and a further 58 D.C. police officers. “Every person who was present without authority in the Capitol on Jan. 6 contributed to the chaos of that day and the danger posed to law enforcement, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and the peaceful transfer of power,” wrote prosecutors with the public corruption unit of the Washington U.S. attorney’s office. One of the dead was police officer Brian Sicknick, who died a day after the riots from injuries he sustained “while physically engaging with protesters.”

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[Walleye]

1. Looking at the videos. Those cops fought fiercely.

They were severely outnumbered, and I think they probably prevented a much bigger tragedy by holding the rioters off as long as they did. The few who didn’t do their job should be punished. They made the others look bad.

[orangecrush]

2. Charge every single one they can identify

And make an example out of them.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Hard time for all of them

Assault is not free speech

[lagomorph777]

4. Round them all up and ship them to Gitmo.

Make them build their own jail cells.

[Tommymac]

5. Book 'em all, Danno.

Every. Last. One.

If they are not prosecuted, then kiss our Democracy goodbye. Simple as that.

If they were Black, they'd be facing the Death Penalty.

[Gothmog]

6. US Justice Dept court filing says 81 US Capitol Police officers and 58 DC Police officers are injure

Link to tweet

[C Moon]

7. I heard on the radio today that several LAPD officers were at that riot.

I wonder if any walked or ran past the Capitol police, and entered the Capitol?

[SunSeeker]

8. GOP keeps compairing it to a BLM protest. 139 cops were never assaulted in a BLM protest.

[Initech]

9. Well so much for the "Blue Lives Matter" movement.