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Bond set at $1 million for frequently arrested Jan. 6 rioter on new charges
A Pardoned Rioter Tried to Intimidate a Jury, Then Pretended That Was ActivismThe Real ActorThe central fact here is not that Jake Lang had an opinion about a murder trial. It is that he tried to convert public spectacle into coercion. According to the reporting, he allegedly said that if the jury did not convict Karmelo Anthony, he “would take care of it himself.” That is not commentary. That is an attempted threat aimed at the legitimacy of a court.The institutional power in this story belongs to the courts, the police, and the jury that actually decided Anthony’s case. Lang had no…
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