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Zorro

(16,272 posts)
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 10:41 AM Aug 2021

Sarasota chiropractor's actions during Capitol riot are spine-tingling

Joseph Hackett was careful not to look into the surveillance camera in the hotel lobby, dare anyone recognize even a speck of skin through the gaiter that covered his face.

The baseball hat and sunglasses only added to the surreptitious disguise, and the rifle case on the concierge cart he was pushing seemed to suggest he was not at the Comfort Inn near Washington D.C. on Jan. 7 for the national chiropractic convention, as wild as those can be.

Seven months have now passed since that morning, and the Sarasota chiropractor is still in D.C., only now receiving continental breakfasts in jail for participating in the first attack on the U.S. Capitol in over 200 years.

A hearing is set for Monday to determine if Hackett, a 22-year resident of Sarasota, can be released pending trial. But a new document filed by the government spells out why that isn’t such a swell idea, alleging his role was far more involved than originally thought and contradicts a recent report by Reuters that the FBI has determined the attack was 90% unorganized.

Hackett, the man Steve Bannon calls a "political prisoner," had a leadership role in the Oath Keepers, which is one of the biggest anti-government groups in the nation, and they were very organized. He oversaw five Oath Keepers in Sarasota, according to the document, and reported to state leader Kelly Meggs, who on election night tweeted out this little love-tap: "I'm going to go on a killing spree. Pelosi first."

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/08/21/opinion-sarasota-chiropractor-joseph-hackett-actions-during-riot-cause-chills-up-your-spine/8208561002/

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Sarasota chiropractor's actions during Capitol riot are spine-tingling (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2021 OP
k and r for exposure.. Stuart G Aug 2021 #1
srsly, i think put them all in institutions for the criminally insane. mopinko Aug 2021 #2
"This, American Carnage"? czarjak Aug 2021 #3
K & R SunSeeker Aug 2021 #4
Still a failure. Corgigal Aug 2021 #5
They really need to make the penalties harsher. Dreampuff Aug 2021 #6

mopinko

(71,758 posts)
2. srsly, i think put them all in institutions for the criminally insane.
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 11:02 AM
Aug 2021

prison is only gonna make these people worse. i have no sympathy.
but there's somethin wrong w these people. they cant be on the lose.

Corgigal

(9,297 posts)
5. Still a failure.
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 01:41 PM
Aug 2021

Just a lame adult man who didn’t enjoy life in the free world. Now, he can just try to find joy locked up in the human zoo.

Dreampuff

(778 posts)
6. They really need to make the penalties harsher.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 02:01 PM
Aug 2021

Wasn't he the guy who said he had a very little role in it and some private groups who have been studying the videos are the ones who found how active he was in this, which postponed his sentencing?

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