NO VERDICT yet in what was expected to be a 1-day bench trial for misdemeanor January 6 defendant & New Mexico local elected official @CowboyCouy Griffin.
Griffin verbally spars with CBS’s @MacFarlaneNews on the way out.
Trial resumes and presumably concludes tomorrow morning.
He’ll almost certainly face a verdict in the January 6 case tomorrow as his misdemeanor bench trial wraps.
In response to a question from me, @CowboyCouy tells fellow January 6 defendants to "hold the line."
"We still have a justice system in America today."
He specifically mentions Jacob Lang, a J6 defendant still jailed pre-trial who he says "saved two lives on January 6."
Here is my full, 4K @N2Sreports footage of Couy Griffin exiting the first day of his double misdemeanor January 6 bench trial in Washington DC, available as always to license.
The trial is expected to wrap with the judge issuing a verdict tomorrow.
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Griffin had lots of comments for the media after split verdict rendered in his J6 case! Full video here: fb.watch/bVMxvAW1B_/
He says he’ll be back with the People’s Convoy in Hagerstown Tonight, but first, he’s stopping at the Capitol Grille.
PHOTOS: @CowboyCouy Griffin speaks to press and poses for photos after being convicted on one count and acquitted on another for January 6 this afternoon.
I count six rigs with the People’s Convoy currently heading westbound on Constitution Avenue, just north of and parallel to DC’s National Mall.
Two MPD vehicles shadow the group.
So I found the source of this livestream.
US Parks Police has a helicopter flying at a low altitude, circling above this small contingent of the #PeoplesConvoy driving around the National Mall.
Palestinians used slingshots to throw rocks and tear gas canisters back at the IDF.
It appears in this footage from @Mohamedelsaife2 that were at a severe disadvantage between often lacking high ground and throwing rocks/canisters versus IDF using weapons to shoot down at them.
In one shot from @Mohamedelsaife2, Palestinians duck for cover ahead of a rubber coated bullet fired by IDF, which whizzes by.
When the protesters stand back up, one preps a sling shot while others dance in defiance.
THREAD: Supporters of January 6 defendant Jake Lang (detained since arrest) gathered today for a small rally outside the DC federal courthouse.
Attorney Steven Metcalf II, representing Lang says people should consider "the violence these people were met with" from police.
Attorney Metcalf, repping J6 defendant Jake Lang, had witness Tommy Tatum sign a declaration that Lang saved his life during the events of January 6 when "met with sheer violence" by cops.
"Justification, as a defense, is something we are legally going to continue to challenge."
Ned Lang, father of Jacob Lang, said "most of the violence that happened on Capitol grounds that day was because of police brutality."
He believes GOP will take congress. "There will be criminal investigations and those that caused harm to our patriots will be held accountable."
“But Tarrio also said that during marches, Lamond would tell him the location of counterdemonstrators. Tarrio said that was so his group could avoid conflict…” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…
“… after one violent night of demonstrations, police accused the Proud Boys of roaming the city looking for and instigating fights, targeting people they believed identified as antifa, or antifascists.”
Video thread: As Ottawa declared a state of emergency Sunday, @Paulisconi filmed scenes of the occupation taking place at the Canadian capital.
The protesters, led by truckers, are demanding PM Trudeau lift COVID vaccine and testing requirements for border crossings.
One speaker at #TruckersConvoy2022 claimed "We are about freedom of choice" and identified himself as being double-vaccinated but said he objects to having to "show my papers to buy a sandwich."
"We will 'honk' the fascism away!"
Some at the #Ottawa occupation are not only anti-mandate, but anti-vax.
One speaker claimed that the necessity of booster shows shows that vaccines themselves are ineffective, comparing it to "gambling."
He accuses Premier of Ontario Doug Ford of profiting from the pandemic.