#leo ryan

[unos-way]

Leo Ryan at Jonestown settlement in Guyana

1978

[greyhoundone]

[cleowho]

“That ship’s closing in on us.”

The Wheel in Space - season 05 - 1968

[isaacsapphire]

Jan 6 was allowed to happen because no one anywhere gave the slightest shit about it until long after. A few cops, a few protestors, a few senators dying is a non-event to either FBI or CIA or whoever had the capacity to look at it and alert the authorities or whatever. The machine that presided over the invasion of Iraq and destruction of Libya does not care about a few dozen corpses at the capitol.

Senators being killed is a big deal; Leo Ryan's death was a big deal. The FBI industriously investigates thousands of potential attacks and threats less serious than January 6 was every year. On a meta level, the election of the president and the physical integrity of the Capitol building is about as basic as it gets.

[cleowho]

“That justified risking two lives?”

The Wheel in Space - season 05 - 1968

[isaacsapphire]

Thank you for defending Leo Ryan. I am distantly related to him through a common ancestor and too often. he's either the Forgotten Victim - or he is blamed for "putting himself in harm's way". Senator Ryan was trying to help people escape. Nothing could possibly excuse or justify Jim Jones ordering his murder.

Oh, thanks. His death seems to be either a weird footnote/inciting incident of the People's Temple massacre, or a political/security/personal protection inside baseball thing, but like, he was trying to help and doing the kind of nosy hands on stuff that senators should.

[cleowho]

“Grab him? What for?”

The Wheel in Space - season 05 - 1968

[famousdeaths]

Leo Ryan : Born May 5, 1925 : Died November 18, 1978

Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congre...

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