What Jan. 6 Vids Reveal: The Need for Fair Trials
THE ISSUE: The release of over 41,000 hours of unedited video footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Putting aside the larger issue of whether Jan. 6 was in fact an “insurrection,” we can learn something from the videos (“Of Justice & Jan. 6,” Editorial, March 13).
What we should understand is the great unifier, President Biden, needs to immediately release Jacob Chansley from prison. He has already served over two years for peacefully entering the capital.
And if the actual goal is punishing those who incited violence that day, a suitable replacement in his cell appears to be Ray Epps. Brian Sullivan
Rockaway Beach
What the Jan. 6 Committee did in hiding videos from the public is the same as what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse, when the prosecution allegedly withheld video footage of the night of the demonstrations.
The exact same thing was allegedly done to Jacob Chansley, the socalled QAnon Shaman. His defense should have been allowed to have those undoctored videos. Walter Faust
Bronxville
Isn’t it great that Tucker
Carlson is able to show just what happened inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6?
The Democrats are going crazy over this. Their lies are plain to see with these videos. They are trying to tell us that what we are seeing with our own eyes is not true. They have really lost their minds. Hopefully, their phony “insurrection” claim can now be put to rest. Charlie Yannelli
Barnegat, NJ
The Democrats’ plan to demonize and magnify the Jan. 6 riot, claiming without evidence that it was an insurrection, has had its desired effect.
Keeping Americans locked up without a trial for well over two years is what happens in despotic regimes, not in America.
And yet the hysteria and politically magnified circumstances that the Democrats used to circumvent the rights of the Jan. 6 protesters have advanced the phony narrative that the country itself was under assault.
Those who broke laws or attacked police should be held accountable, but the rights of all under the Constitution must be protected. Steve Heitner
Middle Island