NR | 1h 25m | Documentary | 2024
In the United States today, there are so many hot-button issues that are happening at the same time—together, these can seem utterly mind-boggling. In the vast majority of these issues, the line dividing American opinions has opened into an enormous chasm.
Whether the issues pertain to warfare overseas, the broken U.S.-Mexican border, the never-ending COVID-19 pandemonium, the troubled economy, or the ever-rising crime rates—just to name a few—if you’re living in America these days, chances are that your opinion probably lays on one side of these issues, or the other (with some exceptions, of course).
“Many Jan. 6 stories have been hidden or muted amid the loudly proclaimed narrative that the day was the worst tragedy since the War of 1812,” Mr. Hanneman said. “In ‘The Long Road Home,’ we tell some of these hidden stories. We highlight the two-tier system of justice, mistreatment of nonviolent defendants, twisting of court evidence, the devastating impact on families—and the rise of hope in the face of injustice.”
Interestingly, the mass media hasn’t compared any of their Jan. 6 stories to the American Revolution of 1776.
Although it has been three years since the event on Jan. 6, the subsequent prosecutions of the Americans who were at the U.S. Capitol that day aren’t subsiding. If anything, the hunt for those involved is ramping up, resulting in over 1,000 people being arrested across the country, and around half of those folks being incarcerated. They’ve been convicted of charges ranging from assaulting, resisting, or impeding government officers and employees, to seditious conspiracy. Overall, their punishments have vastly outmatched any of their purported crimes.
Needless to say, these federal pursuances have reached a feverish pitch amid Joe Biden’s decree that homegrown terrorism (aka “white supremacy”) is the single “most dangerous terrorist threat” to the nation. Since those who participated in the events of Jan. 6 have been labeled “domestic terrorists,” you can see how federal enforcement agencies have been able to boost their budgets to curtail these alleged threats.
This documentary is full of informative interviews with a wide range of top political analysts and legal experts. However, perhaps the most compelling revelations come from those most affected by the Jan. 6 prosecutions: the folks who’ve been directly targeted by the authorities after being labeled domestic terrorists, as well as the FBI whistleblowers who were demonized by their own agency.
Take, for instance, Thomas and Dawn Munn, who live in Borger, Texas, with their three daughters. Like many patriotic Americans, the Munns traveled to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and were later identified by authorities using biometrics technology. Although the Munns were nonviolent and sought shelter in the Capitol after being pushed into it by the crowd, they were later subject to a dynamic, no-knock FBI raid on their home, battering ram and all.
The Munns go on to say that after being arrested and charged with various federal crimes, they began receiving death threats and hate mail. One person on social media even put up a post of the Munns being hanged from a tree in their own front yard.
Fellow patriot American Steven Friend, a 12-year veteran of the FBI and a father of two, thought he had his career set when he moved to work at an FBI post in Daytona Beach, Florida. That post was in the newly formed Joint Terrorism Task Force, or JTTF, which is aimed at hunting down Jan. 6 protestors.
However, when he started to become aware of certain legal discrepancies taking place within the FBI, such as potential breaches of due process, he contacted his superiors. Although Mr. Friend addressed his concerns of the FBI’s abuse of powers, he was ultimately labeled as “insubordinate” and “a bad team player.” The day after his initial complaint, Mr. Friend received an email from FBI higher-ups, stating that he was being removed from the JTTF and was henceforth considered to be absent without leave (AWOL).
“The Real Story of January 6 Part 2: The Long Road Home” is a highly informative documentary that exposes many of the stories that have been covered up. As The Epoch Times senior investigative reporter Joshua Philipp puts it: “This documentary provides facts that the public is being prevented from seeing. The story of January 6 is among the most important yet heavily censored in the country. And presenting these facts is important for the future of our nation.”
Indeed, this is must-see viewing for all American citizens, regardless of their political views.
