{"id":1208954,"date":"2022-01-11T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208954"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:20:37","slug":"new-film-capitol-punishment-counters-medias-jan-6-insurrection-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-film-capitol-punishment-counters-medias-jan-6-insurrection-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"New Film \u2018Capitol Punishment\u2019 Counters Media\u2019s Jan. 6 \u2018Insurrection\u2019 Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-film-capitol-punishment-counters-medias-jan-6-insurrection-narrative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208954&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nick Searcy attended the Jan. 6, 2021 protests summoned by then-President Donald Trump, camera in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cJustified\u201d star couldn\u2019t have predicted what would happen later that day or the ensuing political earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>His documentary, \u201cCapitol Punishment,\u201d offers a media corrective to the \u201cinsurrection\u201d mania that gripped the press over the past year. He also lets many of the protesters speak, everyday Americans who didn\u2019t even step foot in the Capitol building but are paying an astronomical price for suggesting the election was \u201cstolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, so necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Director Chris Burgard\u2019s film opens with a quote from Harry S. Truman about governments silencing the opposition. When leaders seize control of the narrative, it \u201ccreates a country where everyone lives in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re flooded with incendiary news coverage of the riot, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/politics\/alexandra-ocasio-cortez-feared-other-things-were-going-to-happen-to-me-on-day-of-jan-6-insurrection\/\">saying<\/a> she feared she would be sexually assaulted by the Trump supporters. Note: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-factcheck-aoc-instagram-live-video\/fact-check-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-did-not-claim-that-she-was-in-the-capitol-during-siege-nor-that-rioters-entered-her-office-idUSKBN2A51RK\">She wasn\u2019t in the Capitol during the melee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Searcy, serving as narrator and comic foil, dubs himself a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d during a mock interrogation by prominent Democrats. He, too, thinks the election was stolen, but \u201cCapitol Punishment\u201d lobs but a few generic arguments to that effect.<\/p>\n<p>His man-on-the-street vantage point shapes the narrative he says the media ignored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t look like a riot. It looked like a tailgate party,\u201d Searcy says, mixing folksy humor with videos rarely shown in mainstream sources. Yes, the vast majority of people peacefully protested in the truest sense of the word, singing in unison and praying for a brighter tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>A select few, in large enough numbers to matter, rampaged through the Capitol without a plan but bringing chaos with them. That \u201cpeaceful protest\u201d taunt conservatives shouted over the press\u2019s framing of violent BLM protests can\u2019t camouflage that.<\/p>\n<p>We also see video of protesters perusing inside the Capitol, taking snapshots and moving about as if touring the Louvre.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting the Capitol is a vast building. That many of these protestors entered through doors opened by police, or wandered past barricades lifted by police wholly unaware of the more dramatic activity in other parts of the building is a point Democrats and the media are eager to ignore. \u201cCapitol Punishment\u201d succeeds at giving its audience a sense of the sheer scope of the protest, perhaps putting the actions of some of the more well-meaning protestors in a context not seen before.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s purpose is clear. The U.S. government is using the Jan. 6 riot as a pretense to chill dissent. On that ground Searcy scores some fundamental wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapitol Punishment\u201d introduces us to several protesters whose homes were raided by dozens of heavily armed FBI agents.<\/p>\n<p>We even watch home security footage of armored vehicles festooned with agents who appear more like soldiers entering combat than police making an arrest approaching the homes in question. One man describes seeing \u201cred dots all over his chest,\u201d as agents swarmed his front door.<\/p>\n<p>We meet two families, one white, one Latino, sharing why they came to the protests. Neither entered the Capitol building, they allege, and both brought medical equipment in case they could help someone on site.<\/p>\n<p>The film uses existing media \u2013 audio, video snippets and still photographs, to back up some of the participants\u2019 stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounded like war,\u201d one 13-year-old said of the experience.<\/p>\n<p>Twin sisters, 74, were told they were now on a list of domestic terrorists and threatened with a year in federal jail for trespassing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so over the top, there\u2019s still no words to describe it,\u201d says Dr. Simone Gold, a member of the America\u2019s Frontline Doctors group which criticized COVID-19 protocols and promoted Hydroxychloroquine early in the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>She addressed the pro-Trump crowd during a quiet moment inside the Capitol. According to Dr. Gold, the door was open no one was ever asked to leave.&nbsp;She has been paying the price for it ever since.<\/p>\n<p>One protester describes spending nine straight days in solitary confinement. Others recall not being able to make a phone call to lawyers or loved ones while incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p>The film demands more legal experts here, neutral sources who can weigh in on what\u2019s being alleged, but the accusations are certainly startling.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary\u2019s running time is too easily expanded by detours involving the JFK assassination conspiracy, social media shadow banning and communist infiltration.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re also told Antifa-style agitators sparked the violent part of the protest. Some of the video footage hints at that argument, but it doesn\u2019t explain away what happened nor excuse it.<\/p>\n<p>A thornier theory, and one previously made by Tucker Carlson via his \u201cPatriot Purge\u201d docuseries, suggests FBI agents stoked the protest\u2019s violent turn.<\/p>\n<p>What seems like an inflated charge got new life on Tuesday when Sen. Ted Cruz asked Jill Sanborn, FBI Executive Assistant Director, National Security Branch, if FBI agents \u201cactively participated\u201d in the Jan. 6 riot. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-refuses-to-state-that-it-did-not-commit-crimes-during-jan-6-riot-encourage-violence\">She refused to answer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once again the documentary takes an ill-advised path.<\/p>\n<p>The lengthy segment on pro-Trump protester Ashli Babbitt,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Searcy attended the Jan. 6, 2021 protests summoned by then-President Donald Trump, camera in hand. The \u201cJustified\u201d star couldn\u2019t have predicted what would happen later that day or the ensuing political earthquake. His documentary, \u201cCapitol Punishment,\u201d offers a media corrective to the \u201cinsurrection\u201d mania that gripped the press over the past year. 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