A year ago. With what may be understandable if not excusable circumstances? Unless he has other records of violence, that is nonsense. More likely it was done to show those semi fascists.a thing or two.
And the article says a summons to turn in is not limited to white collar crimes. “…popular perception is that they must be white-collar defendants…”
When the federal government charges anyone with a crime, it’s rare that person will get to surrender peacefully at an arranged date and time without being subjected to a fright-inducing home raid by dozens of armed law enforcement officers and an embarrassing “perp walk” into the station or court.
Hmmmm… Ok, let’s keep going - skipping the awkward part:
That being said, even the rich and powerful don’t always get the benefit of a comfortable surrender. In fact, the decision on whether an individual gets to surrender peacefully depends on a host of factors, including money and influence. Considerations include the nature of the charges and whether it’s likely that the person would destroy evidence or present a safety risk, say experts interviewed by the ABA Journal. Who the individual’s lawyer is also plays a significant role in negotiating a summons, the experts say, and he or she should have negotiation skills, a good track record and perhaps a good relationship with the U.S. attorney’s office.
Have to wonder if this is going to end up like the case of the highschool kids and the drum beating native American activist. Will it be a case of the accused approaching and assaulting the “victim” while “he” was escorting someone to and from the clinic entrance? Or will it be a case of the “victim” approaching the accused and initiating the encounter. One would be a federal violation, the other not something under federal jurisdiction.
They need the show. How else will they convince their useful idiots that the right is nothing but a bunch of white supremacist terrorists that require the Fuh Bee guys to show up en masse to take them in.
Did this man try to resist arrest? Seems most of the people you are crying about did not do what this man did. Answer his door and peacefully allow himself to be handcuffed and put in the car
All of the accounts of what happened in that article come from his Attorney and his Wife.
The FBI has issued a statement that those accounts were not what happened.
So it has become a he said, he said.