We previously discussed how Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) perfectly captured the age of rage in raving at members and the press off the House floor. He is now accused of causing a false evacuation after pulling a fire alarm during tense negotiations between the Republican and Democratic members.
House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., stated: “Rep. Jamal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning. An investigation into why it was pulled is underway.”
Sources said the incident was caught on camera. At the time, Democrats were complaining about a sudden move to rush forward a stopgap measure to keep the government funded and complaining that they did not have enough time to consider the bill.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was shown on videotape screaming about gun control in the Capitol as his colleagues left the floor following a vote. Various Democratic members, including former House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), tried to calm Bowman. However, when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) asked Bowman to stop yelling, Bowman shouted back: “I was screaming before you interrupted me.” I previously noted that it could go down as the perfect epitaph for our age of rage.
However, this is more than a good rave next to the House floor.
In D.C., this would constitute a criminal misdemeanor. It would also obviously be treated as sanctionable conduct under the House rules. Even without addressing any attempt to cause fear or panic, here is the most obvious crime:
§ 22–1319. False alarms and false reports; hoax weapons.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully or knowingly give a false alarm of fire within the District of Columbia, and any person or persons violating the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be on information filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
(a-1) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to willfully or knowingly use, or allow the use of, the 911 call system to make a false or fictitious report or complaint which initiates a response by District of Columbia emergency personnel or officials when, at the time of the call or transmission, the person knows the report or complaint is false. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months. Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be on information filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
Denying reality and acting on emotions are built into the DNA of socialism.
Exhibit A:
Said Bowman, a socialist: “I pulled the fire alarm to open the door by accident.”
Sure. Because sane people always pull a fire alarm to get through a door — an exit with big, red signs everywhere: Emergency Exit Only. Pull alarm. Doors will open in 30 seconds.
@Sam
Instructions said push on the bar/button for 3seconds. Alarm will sound. Door will unlock 30 seconds later.
No confusion here. He intentionally knocked down all of the signs.
Then pulled the fire alarm.
He’s guilty as sin.
Give him the J6 treatment.
Oh wait… in a year, the GOP will have POTUS, House and Senate.
Statute of limitations on misdemeanor is 3yrs in DC.
No statute of limitations on most felonies, but for those that do… 6yrs.
So Bowman can be expelled from House, and then face criminal charges including disrupting a congressional proceeding.
Just something to think about.
Now will Turley say that two wrongs don’t make it right, or say that he should get equal treatment under the law based on how the J6 individuals were treated?
-Gumby
It’s hard to predict the future, but I sense the country is sick of zealotry and militancy, and ready to come down as hard as possible on those actors. We’re disgusted how they get all the attention. We’re fed up with the pointless theatrics. Rep. Bowman wanted to prevent a bipartisan bill to keep govt. running, so he could oppo-brand Repubs for “causing” a shutdown. This is how a 5-year-old’s emotions work. Make examples out of Bowman, Santos, Gaetz,
Bannon, Trump, Giuliani, Eastman, Chesebro, Clark, Powell, Hunter, Joe Biden, Menendez, Fauci…and every con-artist who gets close to political power.
Stamping out militancy is not that hard, since the distinguishing feature is breaking the law to further “the cause”,
or eye-poke the opposition.
“Rep. Bowman wanted to prevent a bipartisan bill to keep govt. running, so he could oppo-brand Repubs for “causing” a shutdown.”
Nonsense. He made no attempt to prevent the vote on the bill. The vote occurred in the Capitol Bldg., a block away, and he voted in FAVOR of the bill.
Here are photos of the fire alarm he pulled, and the signs saying emergency exit only, which he threw to the ground:
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2023%2F09%2F30%2Fexclusive-capitol-sources-jamaal-bowman-threw-signs-warning-door-was-emergency-only-on-floor-before-pulling-fire-alarm%2F
“He is also guilty of interrupting a congressional proceeding which is also a major felony.”
He didn’t interrupt a congressional proceeding. Those take place in the Capitol Building, and Bowman was in the Cannon Office Building, a block away.
According to the Daily Mail [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12581813/AOC-leaps-defense-Jamaal-Bowman-claiming-pulled-fire-alarm-moment-panic-government-shutdown-vote-blasts-GOP-protecting-George-Santos.html]
“The House was about to vote on a bipartisan bill to keep the government open for 45 days and avoid a shutdown.
The bill had overwhelming Democratic support, but members of the party were trying to buy time to read it after it was unveiled by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.”
If it is true that the stunt was designed to delay a Congressional vote, it is hard to see why it would not be an obstruction of an official proceeding.
But isn’t it still a disruption since the office building was full of staff members who were in touch with the Representatives as the vote was taking place? And Bowman said he was rushing to The Capitol building to vote, so there might’ve been other Members also finishing up business in the office building before also going over to vote.
Bowman, a ten-year HS Principal, unknowingly knew what he was doing and is simply another victim of the Congressperson-to-criminal pipeline.
Fire alarms have big red letters that say FIRE ALARM. Somehow he says he didn’t know. It’s sad to see a man admit that he is that stupid. You will find the same characteristic in people on this blog who defend his actions.
You can see from the photo that those doors push open. He’s been in Congress nearly three years and has doubtless gone out those doors many times. He now says he regrets the “confusion” over the incident.
Regretting the confusion is a well-worn tactic by guilty parties who want to obfuscate and blow smoke, in an attempt to create confusion and deflect their guilt. For example, that was Apple’s response to the blowback from its photo-scanning scandal:
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/p3rrm2/apple_regrets_confusion_over_iphone_scanning/
@oldman,
There is no confusion.
He was shown on video knocking down the signs in front of the door.
To be clear, he is guilty of more than just pulling a fire alarm.
He is also guilty of interrupting a congressional proceeding which is also a major felony.
He should be arrested and shown the same treatment as those who were incarcerated without bail for their involvement on Jan 6th.
(Protest or not, they did interrupt congress.)
The only question for Turley is how much immunity he has due to his being a member of Congress.
-Gumby
Ian – congressional immunity protects members of Congress from liability for what they say in either house, and from being arrested during attendance. It does not protect them from criminal charges for conduct outside house sessions. It also does not protect them from breaches of the peace. So Rep. Bowman is not immune from liability – including criminal liability – for pulling the alarm.
See U.S. Const. art I, §6 (“They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.”).
@Oldman,
I agree however, several House members (cough, cough, Schiff, cough, Agent swallow, cough) have claimed immunity in acts outside of congress.
Of course with the D behind his name… the DoJ will give him a free pass.
-G
Ah, but ‘specialness’ does perfectly shield Bowman from arrest and prosecution. The Golden Ticket, here and always, is his very solid membership in an iron-clad protected class – Far Left Democrat (Communist) with Extreme Radical Views on EVERYTHING. There is ZERO chance he will ever be prosecuted for his crime in DC. And if he were, prosecuted, hypothetically only, of course, Bowman most certainly would never be convicted of anything by any DC court/jury.
Now, if he were a Conservative Republican ………….
Bowman is a two-tiered justice poster ‘person’. Most happily so for him.
“He is also guilty of interrupting a congressional proceeding which is also a major felony.”
He didn’t interrupt a congressional proceeding. Those take place in the Capitol Building, and Bowman was in the Cannon Office Building, a block away.
@Old Man,
Got to add one more thing…
Bowman never went thru those doors. They are emergency exit only doors. The signs he knocked down indicated this…
Just saying…
-G
Well here is my first thought. Door pulls are usually not located right by a fire alarm!
Which is worse?
Lying about it?
Or saying he did not know?
Are these the so-called adults in the room?
obstruction of an official proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1512(c))
Throw bowman in jail
He wasn’t in the building where the official proceeding was occurring. He was in the Cannon Office Building, not the Capitol.
Thus compounding the evidence of his abject stupidity.
He delayed an official proceeding on the House Floor by forcing an evacuation of Cannon.
Nope. The Cannon Bldg is a block away from where the vote was taking place in the Capitol Bldg, and the evacuation of Cannon did nothing to slow the vote in the Capitol.
Are you sure he is lying? It is bowman.
This is a criminal offense, with political zealotry/subversion as the motive. I expect Bowman to be treated just like any other citizen who intentionally impeded official business of Congress (passing spending authorization). If not indicted in the next week, we have a lingering double standard at DOJ.
He didn’t impede passing the spending authorization, which occurs in the Capitol Building. This occurred in the Cannon Office Building.
Doesn’t matter which building.
He attempted to delay the vote thru an illegal action.
If it wasn’t for the treatment of the J6 people, I’d say let that felony count slide. But when you send a grandma to prison for just walking unimpeded thru the Capitol… where’s the equality and equity in that?
-G
Of course it matters which building. The Cannon Bldg is a block away from the Capitol Bldg, and the fire alarm in the Cannon Bldg had zero effect on what was occurring a block away.
You claim — with zero evidence — that “He attempted to delay the vote.” He didn’t try to delay the vote. In fact, he was trying to get to the Capitol Bldg TO vote.
You are wrong on all accounts, which makes your trolling correct all the time for your handlers who pay you lie all the time, use double standards all the time, change the subject all the time, act cult-like all the time
TL;DR: obfuscation and plausible deniability are stenciled on your forehead, or as they denote in Chinese letters, e.g.
六六六
(666)
As quoted from the Associated Press, “The charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, which carries up to 20 years behind bars, is among the most widely used felony charges in the Jan. 6 cases.”
So how is this nutjob not charged with the same exact offense?
@Crispy B,
That’s an excellent point.
The only difference is that he has some immunity as a Congressman.
Not sure if it exists here or how much protection he has. That would be something for Turley to comment on.
However he has no immunity for the fire alarm pull.
The video shows that it was no accident along with his exiting the building from a different exit.
The door pulls clearly show that if pressed an alarm will sound and in 30 seconds the door will unlock.
-G
“The only difference is that he has some immunity as a Congressman.”
Nope. The much more significant difference is that the J6 rioters interrupted an official proceeding in the Capitol Bldg., whereas Bowman didn’t interrupt any official proceeding, because he was in the Cannon Office Bldg a block away from the Capitol Bldg.
His intent was to force a govt. shutdown, and blame it on Repubs (who he hates).
That is a form of subversive sabotage. He broke the same law (impeding an official proceding of Congress) as some J6 defendants were convicted of. If a citizen pulled this stunt, he’d already be arrested and charged by now. Bowman deserves the same treatment. The brazenness is outlandish.
“His intent was to force a govt. shutdown”
Don’t pretend to be a mind-reader. You aren’t one. Aside from the fact that he voted in FAVOR of the bill.
“He broke the same law (impeding an official proceding of Congress) as some J6 defendants were convicted of.”
He didn’t. For the umpteenth time: he was in the Cannon Bldg., and the vote occurred in the Capitol Bldg a block away, and it was not slowed by what happened in another building a block away. In no way did his action impede an official proceeding.
Like most black opportunists, subterfuge, lying and criminal activity are not beyond their mentally challenged thought processes. This is normal for them.
Like most racists, Anonymous above believes when a black person does something bad it is symptomatic of the whole race.
“RACISM SCHMACISM”
Is racism unconstitutional?
Let’s ask the Founders and Framers.
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me
It looks like God does not allow infidelity or multiplicity of allegiances.
Why would people?
Are treason, backstabbing, deception, abandonment, perfidy, inconsistency, disloyalty, betrayal, etc., virtues or vices?
It sounds like the basis for collectivism, which, for those of you in Rio Linda, is communism under the Communist Manifesto, which is the inverse of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
You may find it appropriate and rewarding to relocate.
good point bubb. reminds me of that attorney joke, 95% make the others look bad.
Negative stereotyping along the lines of race reveals a person who has zero social experience outside his racial bubble. Get a real life.