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Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Where is the national guard? There was more police response for a fscking photo op!
by TehCorwiz 6y ago
Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Where is the national guard? There was more police response for a fscking photo op!
- philk10 6y agoThe Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol.
- TehCorwiz 6y agoEDIT: Source - https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080 https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080 "BREAKING: A source tells me The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol." -Aaron C. Davis (Investigative Reporter for The Washington Post)
- awnird 6y agoThe Military declined to intervene, they've taken the side of the coup.
- 0x1F8B 6y agoNo. They are taking this very slowly because it is a very serious issue. The military doesn't just start rushing into something like this. I feel like I'm going crazy listening to people make calls for the MILITARY to get involved.
- awnird 6y agoThe military got involved in Ferguson lol.
- 0x1F8B 6y agoFerguson did not involve the transfer of power of the executive branch of the USA.
- TehCorwiz 6y agoSo it's acceptable to police people protesting police violence but not those who are preventing the operation of our government? Really? What the fuck are "...enemies foreign and domestic." If not people disruption our democratic processes?
- 0x1F8B 6y agoNo it's not acceptable. But let the police get the situation under control. Why bring in the military?
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoPerhaps so. How soon, though? Not in the first half hour...
- ezluckyfree 6y agoThe national guard was deployed at BLM protestors during Trumps bible photoshoot.
- TeaDrunk 6y agoThey were deployed during ferguston and portland.
- tgb 6y agoThis is a great example of gaslighting. The speaker of the house calls for national guard deployment while rioters are literally in the House chamber. Yet we're the crazy ones for suggesting that they get involved? This is what the National Guard does, it's not begging for a military coup.
- travisoneill1 6y agoDeclining to use military force against a riot is not siding with the rioters. By your logic the military also sided with the BLM looters.
- mistermann 6y agoYikes! Should I make haste to the bomb shelter??? Please inform!
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- giantg2 6y agoLast I heard, the DC mayor requested activation of the guard, but stipulated that they not be armed nor wearing armor.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoWhew. I would think hard about putting my people in that position if I received that request.
- jacquesm 6y agoWhat makes you think they didn't think hard about it? Your elected officials are under siege.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoThen don't send the military in unarmed. You're not going to put my people out there to be punching bags (or skeet).
- adsche 6y agoJust heard on C-SPAN: "The Defense Department has just denied a request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol." Source: Washington Post reporter https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080 https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis/status/1346908166030766080
- ezluckyfree 6y agoyeah cause they're all busy staging a violent coup
- adsche 6y agoUpdate: White House says National Guard now dispatched: https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1346918582832168964 https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1346918582832168964
- pohl 6y agoMoreover, where are AG Barr’s badgeless secret police?
- onedognight 6y agoYour sentiment is apt, but Barr is no longer the AG.
- 0x1F8B 6y agoDo you want this to escalate? This would be a bad time to start making martyrs out of these people.
- akiselev 6y agoHow about before it turns into an actual coup, streaming live globally? Either put up a fight or give up on democracy.
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- 09bjb 6y agohttps://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1346888652216037376?s=21 https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/1346888652216037376?s=21
- WindyLakeReturn 6y agoI wonder how many of the current group is armed compared to past incidents were rubber bullets were used. Is it possible that there is a concern that escalating force may result in an increase in violent response? Is it like a smaller version of MAD policy, one involving guns instead of nukes. Those who have the ability to ensure MAD get different treatment than those who don't have the ability to ensure MAD.
- Lammy 6y agoTPTB want a tragedy to happen to manufacture societal consent for giving up our right to self-defense.
- dragontamer 6y agoDC's National Guard just activated. It took a few dozen minutes, but its a full 100% response with 1100 troops allegedly being deployed. I think the optimists were hoping that these protesters would calm down if given the space. But at this point, its clear that they aren't calming down and need to be met with more force. Hopefully things remain somewhat peaceful. I don't think anyone's actually been hurt yet: just lots of property damage right now.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> DC's National Guard just activated. It took a few dozen minutes The Guard was requested yesterday, in advance of the protests, to prevent this kind of thing. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d-c-mayor-calls-national-guard-pro-trump-protests-set-n1252800 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d-c-mayor-calls-nationa... Took more than a few dozen minutes.
- dragontamer 6y agoHmm, good point. I've only really been following things when shit hit the fan today. It took multiple dozens of minutes after the Capital was breached before the National Guard was called in, which is still too long in my opinion.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Tear gas was deployed and live fire (not rubber bullets) exchanged within the Capitol. But, yeah, allowing them to breach the Capitol and open fire within the building is very different than we've seen with protests with a different ideological bent. But it's consistent with how right-wing white protestors have been treated elsewhere in the country recently by law enforcement.
- djsumdog 6y agoWell they did shoot and kill a woman, and they were totally pepper spraying people by the end. But I agree, Capitol Police should have never let this even happen. They knew there was a big protest. They should have been 100% ready for this and they totally dropped the ball. Good thing very few people even went in and there was little damage. Well except for that women I mentioned. Anyone even know her name yet? Wonder if there will be murals of her.