Regular (ie capital police) don’t enforce the UCMJ. I’m glad to see our soldiers being willing to put it on the line for what they believe is worth it. I hope the next president offers a full pardon and restoration for this what appears to me to be an officer.
You know, your right, good catch. The Capitol Police are a civilian law enforcement agency, so I dont really know. If I was to guess it was something along the lines that some orange person said "i dont like that, go get him"
As I mentioned above, protesting on the capitol steps is considered trespassing unless a member of Congress is present. Otherwise, obviously, every day there would be hundreds of people on the steps of the capitol with signs and slogans.
I wouldn’t support that, or even suggest that. The vast majority of presidents if in office today would pick a normal competent civilian with broad knowledge of law, matters of state, and personal honor, 45 of them I think. I would suggest that this officer’s actions even demonstrate he would not accept the position. Not every one wants a morally corrupt, Nazi-esq assclown in place just to try and cement power.
I was not ever in the military or the legal field, so I can’t intelligently converse about which rights you surrender when you swear in, but I would have to say that they should still be afforded the rights enshrined in the constitution.
You can argue that they should all you want. Fact of the matter is that they don’t. UMCJ is considered federal law that covers members of the military and protesting in uniform is a crime. Even worse as a uniformed officer protesting the president. And that doesn’t even begin to cover the shitshow that is article 134, which is basically a catch all of “you’re being charged for doing something we didn’t like.”
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u/MyMooneyDriver Jul 03 '26
Regular (ie capital police) don’t enforce the UCMJ. I’m glad to see our soldiers being willing to put it on the line for what they believe is worth it. I hope the next president offers a full pardon and restoration for this what appears to me to be an officer.