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LiberalArkie

(16,391 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:28 AM Jan 2021

Troopergate: A belated limited hangout on the Arkansas state troopers at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6

BY Max Brantley ON January 22, 20217:41 pm



The Arkansas State Police provided to me at 6:03 p.m. today an additional statement to my continuing questions about the two troopers who participated in the Trump rally in Washington on June 6 that ended in the deadly insurrection riot at the Capitol.

It confirms, without directly saying so, that Governor Hutchinson’s statement that the troopers did NOT go to the Capitol from the rally was incorrect. Beyond that, not much. The statement:

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I’m ready to believe Trooper Clark innocently wandered into the protected Capitol perimeter (it was roped off initially by laughably minor barriers) after rioters either forced their way in or simply were allowed admission by security officers. I’m ready to believe she broke no laws or disobeyed no commands. I absolutely believe she stopped for ‘hot wangs’ and nachos on her way back to her hotel. I’ll even believe the same for the more hot-headed Aiken, who apparently DID walk beyond the rally grounds west of the Capitol.

But the resistance by the governor and State Police to transparency and their prolonged defense of the indefensible, with only grudging confirmation of information they originally disputed, should leave a sour taste in the mouth of everyone who pays their salaries.

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/01/22/troopergate-a-belated-limited-hangout-on-the-arkansas-state-troopers-at-the-u-s-capitol-jan-6
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Troopergate: A belated limited hangout on the Arkansas state troopers at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 (Original Post) LiberalArkie Jan 2021 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #1
All the naughty stuff at the U S Capitol was done by Anti-Fa. magicarpet Jan 2021 #2
Just happened to wander into an insurrection. Right. Did she get the wings? rickyhall Jan 2021 #3
So no one read her her Miranda rights yet MyMission Jan 2021 #4

Response to LiberalArkie (Original post)

magicarpet

(16,267 posts)
2. All the naughty stuff at the U S Capitol was done by Anti-Fa.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:52 AM
Jan 2021

Anti-Fa carried trDump and Confederate flags ?

Get real Nazi.

MyMission

(1,998 posts)
4. So no one read her her Miranda rights yet
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 12:02 PM
Jan 2021

She has the right to remain silent, but doesn't have the brains to remain silent.
She sounds like a perpetrator who's coming up with excuses.

If a leo was on duty and encountered a crowd who converged on a building, government or private, they'd have arrested them for trespassing, rioting, jaywalking; and if they were off duty they would not join that riot. But the Leo's who took part in the insurrection have expressed that they didn't do anything wrong! No remorse.

Lame excuses they wouldn't tolerate if they were the responding officer.

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