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iemanja

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31. Brazil has already arrested hundreds of the rioters
Mon Jan 9, 2023, 02:09 PM
Jan 2023

The US did no such thing. They've been treated with kid gloves, and Garland has out and out said that he won't make the prosecutions himself because of the "appearance of bias." He therefore kicked the can down the road to Jack Smith, which has done exactly nothing to dispel notions of partisanship. Garland's entire posture throughout this has been driven by fears of seeming partisan. In Brazil, the government already called for the arrest of the financers of the coup attempt. In the US, nothing of the sort has been done, two years later. The differences are obvious to anyone whose purpose isn't to make excuses for Garland.

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This message was self-deleted by its author The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2023 #1
No political fear dictating justice there iemanja Jan 2023 #2
+++ agree. too bad the #1 country in the world for democracy didn't do the same thing. n/t iluvtennis Jan 2023 #15
Please explain who here "fears" criminal justice? brooklynite Jan 2023 #18
Brazil has already arrested hundreds of the rioters iemanja Jan 2023 #31
Was the Brazil Congress in session? No. brooklynite Jan 2023 #32
Your claim is that certification couldn't take place iemanja Jan 2023 #37
Every single person that broke into our capital should have been in jail that day. Instead they doc03 Jan 2023 #3
Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #12
Well, its not likely there was anything going on in Congress that couldn't be put off, right? brooklynite Jan 2023 #19
The cops held the doors open as they were escorted doc03 Jan 2023 #35
So you've zip tied each one securely... brooklynite Jan 2023 #36
Wondering if police let them take the buildings so they were easier to corral MaryMagdaline Jan 2023 #4
There's reason to believe local (right-wing) authorities colluded with whoever organized this peppertree Jan 2023 #9
Good summary. Thank you! MaryMagdaline Jan 2023 #33
You're very welcome peppertree Jan 2023 #34
Imagine that. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #5
feel uneasy when the police round up lots of protesters ...thinking iran, russia hong kong dembotoz Jan 2023 #6
They're trying to identify the plotters and financiers dalton99a Jan 2023 #7
Sonewhere between Moscow & Mar-a-Lardo. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #16
Law enforcement, military folks complicit by inaction. Not all but too many Bolsonaro... machoneman Jan 2023 #8
Who will be surprised orangecrush Jan 2023 #10
Did Brazil's chief law enforcement official gab13by13 Jan 2023 #11
... orangecrush Jan 2023 #23
"More than 1,200 people have been detained in Brazil" markodochartaigh Jan 2023 #13
Brazil must "look forward!" orangecrush Jan 2023 #21
Wow...it's possible to arrest insurrectionists Bettie Jan 2023 #14
Only when the coup plotter has been replaced, apparently. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #17
Point taken Bettie Jan 2023 #27
You're not alone in that, Bettie! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #28
Gosh, I didn't know federal prosecutors actually dealt with arrest warrants. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #20
I'm so confused! orangecrush Jan 2023 #22
I wished that TFG let the DOJ/law enforcement arrest the Jan. 6 terrorist at the Capitol LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #24
They should have been treated like bank robbers imo. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #29
who would have thought that Brazil would do better at arresting/punishing insurrectionists than USA. Rabrrrrrr Jan 2023 #25
And foreign "influencers"? moondust Jan 2023 #26
Bolsinaro is at tfg's bug infested shithole in FL. SheltieLover Jan 2023 #30
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