As more folks are arrested for the insurrection we are going to see high rate of people with records of intimate partner violence, stalking, and harassment. 1/

Terrorizing women and girls and internet trolling is directly correlated to being violent and unreasonable in other facets. including work, friendships, school, family, AND POLITICS. 2/
As my colleague, Caroline said, "Violence against women and girls on the micro level of interpersonal IS TERRORISM designed to uphold patriarchy/male supremacy on the macro level. 3/
Some insurrectionists have reported histories of being abusers.
Some in the news have histories of abuse. We know Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead, trying to climb through the window 4/ https://t.co/h07PWaH6Jx
into the congressional chambers, had multiple restraining orders for attacking her then-boyfriend’s ex, filing false police reports, rear ending her car, and harassing her with phone calls. 5/
West Virginia state delegate, Derrick Evans, who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol, in 2019 violated a restraining order for repeatedly stalking and threatening a woman with bodily injury. 6/ https://t.co/fir0lk83pf
Air Force combat veteran, Larry Rendall Brock, who was stalking Pelosi’s office in full tactical gear and helmet with sets of flex-cuffs in his hand was turned in by his ex-wife. 7/

https://t.co/eN1GfqF3Pa
These people were coming to assassinate. In my book I talk about the known link between domestic violence and murder. 8/ https://t.co/lgtGOblwDo
It's a self-selecting group of people who prioritize their own desires over the safety and autonomy of other people. They're jealous and controlling and believe delusional things. 9/

More from Law

One of the judges this story mentions is William Cassidy, who was promoted from an Atlanta IJ position to a BIA member position in 2019 by the Trump DOJ. Cassidy has an awful history that has been well-documented, but I'm still enraged reading this reporting.


The story notes that the EOIR Director served as an ICE attorney in Atlanta and practiced before Cassidy for years. And it points to FOIA records unearthed by Bryan Johnson showing they remain friendly.

A trove of complaints against Cassidy was published by AILA in 2019 after FOIA litigation. They generally show misconduct, substantiated in the record, followed by "written counseling" etc.

One way Cassidy could avoid discipline is by turning off the recording device during the hearing. If he made a lewd or offensive comment off the record, all the EOIR would do is listen to the recording. If it's not there, the complaint is "unsubstantiated" https://t.co/wUeBPEEbpV


In that case, Cassidy joked about a detained immigrant saying he missed his wife. The complaint was dismissed because the ACIJ found "no levity or joking" in the comment.

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