User blog comment:Pawn of Atlas/Contradictions about Fontaine's and Drinkable Plasmids/@comment-1500935-20140505140402/@comment-75.36.136.164-20140506061419

"and any other people who would start blaming Ryan for Fontaine's death"

or not. With Fontaine outed as a major criminal few would be against the action  to arrest him. People who "blaming Ryan for Fontaine's death" could be publicly ridiculed, no point in 'locking them up'. Remember with all the crimes  Fontaine was behind, Ryan had to wait for proper proof before sending Raptures lawmen to arrest him.

Later during the later emergency of the Civil War with Altas attacking and killing citizens was a whole nuther situation. People siding with the murderers and advocating overthrow/insurrection against lawful order in a time of war could be locked up for Sedition.