{"id":786075,"date":"2021-09-17T22:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T02:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=786075"},"modified":"2021-09-17T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T02:44:10","slug":"eight-months-after-january-6-prosecutors-make-aggressive-maneuvers-as-defendant-attempts-suicide-another-beaten-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-months-after-january-6-prosecutors-make-aggressive-maneuvers-as-defendant-attempts-suicide-another-beaten-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Months After January 6, Prosecutors Make Aggressive Maneuvers As Defendant Attempts Suicide, Another Beaten In Jail"},"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\">34<\/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%2Feight-months-after-january-6-prosecutors-make-aggressive-maneuvers-as-defendant-attempts-suicide-another-beaten-in-jail%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=786075&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1304388021-capitol.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Some sixty people are still behind bars eight months after the January 6 disturbance at the U.S. Capitol. A Daily Wire review of court records shows unusually aggressive prosecutorial maneuvers, which sometimes brought rebukes by judges.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Jose Padilla has been detained since February. \u201cPadilla is 40 years old and has lived in Tennessee for most of his life. He previously served in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War. After he returned home, he was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (\u2018PTSD\u2019) and began receiving disability benefits. Prior to his arrest, he was a stay-at-home dad who managed his family\u2019s household affairs and cared for his three sons during the day while his wife worked as a librarian. He has no criminal history or history of substance abuse. He also has no known ties to extremist groups,\u201d Judge John D. Bates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/59736257\/24\/united-states-v-padilla\/\">summarized<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued that his being a stay-at-home dad and veteran were reasons to hold him in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The judge wrote that \u201cthe government contended that two features of Padilla\u2019s background favor pretrial detention: (1) his role as a stay-at-home dad, which, according to the government, gives him \u2018idle time to . . . engage in conspiracy theories\u2019 and \u2018[run] down rabbit holes through social media.\u2019 The Court cannot accept the proposition that stay-at-home parents pose a greater threat to public safety. And although the Court agrees with Judge Faruqui\u2019s statement that, as a former service member, Padilla had every reason to know that \u2018what occurred on January 6th was totally unacceptable,\u2019 the fact of military service is complicated and can cut both ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government also argued that his military service-induced PTSD was a reason to hold him, an assertion that the judge sharply rebutted \u2014 pointing out that if the government believed he was a suicide risk, it had done little to ensure he got help in jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s assertion that Padilla\u2019s \u2018mental health conditions\u2019 evince a risk of flight is unsubstantiated by the current record. Although Padilla was diagnosed with PTSD following his military service, he has been \u2018actively engaged in treatment with a V.A. provider,\u2019 and no other specifics about his mental health status have been provided to the Court,\u201d the judge wrote. \u201cThe government also posits that Padilla had suicidal ideations in 2018\u2014a fact that he sharply disputes. But even if that is true, the government admits that he is \u2018not currently having suicidal thoughts.\u2019 Nor has the government taken any steps\u2014such as requesting that he receive mental health services in prison or be placed on suicide watch\u2014that would suggest this is a real concern for the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the cases involve physical assaults, while in other cases, the charges are minor. But in most cases, prosecutors\u2019 efforts have been aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Samel, who allegedly pushed a bike rack that was serving as a barricade, purportedly causing it to strike a police officer, was arrested on January 30 and held for seven months without being indicted or having a preliminary hearing, according to court records. He was finally indicted on August 25. By then, he had been held in solitary confinement at a D.C. jail and been beaten. He is now being held in the Central Virginia Regional Jail.<\/p>\n<p>On September 11, his lawyer wrote, \u201cHe has been detained since and spent substantial time enduring the torture of solitary confinement\u2026 On or about March 21, 2021, Mr. Samsel was viciously assaulted while in the custody of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, and while detained in \u2018administrative segregation\u2019\u2014the latest euphemism for solitary confinement. He was taken to Howard University Hospital the next day, on March 22, 2021, where he was admitted and treated for injuries including\u2026 bilateral nasal bone fracture\u2026 as a result of the brutal assault, Mr. Samsel lost vision in his right eye\u2026. CVRJ Medical Records make clear that medical orders and referrals have been ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, another defendant, Jeffrey Sabor, was pulled over in New York \u201ccovered in blood\u201d from an alleged suicide attempt. He said \u201cI am tired, I am done fighting,\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn January 12, 2021, law enforcement officers spoke with SABOL while he was recovering at the Westchester Medical Center. SABOL advised that on January 6, 2021, he was at the U.S. Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On August 4, a superseding indictment added on more charges to Sabor\u2019s case, charging that he used \u201ca deadly or dangerous weapon, that is, a baton, flag pole, and crutch, did forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with, an officer and employee of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Jensen, who allegedly had a knife at the Capitol, was released from jail, then sent back for violating his terms of release when he was found using a \u201cWiFi-connected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/33346165\/34\/united-states-v-jensen\/\">iPhone<\/a> to stream news from Rumble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another case, a judge chided prosecutors for apparent unconcern about the rights of the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn August 19, 2021, the Court issued an arrest warrant for Jonathon Owen Shroyer (a\/k\/a Jonathan Owen Shroyer), \u2018a Texas-based talk-show host associated with the website Infowars.\u2019 The Department of Justice has recently updated its policies on the investigation of media members, noting the importance of a free press to a vibrant democracy. As part of its review, the Court inquired if the Department of Justice had complied with 28 C.F.R. \u00a7 50.10, (\u2018Policy regarding obtaining information from, or records of, members of the news media\u2019). The Department refused to provide an answer on the record,\u201d Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/60225808\/3\/united-states-v-shroyer\/\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fifteen-more-arrested-for-january-6-capitol-riot-last-month-as-internet-sleuths-tell-on-acquaintances\">Fifteen More Arrested For January 6 Capitol Riot In August As Internet Sleuths Tell On Acquaintances<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">counter-cultural<\/span>&nbsp;outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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