Capitol rioters say they can't be guilty because police didn't do enough to stop them

[turbinetree]

By Associated Press -May 10, 2021 2:59 PM

Some who were charged claim the police stood by and welcomed them, even though the mob pushed past police barriers, sprayed chemical irritants, and smashed windows as chaos enveloped the government complex.

Joshua Matthew Black said in a YouTube video that he was protecting the officer at the U.S. Capitol who had been pepper sprayed and fallen to the ground as the crowd rushed the building entrance on Jan. 6.

"Let him out, he's done," Black claimed to have told rioters.

But federal prosecutors say surveillance footage doesn't back up Black's account. They said he acknowledged that he wanted to get the officer out of the way — because the cop was blocking his path inside.

https://americanindependent.com/capitol-rioters-insurrection-police-attorneys-defense-charges/

[TheRealNorth]

1. My one fear

Is that there will be a few treasonous Republicans selected for the jury trials that will result in hung juries for a lot of these traitors.

[Omnipresent]

2. Poor bastards...

Kinda dipped their toes in a government coup and now want to complain, when they face jail time.

[fescuerescue]

3. Given all the weaponry they carried, the cops were probably afraid

to get machine guned.

[Under The Radar]

4. Let's apply that theory to other situations - Trump didn't stop Covid and knew it was coming.

OJ Simpson is innocent because Ron Goldman didn’t use a gun to stop him?

Al-Qaeda isn’t to blame for 9-11 because George Bush was warned they were coming and didn’t stop them.
The same Applies to the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.

We could play this game all day.

[Paladin]

8. That's kind of what I was thinking.

Back on 11-22-1963, the Dallas cops and the Secret Service didn't prevent JFK from taking a bullet in the head. So, should Lee Harvey Oswald ( or whoever) be declared not-guilty?

[malaise]

5. From they entered that building

they are guilty

[FakeNoose]

6. Let's hope our federal judges remain impartial and turn a deaf ear to this crap

So far the judges have been exemplary and have been making (what seem to be) fine rulings. When the trials get underway I hope their courage and impartiality continue. I guess it's understood why the prosecutors might not be impartial on these cases, but the judges need to go by-the-book.

I'm not a lawyer, but I've read a lot of John Grisham novels.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. Insurrectionists. Call them what they are.

I know you copy and pasted the headline from the article, but please call them for what they are.

[turbinetree]

9. I think and I agree that the media needs to say and print that word

to hammer it home that they were not rioters, not even close.........

[lame54]

10. The privilege defense...

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