r/CapitolConsequences • u/CCMcC • Jan 23 '23

Jury finds Barnett guilty of eight insurrection charges CONVICTION

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/jury-finds-barnett-guilty-of-eight-insurrection-charges/

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u/Kangasmom Jan 23 '23

I’m glad they are finally calling it what it was an insurrection and not tip toeing around with euphemisms.

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u/AdamHR Jan 23 '23

Once he’s convicted, no need to dance around it. It’s not alleged. It’s not a protest. It’s insurrection.

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u/got_outta_bed_4_this Jan 23 '23

He wasn't explicitly convicted of "insurrection". I don't think the referenced article even said what all the charges were. Washington Post at least sort of enumerated them.

Besides obstructing an official proceeding, Barnett was convicted of two felonies related to carrying a dangerous weapon in the Capitol and a felony charge of civil disorder. The four misdemeanors he was convicted of included theft of government property, meaning the envelope.

By the definition of insurrection as "a violent uprising against an authority or government", some would consider his convictions as fitting the definition, but there's still room for others to argue the contrary.

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u/Turdulator Jan 24 '23

Here’s the full breakdown of what he was charged with:

• 18:231(a)(3); Civil Disorder

• 18:1512(c)(2) and 2; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting

• 18:1752(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A); Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon

• 18:1752(a)(2) and (b)(1)(A); Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon

• 40:5104(e)(2)(C); Entering and Remaining in Certain Rooms in the Capitol Building

• 40:5104(e)(2)(G); Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building

• 18:641; Theft of Government Property

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u/politicalthrow99 Jan 23 '23

It's like when they say "the events of September 11"

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

I mean I don't see that as any attempt to tiptoe around what 9/11 was. No serious person claims 9/11 weren't terrorist attacks. It's just a more broadly descriptive phrase that includes the non-attack events alongside the attacks themselves.

For example, Bush reading "My Pet Goat" was part of the "events of 9/11," but it wasn't one of the attacks.

By contrast, the American right has seriously tried to character the 1/6 terrorists as "tourists" who did nothing wrong.

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u/Professional-Can1385 Jan 23 '23

I heard someone refer to the "Rodney King Uprising" the other day.

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u/e-zimbra False flag football Jan 23 '23

Euphemisms like “tourism” for example.

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u/Kangasmom Jan 23 '23

Yeah, peaceful protestors…pffft

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u/politicalthrow99 Jan 23 '23

Just locker room insurrection

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

"they just let you do it"