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Thoughts about the "J6" Rally I watched the "J6" rally on Live Stream. The protest was about the inhumane treatment of non-violent prisoners who are still waiting trial. The story is that many of them were denied bail and are being held in solitary confinement. I can certainly get behind the cause for humane treatment of non-violent offenders. Mass incarceration is a problem. The "War On Drugs" fattens the pocket of drug lords, barristers, and jailers while doing absolutely nothing to help folks who are struggling with drug addiction. Follow the money. The greedy ones really don't give a FiretrUCK about solving the problem. They care about their own gains of money property, power tripping, and prestige. I am not sure how many folks attended the January 6th Rally. Certainly a lot more than those who attended "J6." The majority were there lawfully and did not storm the Capitol building, destroy property, and assault the police. Most of them listened to Trump's live stream tape, got back on the Rally buses and went home. There was a projected estimate of 7OO attendees for the "J6" Rally. 4OO actually attended. I've been to several protests. Some larger, some smaller. My girlfriend and I went to a protest for Environmental Protection. We were escorted out of the FERC building because of conduct of some in our group. They were singing "We shall over come." Afterwards, the girlfriend and I walked over to the Senate Building for lobbying. There is a right and a wrong way to accomplish things. Getting arrested is not that uncommon for protesting in D.C. Most of the time, they bail out, get fined up to 5O dollars, and do it again. This is the scenerio of what happened to the women who stormed the Senate buildings during the Kavanaugh confirmation. The problems of mass incarceration and the inhumane treatment of non-violent offenders is not a new scenerio that started on January SIXth 2O2l. I have been working on this cause for a few years.   Abracadabra  |
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I am glad that the police outnumbered the protesters. It makes for an easy day for them and they get paid no matter what. Abracadabra
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Quote "4OO actually attended." Actually about 150 attended, the other 250+ were reporters and cameramen lol.
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15O attendees is actually a good number especially with lots of press coverage. How many folks like myself watched it on Live Stream. It saves money on the train fare and that heat is no fun to stand in. The speakers expressed legitimate concerns. It was more of a conservative group versus a radical right winged group. Abracadabra
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My thoughts on Jan 6th ... On May 4th 1970 the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four nonviolent unarmed protestors and wounded nine other nonviolent unarmed protestors. Their crime was standing on a lawn on their campus.
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