Oath Keeper requests bond as she can't remove wedding ring & thus can't be transported to DC

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Connie Meggs, one of 10 alleged Oath Keepers charged in the Capitol riots, has requested bond because she can't remove her wedding ring & thus cannot be transported to DC for arraignment

A magistrate denied a prior bond request on Feb 22 calling her "a danger to the community."

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Meggs said that she was not allowed on a transport plane with the ring on but could not remove it and Marion County jail officials refused to cut it off. She is thus "languishing" in jail.

She also claims she was not engaged in acts of violence on Jan. 6.

Link to tweet

Yesterday, prosecutors said that Meggs, who was in DC with her husband, Kelly, was among those who "forcibly entered the Capitol" and afterward met with Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes outside the building.

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[tirebiter]

1. Soap is not acceptable?

[WhiteTara]

2. one snip of wire cutters - solved.

[rickyhall]

20. What I was thinking. I have a right wing ring removing tool.

[WhiteTara]

23. there's a tool for that?

Well, her problems are over and she's on her way to D.C. for consequences.

[lagomorph777]

5. That would be no help with mine. They'll have to cut it off.

I don't see what the issue is. Cut it off, for goodness sake.

[Bev54]

19. They cut my Mom's off when she had to go in for an operation

They can cut hers off too.

[lagomorph777]

21. Must have been hand surgery?

[kiranon]

24. Had 2 different wedding rings cut off before surgery

It has to do with the possibility of the fingers swelling and circulation being cut off. My third wedding ring is of a removable design.

[lagomorph777]

27. OMG these doctors are over the top with their worries sometimes.

They were so worried about hypothetical clots when my wife had a minor procedure (unrelated to clots), that they pumped her full of anticoagulants that almost killed her.

[Bev54]

38. Nope

[kcr]

28. I agree. I don't get why they won't cut it off

I worked in a jewelry store years ago, and we had to do this from time to time. It's not a big deal.

[rsdsharp]

30. I did too. One day a lady walked and asked a coworker if he could cut a ring off her finger.

“Sure,” he replied. “Did you bring it with you?”

[kcr]

35. lol

I remember one guy whose ring was embedded deep into his finger. I'd never seen anything like it, but my boss, the owner of the store was somehow able to get it off. The guy had a deep notch where the ring had been. I never leave any of my jewelry on.

[rsdsharp]

37. The flip side is a guy who bought a gents ring once.

He was a high school teacher, but he had grown up on a dairy farm, milking cows by hand. We had to size it up a loooooong way. I no longer remember the size, but I do remember putting the finished ring on a mandrel. It slid all the way down — past the last sizing mark — and hit the counter without ever touching the mandrel.

[lagomorph777]

40. Udderly amazing

[demtenjeep]

3. boo f'n hoo

play stupid games


win stupid prizes

[DURHAM D]

4. Easy solution. Don't cut off the ring.

Cut off her finger.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Hateful people, making life so much shabbier.

Connie Meggs, and husband, Kelly

Connie and Kelly Meggs' friend, Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder

[Generic Other]

10. Her?

Oh Lordy.

[Deuxcents]

36. Good grief

Three faces of people who wanted to overthrow our democracy. Along with the other mug shots of their likeminded terrorists, they are scary as hell. Keep em locked up.

[Sogo]

7. If she held her hand in a bucket of cold water or ice for a few minutes,

the finger would probably shrink down.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Then Soap The Finger

The tissue shrink & the lubricity will get it off.
I had to remove mine for an MRI.
Did what we're saying & off it came.
Absent that, no way is my wedding ring coming off. The anniversary ring will come off if my finger is wet.

[gordianot]

8. By all means save ring just remove the finger then reattach the finger.

[ZonkerHarris]

9. Lock her up. Let the other prisoners figure out how to get it off

[Maraya1969]

11. Just clarifying. You can't wear jewelry to jail and that is why her stupid wedding ring is

important?

[marble falls]

12. Where's Mohamad bin Salman when he's needed? That ring will be coming off.

[gratuitous]

13. Nobody has access to You Tube?

[Phoenix61]

31. This is what I was thinking of. nt

[SharonClark]

32. That was cool. Thanks for posting.

[IL Dem]

33. I did that once.

It works!

[dalton99a]

14. Pro Tip: They can't put you in jail if they can't remove your wedding ring

[rsdsharp]

15. What am I missing? I haven't been on a plane in quite some time.

Is there a rule you can’t fly while wearing a ring? If so, why?

[kcr]

26. My guess is it's different if it's a jail transport flight

with other inmates.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. That sounds like an entitled white girl problem.

[taxi]

18. Kafka

could not remove and
could not remove mean different things

[Fullduplexxx]

22. Just hack her finger off ...

[turbinetree]

25. Then make her lick her finger .................and then twirl...........

[jpak]

29. Womp Womp Snowflake

Poor Baby!

[Midnight Writer]

34. She just needs to shake hands with Jim Bakker. She'd never see that ring again.

[NCjack]

39. Painless way to take off the ring. Requires a blow torch to expand

the ring so it will slide off.

Light the blow torch and ask her: Shall I heat it with the torch and slide it off, or shall I just use the snippers and cut it off?

Problem solved.