Capitol Rioter's Bail Revoked After Cops Find AR-15 in His Car During DUI Arrest

[babylonsister]

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Capitol Rioter’s Bail Revoked After Cops Find AR-15 in His Car During DUI Arrest
‘THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY’
Blake Montgomery
Reporter/Editor
Published Jan. 18, 2022 8:53PM ET
Department of Justice

A man charged for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot had his pretrial release revoked Tuesday after a dramatic arrest for allegedly driving while intoxicated. James Tate Grant was arrested for drunk driving in a Wake County, North Carolina in December. He told the police who flagged him down that he had been at the Capitol on Jan. 6, charging documents state. Grant attempted to get away during the arrest, according to police, but then dropped to the ground and said, “Just kill me now. It’s over.” In his car, the cops found an AR-15, 60 rounds of ammunition, and combat fatigues. Conditions of his bail as he awaits trial for allegedly assaulting a police officer on Jan. 6 prohibited firearm possession, excessive drinking, and drug use, leading the Justice Department to request he be remanded into custody. He had previously tested positive for amphetamines twice, noted Judge Timothy Kelly, who ordered Grant’s incarceration, saying “There seems to be a toxic combination of substance abuse problems, alleged mental health issues and repeated access to firearms that poses a really serious threat to the community.”

[Tickle]

1. 🤦‍♀️ double idiot nt

[Emile]

2. Put him back in prison where he belongs! Why didn't he have his guns taken away in the first place?

This guy was out on bail for trying to overthrow our government!

[modrepub]

34. Useful Chart

[gldstwmn]

41. I'm stealing that.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. 'Threat to the community' indeed

How could any judge overlook drug violations - amphetamines, no less? Glad this menace is finally off the streets for awhile.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Is there no treatmemt program for s guy like this? OK...

then throw his ass back in jail.

[Progressive Jones]

52. Twenty years in prison will cure him. nt

[Submariner]

5. That's today's republican voter

a stoned out loser with an assault rifle. So DUI with an AR-15 is a 2nd Amendment right in trump world. This country is screwed.

[malaise]

6. WTF?

Should never have been sent home

[NCjack]

7. Roll him, DOJ

[Sherman A1]

8. Good

Wish they were all locked up.

[3Hotdogs]

9. Mental health problems? What mental health problems.

The guy's a patriot, don't'ja know?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. Learned Magistrate summed up the flaccid power the coup plotters harnessed for the attempt:

“There seems to be a toxic combination of substance abuse problems, alleged mental health issues and repeated access to firearms that poses a really serious threat to the community.”

These type of magats may pose a serious threat to the community and there should be general concern…what can’t be explained is the fear anyone has of Twitter tirades and an army of tweeters. That is not power, that is virtual reality, it’s an illusion.

[plimsoll]

27. Stochastic terrorism.

Some of those tweeters will (ahem) lose their shit and kill someone. They'll be "lone wolves" despite the fact that they've been steeping in a toxic stew of rightwing hate. (but I repeat myself)

It's like asking society to hold on to a string of old firecrackers. Only 2% will go off, but you'd be stupid to hold onto it. The real question is why has the "liberally biased media" been so delicate when protecting violent rightwing rhetoric. We've been observing this phenomena since the '80s, saw it ramp up in the '90s, Trump seems to have removed the inhibitions. People who probably were restrained by the threat of incarceration are now under the impression that laws will not be applied to them. Only time will tell if their right.

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. Suspect: "Just kill me now" Officer: "Sorry, no can do...you're a white guy"

[Probatim]

22. Whites don't shoot whites - it's an unwritten rule in law enforcement.

[marie999]

29. Cops do kill White people, but not at the same percentage as Blacks.

[Probatim]

33. I think there's a big difference between selling cigarettes on the street and dying

versus shooting at police and living.

[LiberatedUSA]

37. Daniel Shaver was terrorized and murdered by the cops.

Conflicting commands to a suspect clearly frightened and trying to comply; scared senseless.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver

[IronLionZion]

43. Correct, white cops murder white guys sometimes

that cop got away with it. Acquitted of all charges. One would think more whites would support reform.

[RobinA]

35. You Need To Do

some of your own research.

[Probatim]

39. How about this?

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns

[dalton99a]

28. +1

[Grokenstein]

12. I'm glad we've started letting some weed-smokers out of prison.

Makes room for the meth-head MAGAts who actually endanger the public.

[llmart]

13. Or as trump would say...

"these are some very fine people".

I say they're all the dregs of humanity.

[wnylib]

24. Basketful of deplorables.

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Picture

Not directed at OP - just irritated that the media doesn't throw their pic around the same way they did Trayvon Martin - innocent . . . but treated like a violent criminal.


?w=1600&h=1200&q=88&f=d16b9d803f53bb7c418050fdccc019a6

[csziggy]

31. Thank you for doing what the media won't. nt

[rpannier]

15. The AR-15 was clearly to protect himself incase ANTIFA parachutted onto his car

and began attacking him with machetes

[KS Toronado]

17. LOL, or attacked him with a cardboard protest sign

they hate reading truths.

[Oldtimeralso]

48. He would need a sober left winger

To tell him what the sign says.

[doc03]

16. "There are good people on both sides"

[grantcart]

18. They should release him to the confines of Mara Lago

[George II]

19. Another Forrest Gump moment: "stupid is as stupid does".

[monkeyman1]

40. the whole republican taliban is equal to Forrest Gump moment !!

[keithbvadu2]

20. Isn't Donald going to pay the legal fees for this loyal Trumpster patriot?

Isn't Donald going to pay the legal fees for this loyal Trumpster patriot?

Donnie Jr could send him some nose candy.

[EddieOnTheMesa]

21. They Shoot Horses Don't They

They should give Horses Asses the same benefit especially when it is requested by the Horses Ass.

[LiberatedUSA]

38. Likely the reason he wants to die...

…is he finds it preferable to prison, which is where he is going. Why give him what he wants? They can now take extra care to make sure he wakes up every day, healthy and alive, ready to be shuffled to the prison yard.

[monkeyman1]

42. the same to south end of a North bound jack-ass !

[JT45242]

23. When you do something stupid that violates your bail -- do you lose your money?

Just curious. I know if you don't show, you forfeit is it the same if you fail to comply with conditions?

Likely -- the loss of bail will be orders of magnitude larger than the "restitution" of $500 that has been typical for these insurrectionists.

[Scrivener7]

25. So they gave this traitor THREE chances before they revoked his bail???

He had previously tested positive for amphetamines twice, noted Judge Timothy Kelly, who ordered Grant’s incarceration,

[lindysalsagal]

26. All together now:

"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID."

[Pinback]

30. Lucky for him he wasn't Black

and driving sober with an expired license or broken tail light.

[MagickMuffin]

32. So, James Tate Grant assaulted the police on Jan 6 and was still released into the community?

Conditions of his bail as he awaits trial for allegedly assaulting a police officer on Jan. 6 prohibited firearm possession, excessive drinking, and drug use, leading the Justice Department to request he be remanded into custody.

KEEP THE VIOLENT INSURRECTIONISTS BEHIND BARS . . . . period!

No conditions, because these insurrectionists do NOT believe in the laws they are breaking. Plain and simple: KEEP THEM LOCKED UP!

[Orrex]

36. This'll double his jail time to ten whole days

Adjusted for time served, of course.

[calimary]

44. "...a really serious threat to the community."

No shit, Sherlock.

[elleng]

45. "Just kill me now. It's over."

[Progressive Jones]

53. They could have complied, and nobody would have cried... nt

[rockfordfile]

46. un-American pos and typical loser. AR-15 in his car? Again loser.

[Hassler]

47. DUI with an AR-15 in the car.

[BobTheSubgenius]

49. There's a lot to unpack here, but I'll confine my comment to saying...

...I'm quite intrigued by his "Kill me now" request.

[LymphocyteLover]

50. just your average trump supporter-- not joking

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

51. All the best people.

TFG's supporters really are a fine bunch.

(Not that anyone needed the sarcasm smiley.)

[sobenji]

54. TWO positive drug screens?

Must have got a pass on the first one.

[C Moon]

55. They need to keep these traitors in prison until they are 70.