{"id":55865,"date":"2024-07-27T17:56:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T21:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55865"},"modified":"2024-07-27T17:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T21:56:12","slug":"unequal-justice-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55865","title":{"rendered":"Unequal Justice Strikes Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, The Washington Examiner<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

At least 11 anti-Israel protesters arrested in Washington, D.C.<\/a>, had their misdemeanor charges dropped Thursday evening, one day after protesters scrawled graffiti across federal property and burned an American flag in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The charges for the 11 protesters who had their cases dropped included crossing police lines and disorderly conduct at the protest attended by thousands in Washington on Wednesday, according<\/a> to the Washington attorney general\u2019s office. Additionally, at least seven people charged by the U.S. attorney\u2019s office in Washington were released pending their next court hearing, according to Washington Superior Court records obtained by the Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The protesters given release conditions face charges such as assault on a police officer, attempted assault with a deadly weapon, making threats, and attempted second-degree theft, and they have been issued a \u201cStay Away\u201d order to avoid the Union Station<\/a> grounds until they head to preliminary hearings in late August.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How many January 6th political prisoners are in jail still awaiting trial?<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Protests against Netanyahu\u2019s appearance in the District of Columbia marked the largest violent protest in the area since the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, where thousands of supporters of Trump descended on the complex and entered the building in anger and frustration over his 2020 election defeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 1,424 defendants have been charged since the Jan. 6 protest, the Justice Department said<\/a> in May, and about 350 people from the event were charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees, including approximately 110 people who used a deadly or dangerous weapon to cause serious harm to a law enforcement officer. At least 145 people have been sentenced to prison terms over 151 months and roughly 172 defendants have been sentenced to periods of home detention, including approximately 31 who were sentenced to a period of incarceration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The dropped charges against anti-Israel protesters come as critics have accused the Justice Department of cracking down\u00a0more harshly<\/a>\u00a0on Jan. 6 defendants than on protesters who engage in similar conduct but whose causes align with the Left.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome to our banana republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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