Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by suifbwish on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:46PM
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I believe breaking into the capitol building is also illegal so I fail to see why people who are already breaking one law would care about the others
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by KMag on Saturday January 23, 2021 @02:06PM
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> why people who are already breaking one law would care about the others
Remind me not to get in your way when you're jaywalking.
Premeditating a felony firearms offense is one thing. I think the majority who entered the Capitol were probably thinking that most of the rhetoric they were hearing beforehand was hyperbole and were probably expecting to just protest outside the capital, and then got swept up in the moment and committed misdemeanor/felony breaking-and-entering.
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by will4274 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @07:50PM
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Protests are big drinking events. For some reason people don't talk about this. Angry people go out planning to peacefully protest for George Floyd or Trump, they drink some liquor, their inhibitions go down, they decide to throw a couple bottles, break a couple windows. It's hard to miss the number of red faces in the videos of the capital riot.
- Open Carry is always illegal in DC.
- DC does issue concealed carry permits but doesn't honor them from other states (called reciprocity).
- This was talked about far and wide in advance on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere framed as "don't bring guns to DC! You will go to jail!" and supported by flyers posted throughout DC. (You can still find pictures of them online.)