Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach

Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by sokoloff on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:07AM (#25672606)

If fewer than 100 people are charged as a result of yesterday's events, I agree that's a grave miscarriage of justice.

I don't care if they're arrested right now (as the violence has ended), but I care greatly that they are eventually charged and that those facts are transparently shared with the public.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by SamoyedFurFluff on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:41AM (#25673283)

Yes, my confusion is that mass arrests happened during BLM protests and after them. In this case during the protests there were no similar actions and that’s what people are pointing out as disproportionate.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by sokoloff on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:44AM (#25673330)

To be perfectly honest, I hope they’re arrested on/after Jan 21, so they can’t be pardoned by 45.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by InitialLastName on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:56PM (#25674594)

Last I saw 52 people had been arrested.

In interviews on C-SPAN last night, the DC Attorney General (an elected official by the city) made clear that many of yesterday's actions fall under his jurisdiction, but that (because DC is a federal district directly controlled by the executive branch) he is only able to operate under the guidance of the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, a Trump appointee named Michael Sherwin [0]

[0] https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/meet-us-attorney

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