Interesting Long Form Article on the Lives, Thoughts, Beliefs, and Outcomes for Several of the Jan 6 Rioters.

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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/january-6-insurrection-us-capitol-riots.html#comments

 

Gives the stories of 3 of the Jan 6 rioters, their families, their histories, and how they came to be there and face the consequences of their actions.

Gina Bisignano - A business owner in Beverly Hills California. started out in 2020 going to Beverly hill Conservative Club meetings talking about the anti-covid measures and how needless they were, graduated to listening to InfoWars, then she started appearing at anti-shutdown protests at which in one she got caught on video yelling the word 'homosexual' to counter protestors. Believed that Donald Trump was calling her to come to DC. captured on video at the Jan 6 riot with a bullhorn shouting "Everybody, we need gas masks. We need weapons … You’re not going to take away our Trumpy-bear!" Got arrested. got lost in the system for a time. spent several weeks in a jail she described as cold, smelly, full of mold, and she had only one pair of underwear she had to wash in the sink. Was denied her anxiety medication in jail. eventually released on bond. Her business is no more and she doesn't know what she'll do going forward.  

Rosanne Boyland- Former drug addict, in and out of jail, had abusive boyfriends and had a tough life overall. During the 2020 lockdowns her drug support groups stopped meeting for a time and she started to get sucked into online Conservative conspiracy pages. Got into the QANON conspiracy and believed that Donald trump was battling against pedophiles in the federal government and that the Deep State was trying to bring him down. Ended up being one of the people who died on that day. Medical examiner ruled her death to be from Amphetamine overdose, but that the conclusion was subjective. Her family contends that she didn't overdose, had amphetamine in her system from her ADD medication she's taken for years and was instead trampled in the crowd and then abused/ignored by Capitol police.  A video of Rosanne laying on the ground while cops around her continued to fight off protestors and not render aid to her circulated online and because a source for Right Wing outlets to claim the police were terrorizing the protestors and working for the Deepstate. She became a sort of "martyr" on the right similar to Babbitt.. The family believes she was wronged by the Capitol police and are still seeking their form of justice for her death. 

Guy Reffitt - Family man that had lost his oil job overseas in Asia and returned home to the the U.S. and moved to Texas where he found membership with the Right Wing militia group the "3 percenters" and became engrossed in Far Right politics. His wife said he started ranting about the Swamp, Nancy Pelosi, and other topics that you'd find in far right articles that she just brushed off as a "hard man being himself". He   Believed the election had been stolen from Donald Trump and that Trump had called on him and Patriots around the country to come to DC to fight for him.  Wore a big coat that he had guns and zip ties hidden underneath for when they made it into the Capitol. Tried to lead the charge into the capitol, got shot with rubber bullets, mace, and batons and became frustrated when others around him weren't taking the same aggressive actions he himself was willing to take. Eventually came home and became paranoid of being turned in. Threatened to shoot his children if the turned him into the FBI . Eventually turned in by his own son, described as a 'democratic socialist' by his mother. His son tipped the FBI off on his dad and eventually was ostracized by his family who blame him for ripping the family apart and moved out. The dad, Guy, was arrested and denied bond as the judge had determined his propensity to believe in conspiracies and his belief that his actions on Jan6 was justified because Donald Trump told him to do it meant he was a danger to society.    

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Much more details in the article and a very interesting read if you want to know more about what was going through the minds of some of the people who went to the Capitol on Jan 6 and how they got radicalized by Right Wing mis-information and conspiracies and how it led them down a path of ruin. 

Edited December 21, 2021 by CoffeeTiger

[AUFAN78 3,926]

Proof crazy people exist. Who knew?

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39 minutes ago, AUFAN78 said:

Proof crazy people exist. Who knew?

I’m shocked, just shocked!! lol