Capitol riot dilemma: Which rioters should stay behind bars before trial?

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emptywheel
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Jan 23, 2021
.@kpolantz notes something that needs more attention: DOJ is at a really early stage in investigation into insurrection. They don't want to charge until they've got the evidence, and don't want to tip their had to early.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/politics/capitol-rioters-custody-trial/index.html…
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emptywheel
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But that creates problems for people like Zip Tie Guy who might be REALLY dangerous -- or a key cog in the risk to lawmakers -- but against whom the evidence is not yet there.
1:32 PM · Jan 23, 2021

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/politics/capitol-rioters-custody-trial/index.html

[2naSalit]

1. All of them.

[KatyMan]

2. Came here to post that.

Which Nazis should be allowed to roam free is the real way to phrase that question.

[abqtommy]

6. Yeah, what you said...

[Dem2theMax]

8. Ditto. nt.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Took the words right off of my keyboard 2naSalit

[Mr.Bill]

15. Same here. n/t

[Chicago1980]

3. Let some of the black people out...

And replace them with these seditionist terrorists.

[meadowlander]

13. Weed for whack-jobs.

Anyone in jail for simple possession of marijuana gets out and gets replaced with someone who tried to overthrow the government.

Seems fair.

[2naSalit]

16. +1

[Iggo]

4. As many as we can afford to house and feed.

[PufPuf23]

5. Build a 60 foot wall topped with electrified razor wire around

Mar-a-Lago and send the seditionists there until convicted to keep that vile weirdo family company.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Give them some foil blankets and free,

sans-informed-consent hysterectomies.

[icymist]

7. Put them in the cages the immigrant children are in

and let the children out. The insurrectionists supported the contraction camps, now let them have a taste of what they are rooting for.

[ananda]

9. Every last fucking one!

No exceptions!

[meadowlander]

11. If there's evidence of them doing anything except lookie-looing inside the building,

they should sit in jail until their trial. That includes anyone who video taped themselves bragging about their intent to do something beyond simple trespassing.

In particular, anyone who carried a weapon, carried restraints, stole anything from an office, laid a finger on Capitol Police, took pictures of documents, threatened to kill an elected member or gave instructions to other rioters should be rotting in a cell until the trial begins.

[LeftInTX]

12. Agree