Edward Jacob Lang
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Edward Lang was one of the protesters present at the Capitol in Washington, DC on 6 January 2021 to protest the certification of Joe Biden as winner of the 2020 Presidential election. Lang at some point armed himself with a baseball bat and a police shield. So feel free to consider him a rioter.
At one point, a stampede occurred on the steps of the Capitol. One version of events had Lang attack capitol police officers for no valid reason. Another version of events has him working to prevent the officers' attack on some civilians who ended up falling down and being trampled on in the course of the stampede, and even struck with officers' batons. During the altercation, one such protester, Rosanne Boyland suffered fatal injuries and subsequently died.
To be fair, Lang may be a violent man. I saw allegations of him beating up and choking a friend a few weeks before the events of 6 January. There reports seem vague and need to be viewed as unsubstantiated.
Lang was charged with a litany of charges, the most severe of which have to do with his attack on police officers. Which may indeed have occurred - but, to be fair, there is little reason to believe he intended to cause them any serious harm as no injuries to police officers seem to have occurred, judging by reports available. Lang was offered a plea deal which he ejected - likely due to being convinced that he did nothing wrong. He is being held without bail - and has been since January 2021, which by now makes it 15 months. On 7 April which happened to be his 27th birthday Lang was due to see his family for the first time since his arrest. But the federal authorities decided to move him to a different jail that day. Which I suspect was not a mere coincidence - the current regime seems to be less than fond of those who, like Lang, are not cowed by them. And yes, Lang may not be the nicest person under the sun - but that is hardly a justification for official abuse.
Let us now take a look at a different political prisoner. His name is Darrell Brooks Jr and he is jailed in Wisconsin on multiple counts of murder and assorted other charges for committing
the 21 November 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack. By all indications, he deliberately drove his vehicle through the parade crowd killing 6 people and injuring 62, handicapping some of them for life. The use of a vehicle for assault is something Mr Brooks had some experience with prior to that terrorist attack as a short while before the attack he was freed from jail after his arrest for attempting to run a woman (his girlfriend, if memory serves) down with the same vehicle he used in the Christmas parade attack.
Brooks seems to have been motivated by BLM-style anti-White racism and radical leftist ideology. He also had a massive criminal background which included sexual abuse of a minor and various violent crimes. And he is in jail now - but, unlike Lang, he has a bond set. Yes, the amount is high - 8 million USD - but at least he has a legal chance of getting out of jail prior to his trial. And Lang has no such option - even though he very realistically may never be sentenced to the amount of time he will have served by the time he goes to trail, which with customary delays may be another year if not more. Brooks, on the other hand, will never see freedom if convicted.
I think the treatment of these two men vividly illustrates the disparate treatment political prisoners get in the US depending on their affiliation.
References
EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Political Prisoner Was Going to See His Family for 1st Time on His Birthday After 15 Mos. in Prison — Then Biden Regime Moved Him Right Before Family Visit (AUDIO)
Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit, 14 April 2022
Edward Jacob Lang -- American Gulag
Waukesha Christmas parade attack (wiki)
Archived 18 April 2022
Darrell Brooks Jr., the driver accused in the Waukesha Christmas Parade massacre, is charged with a sixth count of first-degree homicide
Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 November 2021
Darrell Brooks Jr.: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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