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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 22, 2021, 06:54:57 pm
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WATCH – Merrick Garland: Portland Courthouse Riots May Not Be ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Because Took Place at Night
Joel B. Pollak 22 Feb 2021
Judge Merrick Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that Antifa’s attacks on the U.S. courthouse in Portland last year may not have been “domestic terrorism,†because unlike the Capitol riot, they took place at night.
Garland, who is President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, was questioned at his confirmation hearing by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO):
Sen. Hawley: Let me ask you about assaults on federal property in places other than Washington, DC — Portland, for instance, Seattle. Do you regard assaults on federal courthouses or other federal property as acts of domestic extremism, domestic terrorism?
Judge Garland: Well, Senator, my own definition, which is about the same as the statutory definition, is the use of violence or threats of violence in attempt to disrupt the democratic processes. So an attack on a courthouse, while in operation, trying to prevent judges from actually deciding cases, that plainly is domestic extremism, domestic terrorism. An attack simply on a government property at night, or any other kind of circumstances, is a clear crime and a serious one, and should be punished. I don’t know enough about the facts of the example you’re talking about. But that’s where I draw the line. One is — both are criminal, but one is a core attack on our democratic institutions.
Last August, then-Attorney General William Barr described the attacks on the courthouse:
Behind the veil of “protests,†highly organized violent operators have carried out direct attacks on federal personnel and property, particularly the federal courthouse in Portland. Shielded by the crowds, which make it difficult for law enforcement to detect or reach them, violent opportunists in Portland have attacked the courthouse and federal officers with explosives, lasers, projectiles, and other dangerous devices. In some cases, purported “journalists†or “legal observers†have provided cover for the violent offenders; in others, individuals wearing supposed press badges have themselves attacked law enforcement or trespassed on federal property. More than 200 federal officers have been injured in Portland alone.
more w/video
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/22/watch-merrick-garland-capitol-riot-domestic-terrorism-not-portland-courthouse-riot/
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With that kind of mind numbing yet typically Liberal answer...America really dodged a bullet by not having him on the SCOTUS.
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Effin' idiot.
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The utopia becomes clearer and clearer, but don't worry, at least the EVIL TRUMP WAS DEFEATED, whats left is due recompense utopia living! here you are! (:
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Garland is not suitable to be AG - he would hyper-politicize the Justice Department. And the US is very fortunate he is not on the USSC!.