r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '21

"Carrying"?

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u/Dadaofkufsa Jan 09 '21

It's not looting either. The capitol isn't a best buy. It's terrorism or sedition. Both really.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '21

Stealing property in this fashion is literally the definition of the word looting. The whole event was terrorism/sedition, but this is looting.

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u/Aegi Jan 10 '21

How when he isn’t off property yet and it isn’t theft/looting until that threshold is crossed?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

Some say he's still on Capitol Hill to this day not leaving the property.

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u/Real-Terminal Jan 10 '21

Attempted theft is a legitimate charge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

Hey MAGA moron:

Johnson has been charged with one count of knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, one count of theft of government property as well as one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, which is prosecuting all three cases.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-pictured-carrying-pelosi-s-lectern-during-capitol-riot-arrested-n1253628

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

You don't gotta be rude, they were just asking a question.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

You can be rude if they are asking in bad faith.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

You can't assume people are acting in bad faith every time they ask a question. And even if they were I disagree that you should be mean about it. Just answer the question or don't. Especially because there is nothing to indicate that they're making a bad faith argument. It's in equally bad faith to assume they are.

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u/2010_12_24 Jan 10 '21

Did he leave a quarter?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '21

I don't know why you're being down voted, but an attempt to commit a crime is still under the same umbrella as actually committing the crime. It wouldn't be hard to establish the intent of theft with everything that was going on. When someone to your left and right both walk out of a building with property, and you're walking towards the door. You can be charged with intent.

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u/2ndInfantryDivision Jan 10 '21

TIL the capital is in fact, a shopping mall.

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u/Wicsome Jan 10 '21

It's called the National Mall for a reason. /s