By ANTIFA/BLM and THE LEFT Violent Domestic Terrorists at Trump's Inauguration

Four years ago....

200+ individuals charged with Felony Rioting at Trump's Inauguration.

Hundreds of rioters destroyed property, set fires during Trump’s 2017 inauguration, and charges were dropped

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Editor’s note: An original version of this story claimed that none of the rioters were tried or convicted. In fact, several were tried but were acquitted, while 20 pleaded guilty to misdemeanors and one to a felony, serving four months. The vast majority of charges, however, were dropped. The story now reflects those changes.

Only then, instead of right-wing protesters, it was a riot dominated by supporters of anarchist groups like Antifa and left-wing organizations including Black Lives Matter.

Video footage that was taken the morning of Trump’s inaugural shows black-clad mobs occupying streets, smashing storefront windows, attacking police officers, overturning trash cans, and generally causing mayhem in protest of what they perceived as a stolen election.

Reports at the time noted that more than 214 people were indicted on felony rioting charges.

“On the morning of January 20, protests over Donald Trump’s inauguration turned violent when black-clad ‘anti-fascist’ protesters smashed storefronts and bus stops, hammered out the windows of a limousine, and eventually launched rocks at a phalanx of police,” CNN reported Feb. 22, 2017.

The network reported that police were forced to respond to the throngs of rioters with flash-bangs and other crowd control devices. Six police officers were reportedly injured; 230 people were arrested on Inauguration Day.

Felony rioting, CNN noted, carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $25,000.

“The indictment accuses the defendants of using a tactic called ‘Black Bloc’ in which people conceal their identities with dark or black clothing and accessories such as scarves, sunglasses, helmets, and masks,” the network added.

Some rioters assaulted a limo driver and destroyed a government vehicle.

In the end, 20 rioters pleaded guilty to charges related to violent protesting, the New York Times reported, including one person who copped to a felony and served four months in prison. After two group trials resulted in acquittals for all defendants, the government dropped charges against the rest, the Associated Press reported.

The motion to dismiss charges against the last 39 people charged “seemingly ends an 18-month saga that started with the Justice Department attempting to convict more than 190 people,” the AP reported.

“That effort saw the government facing off against an intensely coordinated grassroots political opposition network that made Washington the focus of a nationwide support campaign offering free lodging for defendants, legal coordination, and other support,” the AP added.

Two earlier group trials resulted in losses for the government because prosecutors were “hindered by the fact that most protesters wore similar black clothing and covered their faces,” the newswire reported.

After losing both of them, the Justice Department decided to drop charges against 129 more defendants — cases in which the government believed it had the strongest evidence.

“This is huge news,” Washington-based activist Dylan Petrohilos, who was initially arrested but had his charges dropped earlier, said at the time. “The solidarity we showed as defendants won out.”

The strategy involved persuading defendants, at times over the objections of their attorneys, not to accept plea bargains.

“Solidarity was what won the case,” Sam Menefee-Libey, a member of the leftist DC Legal Posse activist collective, said. “I hope that organizers and people on the left study it.”

FLASHBACK: Hundreds Of Violent Left-Wing Rioters

The liberal media doesn’t want you to remember this story.

They want you to believe that the only violent protest in the history of

Washington, DC was the one that took place at the Capitol on January 6,

2021.

This is ANTIFA/BLM - THE LEFT - the Real Domestic Terrorists Threat to America.

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