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Omaha Steve

(99,065 posts)
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 11:57 AM Oct 2021

January 6 defendant spoke at far-right rally attended by Proud Boys, despite court order against...

Source: CNN

By Andrew Kaczynski, Marshall Cohen and Em Steck,

(CNN) An Arizona political commentator charged in the US Capitol riot spoke at a small right-wing rally in Phoenix last month that was attended by over a dozen Proud Boys, even though a federal judge had ordered him not to associate with any members of the extremist group.

Pictures posted online and a video obtained by CNN from an attendee show Micajah Jackson near a group of Proud Boys, spouting conspiracies about January 6. This raises questions of whether he violated the conditions of his pre-trial release, or at the least gave fresh material to prosecutors that they could use against him in court, as they have in other Capitol riot cases.

Jackson spoke at the Sept. 26 event, organized by Look Ahead America, the group that held a similar rally in Washington, DC, to support defendants charged in the pro-Trump insurrection.

One picture, posted by Jackson on Twitter, shows him posing with a Republican congressional candidate who praised the Proud Boys in attendance during his speech that day. A man in Proud Boys attire, not with the pair, stands in the background behind them at the event. A video obtained by CNN from AZ Right Wing Watch, a Twitter account that monitors the far-right in the state, shows Jackson talking to the candidate, Arizona state Rep. Walt Blackman, near a small crowd that includes at least four men in Proud Boys attire.



In this video still from MAAP Real Talk Show, US Capitol riot defendant Micajah Jackson speaks at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 25, 2021. The rally was held to support people charged in the January 6 insurrection, and Jackson spoke about his experience storming the Capitol building.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/23/politics/january-6-defendant-proud-boys-court-order/index.html



FULL title: January 6 defendant spoke at far-right rally attended by Proud Boys, despite court order against associating with the group
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Orrex

(63,084 posts)
1. I'll bet the authorities will suggest that he not do it again
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 12:00 PM
Oct 2021

And this time they’ll make a stern frowny-face while they say it.

bucolic_frolic

(42,666 posts)
3. These people are committed to overthrowing the government and reinstatement of TFG
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 12:34 PM
Oct 2021

Authorities had best wizen up! There is no law, no compromise they want to listen to. They are authoritarians supporting an authoritarian. This will not change.

DENVERPOPS

(8,678 posts)
13. If allowing this willful ignoring of laws continues,
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 02:57 PM
Oct 2021

with no consequences, what-so-ever, in mid November of 2024 we will hear a lot of:

"If only we would have"................

COL Mustard

(5,782 posts)
17. So Many Of Them Claim To Be "Sovereign Citizens", Whatever The Hell That Means
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 05:30 PM
Oct 2021

And they don't feel like obeying any law they don't want to. Sounds like anarchy to me.

Traildogbob

(8,571 posts)
5. Sick of the shit
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 12:46 PM
Oct 2021

Red hats make good targets. Load up the potato cannons. See, I can do liberal justice with a touch of snow flake. We can use baby potatoes 🥔.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
8. Does anyone think that just maybe its time to quit playing patty cake with people that want and
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 02:00 PM
Oct 2021

still want to violently over throw a duly elected government.....hell I can go to jail if I smoked for selling cigarettes'.......

Justice matters.

(6,874 posts)
9. Like their orange-terrorist leader, Laws are for OTHERS to abide to.
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 02:00 PM
Oct 2021
Wake up DOJ. GQP's Domestic TERRORISTS don't CARE about slaps on their wrists.

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
15. He thinks that he can get away with breaking the law..(orders from a judge)..guess he needs to learn
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 03:24 PM
Oct 2021
a lesson...
.................................Yes, this fool needs to be locked up immediately...today...!!!!
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