Judge hearing arguments on Capitol defendant Garret Miller's motion for pretrial release

[Generic Other]

A judge is hearing arguments now on Capitol riot defendant Garret Miller's motion for pretrial release. Aside from charges re: participating in the insurrection, he's accused of tweeting "Assassinate AOC" and talking about hanging a Black US Capitol Police officer after Jan. 6

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Original story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/aoc-assassination-threat-capitol-rioter-charged

When the govt brought charges in Jan. against Capitol riot defendant Garret Miller, they alleged he talked about having rope in his bag and hanging an officer. In a filing today, the govt specified he was talking about an officer he believed was Black: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20532769/3-29-21-us-oppo-release-garret-miller.pdf

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Miller is challenging his pretrial detention. In a 3/19 filing, his lawyer didn't deny he tweeted "assassinate AOC" and made "vile and racially tinged threats against a Capitol Police officer," but argued there was no evidence of him *acting* on any of it https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20518224/3-19-21-garret-miller-motion-to-revoke-detention-order.pdf

The govt today filed its opposition to releasing Miller from jail, which is where prosecutors elaborated on his repeated references to lynching — the lines "He’s a prize to be taken" and "He will swing" re: the unnamed Black police officer were not in the original charging docs

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/politics/capitol-rioter-racist-death-threats/index.html

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[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. What 16 year old girl was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer?

What did I miss?

[abqtommy]

2. Lock. Them. All. Up.