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7. I'm not finding any images of it being constructed
Tue Mar 28, 2023, 04:51 PM
Mar 2023

I did find that, there were actually three nooses among the mob that day:

Snopes:

This was not the only noose on display as pro-Trump extremists stormed the Capitol. Photographer Victor J. Blue captured another that showed a Trump supporter carrying a make-shift mannequin with a noose arounds its neck and the word "traitor" written across its chest.

At least one other noose was displayed during the riot involving a camera cord. At one point, a group of rioters grabbed and destroyed camera equipment...


And, according to this NBC Washington story, the noose from the gallows is in FBI custody:

...No one has been criminally charged in connection with the noose, which is in the possession of the FBI’s Washington Field Office after being found by Dutch journalist Michael Persson, who picked it up as rioters departed...

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I have often wondered who built that gallows on Jan 6. But I not read anything about it. riversedge Mar 2023 #1
P.S.: I've Seen Pics Of The Gallows After They Were Erected..... global1 Mar 2023 #2
Same here Rebl2 Mar 2023 #8
Because Police were pinned down on the steps fighting Captain Zero Mar 2023 #32
Like this? FakeNoose Mar 2023 #3
Looks plenty strong to me - those are huge beams. Blues Heron Mar 2023 #5
Regardless AS To Whether It Functioned As A Real Gallows..... global1 Mar 2023 #6
"Fake Noose" is right JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2023 #10
Agree, it's protest theatre AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2023 #14
Scare tactics maybe bdamomma Mar 2023 #11
You would ForgedCrank Mar 2023 #19
So you're saying "Only" attempted murder? LakeArenal Mar 2023 #23
Yes Goonch Mar 2023 #4
Is This A Person That Built Them Or Just A Person In The Crowd That Jumped Up On Them..... global1 Mar 2023 #9
What laws were broken by setting up this thing? Or by climbing on it? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2023 #22
I Don't Think That Erecting Anything On The Capitol Grounds Are Allowed..... global1 Mar 2023 #26
Ok, maybe constructing the thing is worth a ticket, but not jail time. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2023 #31
No permit was obtained. Not zoned for a gallows. Captain Zero Mar 2023 #33
I saw the caption for the linked pic at the Daily Mail BumRushDaShow Mar 2023 #25
The two main posts are treated 4x4s Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2023 #28
I'm not finding any images of it being constructed blogslug Mar 2023 #7
or this person???? bdamomma Mar 2023 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Mar 2023 #15
One of the more tin-foilesque claims on DU is that the bomber is the traitor MTG Celerity Mar 2023 #16
tin-foilesque?? Sogo Mar 2023 #18
as if she, as a newly minted House member, is going to go out and carry explosive bombs around Celerity Mar 2023 #20
Far-right Trump fans planned to hang lawmakers within hours of his call for 'wild' protests Celerity Mar 2023 #13
I don't see any evidence of nails Effete Snob Mar 2023 #17
I didn't realize how small it was intrepidity Mar 2023 #21
If Someone Erected It On The Spot Or Carried It In..... global1 Mar 2023 #27
Agreed intrepidity Mar 2023 #29
Yes Me. Mar 2023 #24
dassit? Stinky The Clown Mar 2023 #30
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