Govt released five police body cam videos from the case of Jan. 6 defendant Joseph Padilla, charged with assaulting police at the Capitol, among other things. In the first one, Padilla (ID'd as the man in goggles) yells at police, "What about your fucking oath?"
Video #2: "You're fucking defending a machine that doesn't even fucking care about you man. But if you let us in there, that machine'll be gone. And we will fucking protect you people. You're being a moral coward."
Video #3: Man ID'd as Padilla shakes his head, places his hands on the metal barrier. "Told ya I can't stop. Y'all can beat me, y'all tase me. It ain't stoppin"
Video #4: Man ID'd as Padilla pushes against the metal police barrier as he repeatedly screams "PUSH", cops hit him with their batons to get him to back off
Video #5 (final one): Man ID'd as Padilla joins a mob trying to use a giant metal-framed Trump sign to break through the police line
Padilla has been in jail since his Feb. arrest, he unsuccessfully argued for pretrial release in the spring: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2069…
"...evinced a willingness to injure or incapacitate law enforcement in order to advance his political beliefs"
On how the majority of Jan. 6 defendants in jail right now are charged with assaulting/interfering with police, and how that conflicts with the "nonviolent" "political prisoners" narrative that Trump supporters have pushed buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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