He literally opened the door so rioters could enter the state capitol - and they charged him with misdemeanors.
And yet, prosecutors will charge Black and Brown people with serious felonies in a heartbeat if they're even present at the scene of a crime.
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And yet, prosecutors will charge Black and Brown people with serious felonies in a heartbeat if they're even present at the scene of a crime.
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They could charge him with any of the offenses with which they charged the rioters - on an acting in concert theory.
They use that all the time to charge groups of people who play different roles in, for instance, a robbery - where one was a lookout, the get away driver etc.
They use that all the time to charge groups of people who play different roles in, for instance, a robbery - where one was a lookout, the get away driver etc.
But they also often will charge way too many people, like maybe where a group of kids got into a fight, they will charge 20 teenagers with gang assault, and some of them were literally just onlookers, who ran away when the police arrived.
Or where someone gets shot at a party, they will arrest five people and charge them with attempt murder, often as an attempt to scare a person into talking about what they saw.
Or they will charge 100 people with conspiracy to commit murder or distribute drugs or gun offenses, based on alleged membership in a gang, based on little more then where they live or their friendships.
But when it comes to a White Oregon GOP lawmaker who is caught on video letting rioters into the State Capitol, then walking around and going back into the capitol building via another entrance, a couple of misdemeanors are good.
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