Video evidence that the state refuse to give to Jake Chansley confirms that police escorted him around the building and let him into the Congressional hall.
One of the biggest things coming out of the Jan 6th tapes was footage of Jake Chansley (the Q-Anon Shamon) in the Capital complex. There is literally video of everything this particular person did. Where he went. Who was with him. What he said.
To be clear, this man was not violent in any way. He was not armed and did not at any time appear threatening to anyone. He had 2-3 officers walking with him as if he was on a guided tour. Everything appeared friendly. During his escapades within the building, they probably passed around 10-12 other police officers. None of them appears to see Chansley as any sort of threat and quite obviously not a single officer "arrested" him for whatever crime he was committing. Chansley even gave thanks to the police officers for assisting him in getting into the congressional hall in a prayer he gave. He obviously saw the police as being on their side, and based on the video that is a fair assumption for Chansley to have made.
Chansley is a military veteran with no criminal past. He does, however, have a history of mental illnesses. Sound familiar? We generally treat veterans with mental illnesses with kid gloves in the legal system. But this man had the book thrown at him.
His attorneys have confirmed that none of this exculpatory evidence was provided to the defense. There are questions about whether or not the prosecutors had access to this information or if the Federal Government denied it to them as well. A prosecutor who refuses to turn over this sort of evidence would be disciplined (at least under normal circumstances). Not sure what you do to a Government who brings charges and then hides evidence from the accused.
The video that they did use at trial is the infamous clip of Chansley howling where the prosecutors suggested was proof of his violent behavior. If this was the case, I live with three of the most violent dogs that the planet has ever seen? They howl all the time. Must be monsters!
But last I checked howling is not a violation of a federal crime and within the context of what we now know it suggests nothing more than him "howling". To use this as "evidence" that he was otherwise violent and then withholding the evidence that would have proven that assumption false is kangaroo court tactics folks. It's what oppressive fascist governments do to political enemies.
He was given 41 months because he was said (by the prosecutor and judge) to be the "face of the Jan 6th riot". Of course he did not "make himself" this at all. He was an mentally ill man who enjoyed dressing up in costume. The face of the riot was done by the media and of course the meme makers sort of helped. Because let's admit that it was low hanging fruit for memes. But at a legal level this needs to be judged for what it was. It was silly politics and should not play a part in how a non-violent person is sentences for actions that appears (now that we have all the evidence) to be non-violent, even passive and friendly.
Locked down in solitary confinement, sounds like Roger
Roger says that the video is lying because Chansley pleaded guilty and signed a written confession. Apparently he does not understand that every "guilty plea" comes with a written confession whether the defendant believes they are guilty or not.
So don't believe the video.
Believe the written confession written by federal prosecutors and signed by a man who had been locked up without trial in solitary confinement.
Oh, and alky?
Since we know you're out there...
True. But they did so without the knowledge of the existence of exculpatory evidence. Every single one of them has had their constitutional rights violated and the USSC should jump at the chance to take their case(s).
If a republican, any republican wins in '24, he/she should pardon every single one of them.
And every single deep-state government official who had anything to do with this set-up should be tried, convicted, and hung from the neck until dead.
Oh, and Ray Epps? Beat him to death with a barb wire-wrapped baseball bat.