Babbit/Floyd similarities

[j.p.]

Both troubled. Both in wrong place at wrong time. Both killed for minor offenses. Neither a model citizen.

Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story | AP News

[k.d.]

Wow! The AP story lied, as usual. This time in the very first sentence, future insurrectionist.

Not one person was charged with such a crime. There was no need to read further.

[j.p.]

I'm sure some were simply hooligans. But insurrection was their goal, many stated as such. "Insurrectionist" is accurate.

But it's nice to hear that you will stop using your favorite word "criminal" to describe people who disagree with you.

[k.d.]

But insurrection was their goal, many stated as such.

Have you ever heard the word 'redress'?

[j.p.]

Nooses ain't just for black folks I guess.

[k.d.]

Here's a shocker  - more whites have been lynched than blacks. Look it up.

[j.p.]

Here's a shocker  - more whites have been lynched than blacks. Look it up.

There could have been one more if the insurrectionist's got their way.

[k.d.]

Like all the Marxists all you have are lies.

[j.p.]

Like all the Marxists all you have are lies.

The noose may have been a prop

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A noose seen hanging from a gallows outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection is in the custody of federal agents.

As rioters bludgeoned, beat and berated police inside the Capitol and out, a gallows with a bright orange noose was erected as marauders screamed, “Hang Mike Pence.”

[k.d.]

Are you sure it wasn't a door handle, Bubba?