Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition
Source: WSJ
Attorney General William Barr told the nations federal prosecutors to be aggressive when charging violent demonstrators with crimes, including potentially prosecuting them for plotting to overthrow the U.S. government, people familiar with the conversation said.
In a conference call with U.S. attorneys across the country last week, Mr. Barr warned that sometimes violent demonstrations across the U.S. could worsen as the November presidential election approaches. He encouraged the prosecutors to seek a number federal charges, including under a rarely used sedition law, even when state charges could apply, the people said.
The call underscores the priority Mr. Barr has given to prosecuting crimes connected to months of protests against racial injustice that have at times become violent and led to major property damage, as President Trump has made a broader crackdown on violence accompanying the demonstrations a key campaign issue. U.S. attorneys have broad discretion in what charges they bring.
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 200 people with violent crimes related to the protests, most of whom face counts of arson, assaulting federal officers, or gun crimes. FBI officials earlier this year described the perpetrators as largely opportunistic individuals taking advantage of the protests. In more recent months, police officials say they are alarmed by the presence of armed fringe groups from both sides of the political spectrum.
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Roy Rolling
(6,906 posts)After Caputo, Barr needs to take a medical leave. Hes as nutty as a fruitcake.
bullimiami
(13,074 posts)And sweep up lot at trash along the way.
They are actively trying to subvert the constitution.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)It would be sweet to prosecute all of them for their crimes
zorbasd
(73 posts)The treasonous party he is very much a part of allied themselves with f*cking Russian intelligence, the KGB with a different name. You want sedition, how about treason and sedition for you and your traitorous Un-American party called the GOP.....
riversedge
(70,047 posts)poli-junkie
(996 posts)The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)And probably should be, but still, that is not how the jurisprudence currently stands.
ancianita
(35,926 posts)SpankMe
(2,955 posts)Congress needs to take some action to remove Barr, whether some form of impeachment or denial of funding to DoJ.
Armed Ammon Bundy admirers can take over a federal building claiming government overreach, and that isn't sedition. But protesters who step over the line into violence while protesting increasing racism in America are guilty of sedition?
America has failed. There are now two - ours and the crazie's. We need to split up.
elleng
(130,708 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)That dog won' hunt.
George II
(67,782 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Let's make it illegal to knowingly lie to the American people.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Yeehah
(4,566 posts)or the Biden administration will be nothing more than a speed bump on the road to fascism.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,308 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Peaceful protestors - no fucking way.
Faygo Kid
(21,477 posts)I have read about what a horrid bully he was as a child. He is just an evil little kid doing whatever the leader of his gang wants.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)in our mob run fascist state, my thought, look at a cop, video a cop will be considered violent.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)dchill
(38,432 posts)We are witnessing the murder of democracy.
BadGimp
(4,012 posts)Election-related protests are the focus.
Talitha
(6,555 posts)chowder66
(9,045 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,006 posts)So many good options in the olden days.
chowder66
(9,045 posts)Or my favorite trepanation!!!
reACTIONary
(5,765 posts)chowder66
(9,045 posts)maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)He's had a few killed that way.
Mrsfiddlegirl
(15 posts)Team Orange learned a new vocabulary word today. Caputo, Barr word of the day is "sedition". Bet it pops up everywhere now. 🤯
gopiscrap
(23,725 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,006 posts)time zones...or...
He'd have to check, and get back to us on that question.
EarthFirst
(2,896 posts)Is violence standing your ground in defiance of their unlawful assembly as military clad law enforcement and government contractors fire less than lethal projectiles into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators?
maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)This gal: https://komonews.com/news/local/tacoma-woman-accused-of-setting-five-police-vehicles-on-fire-during-seattle-protests
That would be my guess of who'd be charged with Sedition. I don't think they could prove it, but they could make an example out of her.
maxrandb
(15,288 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,614 posts)He's talking less like a student of law, and more like a graduate of Trump U.
Talitha
(6,555 posts)Might as well get the Cops that gave him the water, too.