I'd prefer a headline that reads convicted instead of charged.
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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By the end of June 2023, about 700 defendants had been found guilty (most by pleading guilty, the rest convicted at trial), and over 550 of them had been sentenced. Hundreds were still awaiting trial or sentencing.
Give it about two years
I wish this didn't feel so true
The DOJ conviction rate puts the numbers at nearly the same.
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Carefully coordinated is a stretch. It was haphazardly coordinated at best.
I'm sure the planning was done in a highly coordinated way. But project execution always comes down to your resources, and .. well .. the rioters aren't exactly the yummiest crayons in the box.
It's was as carefully planned as a bunch uninformed, violent, gullible traitors coulld get
I suppose we have to be thankful that collectively they couldn't outwit a potato. It's also fortunate for them as well because if they had actually succeeded in their objective they'd probably all been shot.
Eventually, but not right away I suspect.
Hey man, they did the best they could with the minds they had available.
Coordinated yes. Carefully? Questionable.
As carefully as trump supporters are able.
Insurrection.
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"I ransacked the Capitol, and all I got was this striped shirt.”
Orange is the new black (and white striped shirt)
Fuck ‘em.
But not literally. They don't deserve your loins.
I'm always curious when I read a thread and see that one downvote over and over on sane comments that have many upvotes. If you're a conservative-leaning, elornmuskrat-apologist, conspiracy-minded type, why do you stick around here, on Lemmy, where you are clearly in the MEGA-minority, where peopler clearly dislike your views? Who are you, you dumb fuck?! Why are you here?
They are desperate for the attention that being a contrarian invites, so of course they aren't leaving.
curious if your 1 downvote is for irony or not..
but back to the subject at hand... they get off on anger. it's addicting. they're addicted. if they leave, they won't get high.
You can see who downvotes on kbin. Votes are public information in the Fediverse, Lemmy just chooses not to display it.
Maybe they're being downvoted because they're uninteresting comments that add nothing to the discussion?
Not that I am that downvote but do you think it is a good idea to create an echo chamber?
Personally I think it is a very bad idea and while I don't agree with many posts, I prefer alternate views more than a bunch of people telling me how right I am.
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Just a bunch of enthusiastic tourists /s. GOP terrorists.
That's great, but it's the former guy at the top that needs to be tried for treason. And they aren't quite doing it.
Lot of Felony Counts on his name right now. I don't particularly care if he goes down for Jaywalking as long as he's gone.
Glad so many have been charged.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The number of people charged for their connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol surpassed 1,100 earlier this week, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced.
The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.
The announcement noted that 372 people were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers and employees, including 112 people who were charged with using a dangerous or deadly weapon or causing serious injury to an officer.
Eleven individuals were also arrested in connection with assaulting a member of the media or destroying their equipment.
The DOJ said that about 64 people were charged with destruction of government property, and 51 with stealing it.
More than 310 individuals were also charged with “corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so.” Forty-two defendants were charged with either conspiracy to disrupt a congressional proceeding, obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder or to injure an officer.
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"Nearly all 50 states"
Good news, there's a number for that.
I kinda wanna know which states didn’t have any… and if that’s more of a “couldn’t get there” (Hawaii? Alaska?) or a “we just don’t have nutters” (I dunno where that would be.)
"A good start"