Predominately white Antifa terrorists reportedly set fire to an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, and then attempted to block exits to prevent federal agents from exiting the building. Possible federal charges would logically include insurrection and attempted murder of federal agents:
If the previous responses are any guide, the FBI will go through the motions of an investigation and may actually arrest some of the attackers. They will be immediately released on bond and then federal prosecutors will quietly drop charges before trial.
My opinion is that expecting the FBI and DOJ to successfully prosecute the Antifa is about the same as expecting the Gestapo to prosecute the Brownshirts or Mussolini’s government to prosecute the Blackshirts.
There should be massive arrests and an immediate move to prosecute everyone of those dirt bags. I guess it’s only insurrection if one side can successfully pin that actions in question on the other.
Can you imagine the outrage and additional violence if police had shot and killed one of them for burning a building with people in it?
I mean, kill a woman for breaking a window…sure…but not for just setting fire to a building.
Its been this way for a long time now. Expect the exact same leftie posters to either avoid this thread like it’s guaranteed to infect them with covid or they’ll hyper focus on semantics over one or two words from folks’ posts.
This is the second time at least that a building with law enforcement inside has been set on fire…I forget all the details but there was a story last summer where they poured cement around the base of the doors to keep them shut…and lit it in fire.
This is attempted murder and should be treated as such.
Yes, local police have a catch and release program. Police arrest Antifa rioters, release them on bail, then drop charges or plea bargain for a small fine.
The FBI generally ignores what is going on. In the rare event that that federal agents arrest someone, the DOJ just drops charges. The excuse is frequently “lack of resources”.
I contrast, the FBI and DOJ have plenty of resources when it came to investigating a suspicious loop of rope, which later proved to be a strap for a garage door. They sent 15 agents to investigate:
