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meadowlander

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3. They need to counter the propoganda on Fox, et al that it was antifa.

Reply to BamaRefugee (Original post)

Sat Jan 9, 2021, 12:34 PM

Jan 2021

Also they need to send a warning to the people planning further violence.

Name and publicly shame every one of these fuckers. They can still be brought up on State charges if they planned the riot at home and then traveled to attend it.

They also need to restore public confidence in the rule of law given the massive security failure at the capitol.

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Why publicize riot arrests? Doesn't it just give trump a list of people he will then pardon? [View all] BamaRefugee Jan 2021 OP

I thought that too but he could also do a blanket pardon. nt live love laugh Jan 2021 #1

Won't make a difference. He can get the names anyway. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #2

They need to counter the propoganda on Fox, et al that it was antifa. meadowlander Jan 2021 #3

I feel it is excellent to arrest these people publically Bluethroughu Jan 2021 #4

Absolutely not. David__77 Jan 2021 #5

Totalitarian governments arrest people in secret. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #6

drumpf doesn't need TV to figure out the names. He has access to all arrest info through DOJ Takket Jan 2021 #7

Maybe, but on balance, it nationally humiliates these people and tells others what happens greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #8

Secret arrests are banana republic shit. Arrests must be public because it safeguards all of us. RockRaven Jan 2021 #9

I work in the court system, thousands of people are arrested every day without public announcements. BamaRefugee Jan 2021 #12

Right, but that is then the media who deserves the criticism for how they cover what is RockRaven Jan 2021 #13

He doesn't need their names to pardon them. He can pardon them as a group: protesters at the Capitol highplainsdem Jan 2021 #10

I think that in his present situation he would be putting himself into extra legal jeoardy Chainfire Jan 2021 #11