*WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A possible active shooter was reported at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the Capitol Police said, urging people inside Senate office buildings to shelter in place.
The U.S. Senate was in summer recess and the majority of lawmakers were not in their offices.
“If you are inside the Senate Buildings, everyone inside should be sheltering in place as the report was for a possible active shooter. It should be noted that we do not have any confirmed reports of gunshots,” the U.S. Capitol Police said in a post on social media.
Police said they were responded to an emergency call. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington*
I’ve been lightly tracking this in my notes…
Convictions
Oath Keepers Four More Oath Keeps Convicted Jan 25th, 2023
Riley June Willians (3 Years) Source: Woman Who Stormed Pelosi’s Office on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced to Three Years
Sara Carpenter Source: Former N.Y.P.D. Officer Is Convicted of Taking Part in Capitol Riot
Thomas Webster (10 Years) Source: Former N.Y.P.D. Officer Convicted of Assault in Jan. 6 Case
Charges
Jared L. Wise (Former FBI Agent) Source: Former F.B.I. Agent Charged in Jan. 6 Riot
The NYT is paywalled. I see one 3 years and one 10 year sentences, but what about the other ones? 10 years should be the minimum.
Hell, other countries hand out much more severe (i.e. lethal) punishments for traitors. It is a shame the US doesn’t as well.
the problem is that 50% of the political power is supporting them
So we should lower ourselves to other countries standards?
I feel more like we should be leading the way to something better instead.
If you look at a lot of these cases, these people are more mentally ill than true traitors; the leniency vs harshness often takes that into account (dumb person following the crowd and doing something typically out of character vs someone with clear hostile intent). The true traitor is the orange man.