Washington, DC Jury Convicts Great Grandmother Who Entered the Capitol on January 6th
“J. Edgar would be rolling over in his grave if he knew his beloved agents were tracking down great-grannies on misdemeanor charges”
This woman was not a rioter. She entered the Capitol building peacefully and prayed for a few minutes. This story is maddening.
From the American Spectator:
After Three Days of Deliberation, Jan. 6 Jury Convicts Great-Grandmother Rebecca Lavrenz
As each day passed without a verdict, Rebecca Lavrenz and her family were beginning to think that Rebecca just might make history. No D.C. jury had yet to acquit a Jan. 6 defendant. Late on Thursday, April 4, the third day of deliberation, those hopes were dashed. Rebecca was convicted on all four counts.
Rebecca Lavrenz is among the 10 women I profile in my forthcoming book, Ashli: The Untold Story of the Women of January 6. What attracted me to Rebecca’s story is that she is a great-grandmother — a “praying great-grandmother,” as she describes herself.
On New Year’s Day 2021, Rebecca got a call from her son asking if she intended to attend the “March to Save America” rally in Washington. Knowing his mom refused to fly because of mandatory masking, he hinted: “You know it’s only a 25-hour drive. You can make it in two days.” Rebecca prayed about it and came to the conclusion: “You know what, I think God’s telling me to go.” And so she went, stopping in St. Louis for a single overnight stay.
At approximately 2:43 p.m. on Jan. 6, Rebecca entered the Capitol through an open door on the more orderly east side of the Capitol. Said Rebecca, “I felt that if those doors opened I was supposed to go through.” After entering, engulfed in a crowd, she ascended the east stairs and headed toward the Rotunda. She didn’t yell, didn’t shout, spoke to one police officer about nothing memorable, and saw no violence or vandalism. Although no one told her to leave, at 2:51 p.m. she climbed down the stairs she had just ascended and exited the building.
J. Edgar would be rolling over in his grave if he knew his beloved agents were tracking down great-grannies on misdemeanor charges, but that’s apparently the FBI’s new mission.
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Psalm 64 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
7 But God shoots his arrow at them;
they are wounded suddenly.
8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them;
all who see them will wag their heads.
9 Then all mankind fears;
they tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.
10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord
and take refuge in him!
Let all the upright in heart exult!
“J. Edgar would be rolling over in his grave if he knew his beloved agents were tracking down great-grannies on misdemeanor charges”
J Edgar built the agency to do exactly this sort of thing. He saw the nation as his to control, and crushed plenty of people in his path to prove it.
The entire organization needs disbanding, the buildings razed, and all personnel covered by a lifetime ban from serving in any LEO capacity.
My sentiments exactly.
This conviction helps to prove that a DC jury would convict a ham sandwich it it’s a Republican ham sandwich.
It also proves that it is impossible to get a fair trial in our nation’s Capitol.