"Barr attempted to push back, claiming that the protests were not near a federal building and thus not under his authority—perhaps forgetting that the demonstrations in Michigan were, as Just noting: the Michigan gun-toting Michigan protests that Rep. Jayapal referenced — and which AG Barr said didn't fall under under his authority — happened ~100 yards away from the Chamberlain Federal Building/courthouse in Lansing. Stop what you're doing right now and watch @RepJayapal tear down William Barr. Your rights don’t give you the right to trample on those of others.The prosecutor continued, calmly calling out the BLM marchers for infringing on the rights of others to have free passage on the roads within the county.

Feel free to republish and share widely. “The First Amendment does not give you unbridled freedom to express your message and infringe on the rights of others,” she explained. A local Democratic (of course) politician,, former Illinois Rep. Litesa Wallace Michelle Obama’s Gaslighting Speech Took Some Nerve, Attacking Trump With a Hot Mess of ‘Going Low’Here’s Why California Can’t Keep The Power on During Heat Wave – and Newsom’s DeflectingTrump Busts Democrats With So Much Truth, MSNBC Cuts Away, and Dems Double Down on the Crazy at the ConventionTrump Was Right All Along! Two sheriff’s deputies were injured according to the local sheriff of Winnebago County. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) questions Attorney General William Barr during the House Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2020. Blocking COVID Cure HCQ Killed 10s of 1000s Say Latest Docs Calling out Fauci’s Deadly Anti-Science AgendaTrump-Hater Two-Step: Libs Change Tune After Reporter Reads Racist ‘Trump’ Quotes, Then Reveals They’re Biden’sCopyright RedState.com/Salem Media. Please help keep Common Dreams alive by making a contribution. "This is how it's done," tweeted advocacy group Public Citizen of the back and forth. Progressives welcomed the harsh tone from Jayapal against Barr, whose tenure atop the Justice Department has been criticized repeatedly for kowtowing to the whims of the president. That resulted in their arrest, not for exercising their right of freedom of expression, she said, but for their alleged criminal action. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.The congresswoman, who serves as the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, also "When white men with swastikas storm a government building with guns, there is no need for the president to 'activate' you, because they're getting the president's personal agenda done," said Jayapal. One possible pair of meanings here is: It is done = It is the practice to do this. Every day of the week, we publish the most important breaking news & views for the progressive community. We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100% reader supported.Common Dreams is a small nonprofit with a big mission. "But when black people and people of color protest police brutality, systemic racism, and the president's very own lack of response to those critical issues, then you forcibly remove them with armed federal officers [and] pepper bombs because they are considered terrorists by the president. It was done = It used to be the practice to do this. Without context, it's impossible to know what the meaning of these snippets is, but in general the use of the present simple tense says nothing about time at all. So simple, so true, yet so missing from public statements on the BLM tactics. This Is How It’s Done: Police and Prosecutor Give Best Response to BLM Marchers Who Block Roads. Posted at 1:30 pm on August 3, 2020 by Nick Arama. "'This Is How It's Done': Must-Watch TV as Jayapal Tears Into William Barr at Judiciary HearingBecause of people like you, another world is possible. (Photo: Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images)A fiery exchange during Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing between Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Attorney General William Barr over the Justice Department's differing responses to recent Black Lives Matter and armed right-wing protests earlier this year earned the Washington Democrat praise for taking on the nation's top law enforcement officer.