I guess, but the Commonwealth's Attorney (DA) passed this buck to higher. Then the AG's staff poured over the evidence to determine if any crime was committed and then they proceeded with a grand jury. I understand that we don't have to use grand juries to indict someone. But they are a good tool. Giving the grand jury the chance to do something just because maybe that random person on the grand jury wants it, isn't how the system works.
All federal prosecutions require a grand jury to indict. All states have a grand jury system, but only about half require a grand jury to gain indictments.
There is nothing at all inconvenient for people on the left about leaders of a group accused of being white supremacists linking up with Black Lives Matter representatives to soundly and unequivocally denounce white supremacy.
I'm not well-versed enough in the group itself to sort the rhetoric and media slant from the group's beliefs in practice (racial inclusion alone in no way precludes white supremacist ideology from being a central tenet of a group), which is why I introduced both possibilities.
As much as I hope this is as far as it goes, this is probably not the year to be ruling that out.
I will say when the group started under Gavin, it flirted much more with those who held supremacists beliefs than it does now. I think it was right around the Unit the Right really that the Proud Boys started pushing away from that and Gavin gave control of the group to Tarrio.
Did you happen to read the title of this thread, and then look at page 1 as it directs?
Yep...doesn't mention anything about George Floyd or his trial specifically. Do you see them the same topic as national protests and disband the cops? I don't. While his case may've been a catalyst for those things, the trial details certainly is a separate topic.
