the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Washington DC, Attorney General William P. Barr has issued the following statement:
“The greatness of our nation comes from our commitment to the rule of law.
The outrage of our national community about what happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis is real and legitimate. Accountability for his death must be addressed, and is being addressed, through the regular process of our criminal justice system, both at the state and at the federal level. That system is working and moving at exceptional speed. Already initial charges have been filed. That process continues to move forward. Justice will be served.
Unfortunately, with the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful protest are being hijacked by violent radical elements.
Groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda.
In many places, it appears the violence is planned, organized, and driven by anarchistic and far left extremists, using Antifa-like tactics, many of whom travel from out of state to promote the violence.
We must have law and order on our streets and in our communities, and it is the responsibility of the local and state leadership, in the first instance, to halt this violence. The Department of Justice (including the FBI, Marshals, ATF, and DEA), and all of our 93 U.S. Attorneys across the country, will support these local efforts and take all action necessary to enforce federal law.
In that regard, it is a federal crime to cross state lines or to use interstate facilities to incite or participate in violent rioting. We will enforce these laws.”
It should also be a federal crime to fund these violent riots.
It should also be a federal crime to fund these violent riots.
I totally agree. Violence in many cases are coming from outside the towns where it occurs. The looting though is coming from the citizens who live there. They are not protesting they are just stealing.
Does Ridgewood have national guard to defend us if sh!t hits the fan? Somehow I doubt RGWD PD will be able to handle 1,000 youth from Patterson who – after stripping local stores bare – come to claim what’s due from rich, fat suburbanites.
Re : 1000 youth ..not PC but not far off the mark..
NJ transit will be the next graffiti target for these rodent
political operatives..protest legally ..but no that does not get the ratings on the news reels on CNN AND FOX ETC
wait until July dog days …no jobs ..pissed off people ..
Isn’t it now a Federal (COVID-19) Crime to gather in groups and not maintain 6+ feet social distance?
….Or is an exception carved out for violent protesters who burn down Police Stations?
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Are they not contagious?
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Why are we locked in our houses?
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What are you gonna do if the $hit hits the fan?
I wonder what all the liberals now have to say about the overly restrictive NJ gun laws.
How will you protect yourself when the thugs from Newark and Paterson pick a ‘rich town” to steal, riot, and destroy?
Oh all of a sudden now you libtards want to be able to defend yourselves?
Enjoy your wait in line for a permit.
Maybe you wont blame the gun now will you.
Thank your friend Bloomberg.
So racist
These losers in their bags that are doing the looting they are piece of shit. Fucking lowlifes
Love your guns people, get them ready. Any dirt bags coming to your property and I’m your family showed him in the story people wake up it’s your right.
Crossing state lines to commit, organize or fund a criminal act is a federal crime under Title 18, US Code. There are enhancements for weapons crossing state lines to commit those crimes and if they are used to injure or kill others.
Boy, did these comments age like milk.
How are most social media platforms not “interstate facilities?”