![]() Insurrectionists are ready to lead, not steal souvenirs off Pelosi’s desk. Insurrectionists are serious people, not armed lunatics motivated by selfies and lured by mayhem and the sound of broken glass. In my book, insurrectionists take down authoritarians like Trump in the name of democracy. The media want to call the perps “insurrectionists,” but I prefer to call them what they are: Lawless, unprincipled rioters. 6 burst like democracy’s pimple, I’m not worried about the folks like Lazo, though I think to call him an “insurrectionist” is a waste of syllables. The ones too smart to be there.Ī year after Jan. There are still others yet to be caught in the balance of an estimated 2,500 people who were at the Capitol.Īnd then there are the big fish. Another 225 have been charged with attacking or interfering with police. Only about 275 have been charged with the heavy political charge of obstructing Congress’ attempt to certify the election. Like many of the more than 700 arrests that day, he’s been tagged for relatively minor crimes. Lazo has pleaded not guilty and is free while he awaits his day in court. Hunted down by the FBI and arrested last May, Lazo was charged with four federal crimes connected to disorderly and disruptive conduct, trespass, and demonstrating in a Capitol building. ![]() ![]() America-like shield that bore the words, “Extremist groups=coup,” “mail-in fraud=coup,” and “pandemic hoax=coup.” He was masked and virus conscious. 6 at the Capitol was his social media moment, as he selfied his image for all the world to see. ![]() Uh, except no one voted for Lazo to represent us.īut for Lazo, Jan. 6.Īsian Americans were not exactly wallflowers at this party.įor Kene Brian Lazo of Norfolk, Virginia, holding up the broom was a source of pride as he wrote on Facebook about how he would “be the only 1 (sic) with a boi boi representing Asians.” Known as a “boi-boi” or a “Walis Tambo,” the handmade tool made for sweeping was a tell-tale sign on Jan. The masked man in the Capitol Rotunda wore an American flag cape and waved a Filipino broom. ![]()
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