Re: NBC Historian Takes Media's "Bloodbath" Insanity To A Whole New Level

On Mar 20, 2024 at 3:15:33 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
 

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Mar 19, 2024 at 8:26:17 PM PDT, super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

On 2024-03-20 02:46:53 +0000, BTR1701 said:

 

What if the cops held the door open for them. Is that still unauthorized?

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Lie: The rioters were invited into the Capitol by police

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There is clear video of the police holding the door open for people who were
later found guilty of unauthorized entry.

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How does that logically hold up?

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With that evidence, why wasn't the charge of unauthorized entry
withdrawn or dismissed? Seems to me that both the prosecution and judge
were obligated to do so.

 One would think. Obviously this only applies to a very small number of people
who were there that day but for those to whom it did apply, it seems that as a
matter of law one cannot be guilty of unauthorized entry if the people in
charge of authorizing you let you in.
 

Lie: The rioters were invited into the Capitol by police
A common refrain from January 6 rioters, and some of their Republican defenders, is that they were welcomed into the Capitol by police officers.
 Trump said in a book interview in March that “the Capitol Police were ushering people in” and “the Capitol Police were very friendly. You know, they were hugging and kissing.” The claim has been echoed by Trump supporters. For example, Trump-endorsed Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake declared at a Trump rally in October that the people being held in jail over the Capitol attack “were invited in by Capitol Police.”
 Facts First: The claim that the rioters were invited into the Capitol is false. Again, about 140 police officers were assaulted while trying to stop the mob from breaching the Capitol. There were hours-long battles between police and rioters near some entrances. CNN obtained footage from police body-worn cameras showing how dozens of officers engaged in hand-to-hand combat with rioters in a desperate effort to keep them out of the building.
 Rioters inside the Capitol after breaching barricades on Jan. 6, 2021. There are plenty of instances where rioters waltzed into the Capitol without a fight, but only after they had stormed past barricades and, in some cases, even stepped through broken windows. In some areas, police were so outnumbered by the mob that they retreated, stood aside or tried to politely engage with rioters to de-escalate the situation rather than fighting or making arrests, but that is clearly not the same as welcoming rioters into the building.