Speaking
of Capitol break-ins, here’s a story to remember. The facts and the
implications are quite remarkable. Extending to today. It’s the Susan
Rosenberg case. Remember that name---
And
as you read, imagine what would be happening if this Senate bombing
event occurred now, and the FBI claimed the instigator was a Trump
supporter.
In
1978, a small group of young women broke off from male-centered
revolutionary organizations and formed their own; a hard-Left circle
they called M19.
They were dedicated to ending racism, sexism, and the imperialist policies of Ronald Reagan.
NY
Daily News, January 4, 2020: “In 1979, they smuggled pistols and
dynamite into the Clinton Correctional Facility in New Jersey and broke
out BLA [Black Liberation Army] member Assata Shakur, better known as
JoAnne Chesimard. The convicted killer of a New Jersey state trooper,
she found refuge in Cuba.”
“That
same year, the group helped William Morales slip out of Bellevue
Hospital. Suspected of making the FALN bomb that killed four at Fraunces
Tavern in 1975, he lost both hands in an explosives accident. He was
smuggled to Cuba, too.”
“Then,
in 1981, working with the BLA, M19 robbed an armored truck in Nyack,
and got away with $1.6 million. They also left a Brinks guard and two
local police officers dead.”
“Under
increased surveillance, the group switched their methods, concentrating
on bombings. In 1983 alone, they claimed credit for four — an FBI
office on Staten Island, the National War College in Washington D.C.,
the Washington Navy Yard, and even the U.S. Senate.”
The
Smithsonian Magazine describes the Senate bombing: “Just before 11 p.m.
on November 7, 1983, they [M19] called the U.S. Capitol switchboard and
warned them to evacuate the building. Ten minutes later, a bomb
detonated in the building’s north wing, harming no one but blasting a
15-foot gash in a wall and causing $1 million in damage.”
The
US Senate archive of history: “The Senate had planned to work late into
the evening of Monday, November 7, 1983. Deliberations proceeded more
smoothly than expected, however, so the body adjourned at 7:02 p.m. A
crowded reception, held near the Senate Chamber, broke up two hours
later. Consequently, at 10:58 p.m., when a thunderous explosion tore
through the second floor of the Capitol’s north wing, the adjacent halls
were virtually deserted. Many lives had been spared.”
“The
force of the device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the
corridor outside the chamber, blew off the door to the office of
Democratic Leader Robert C. Byrd. The blast also punched a potentially
lethal hole in a wall partition sending a shower of pulverized brick,
plaster, and glass into the Republican cloakroom. Although the explosion
caused no structural damage to the Capitol, it shattered mirrors,
chandeliers, and furniture. Officials calculated damages of $250,000.”
“A
stately portrait of Daniel Webster, located across from the concealed
bomb, received the explosion’s full force. The blast tore away Webster’s
face and left it scattered across the Minton tiles in one-inch canvas
shards.”
Eventually, the M19 women were busted by local police, who discovered their storage locker in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
NY
Daily News: “Inside the unit, they [the police] found sawed-off
shotguns, an Uzi, a .357 Magnum, hundreds of rounds of ammo, and more
than 10,000 blank Social Security cards. They also discovered over 700
pounds of poorly stored explosives, some of it leaking lethal
nitroglycerin.”
“[M19
member Susan] Rosenberg, sentenced to 58 years on explosives charges,
was pardoned by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office. [M19
member] Judith Clark, convicted of murder in the Brinks case, had her
sentence commuted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo…”
And now, for an even further punch line, let’s go to Snopes, who readily acknowledges…concerning Susan Rosenberg…
“Susan
Rosenberg [long after Bill Clinton pardoned her] has served as vice
chair of the board of directors for Thousand Currents, an organization
that provides fundraising and fiscal sponsorship for the Black Lives
Matter Global Movement.”
Revolutionary
group, bombers, Senate bombing, pardons from Bill Clinton and Andrew
Cuomo, board of directors for a group that does extensive fundraising
and administration for Black Lives Matter, BLM/Antifa-led riots of
destruction in cities across America.
Ho-hum. No problem.
Again,
try to imagine what would be happening if, during the recent Capitol
break-in, a bomb had been set off, and the FBI blamed a Trump supporter…
(The link to this article posted on my blog is here -- with sources.)
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