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Ronan Farrow
@RonanFarrow
One of the men photographed carrying zip-tie handcuffs on the Senate floor unmasked as a decorated Air Force veteran. My latest for @newyorker:
An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate
The Texas-based pilot was with a group that descended on House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office suite.
newyorker.com
9:34 PM · Jan 8, 2021
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-air-force-combat-veteran-breached-the-senate
NRaleighLiberal
(60,027 posts)Except most of the bad actors on Jan 6 seem to be deranged, low intellect lunatics.
How deep does the rot go? we gotta get to the bottom of it and weed them all out.
FirstLight
(13,366 posts)thats a way to end your vet benefits if I ever saw one.....dick.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Follow that with a dishonorable discharge, loss of rank, medals, and all benefits.
tblue37
(65,502 posts)pecosbob
(7,545 posts)He looked to me like he was instructing younger rioters. This guy needs to become a poster child for what happens when you violate your oath.
pfitz59
(10,401 posts)Perhaps he belongs to one. I say reactivate him and send him to Leavenworth.
dalton99a
(81,642 posts)Two family members and a longtime friend said that Brocks political views had grown increasingly radical in recent years. Bill Leake, who flew with Brock in the Air Force for a decade, said that he had distanced himself from Brock. I dont contact him anymore cause hes gotten extreme, Leake told me. In recent years, Brock had become an increasingly committed supporter of Donald Trump, frequently wearing a Make America Great Again hat. In the days leading up to the siege of the Capitol, Brock had posted to social media about his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in Trumps Save America rally. Brocks family members said that he called himself a patriot, and that his expressions of that identity had become increasingly strident. One recalled weird rage talk, basically, saying hes willing to get in trouble to defend what he thinks is right, which is Trump being the President, I guess. Both family members said that Brock had made racist remarks in their presence and that they believed white-supremacist views may have contributed to his motivations.
In an interview, Brock confirmed that he was the man in the photos and videos. He denied that he held racist views and echoed Trumps baseless claims of election fraud, saying that he derived his understanding of the matter principally from social media. He told me that he had gone to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate peacefully. The President asked for his supporters to be there to attend, and I felt like it was important, because of how much I love this country, to actually be there, he said. Brock added that he did not identify as part of any organized group and claimed that, despite the scenes of destruction that day, he had seen no violence. When he arrived at the Capitol, he said, he assumed he was welcome to enter the building.
Brock denied that he had entered Pelosis office suite, saying that he stopped five to ten feet ahead of the sign bearing her title that insurrectionists later tore down and brandished. However, in the ITV video, he appears to emerge from the suite. Brock said that he had worn tactical gear because I didnt want to get stabbed or hurt, citing B.L.M. and Antifa as potential aggressors. He claimed that he had found the zip-tie handcuffs on the floor. I wish I had not picked those up, he told me. My thought process there was I would pick them up and give them to an officer when I see one. . . . I didnt do that because I had put them in my coat, and I honestly forgot about them. He also said that he was opposed to vandalizing the building, and was dismayed when he learned of the extent of the destruction. I know it looks menacing, he told me. That was not my intent.
Nevilledog
(51,226 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Man up, MAGAT. Can't wait to learn of his arrest... along with his zip-tie sidekick from Tennessee who stormed the Capitol with his Mommy.
tinrobot
(10,926 posts)But, of all people, this guy knows better. A graduate of the Air Force Academy who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
Arrest that fucker.