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It is despicable how tepid the police response to armed rioters storming the Capitol has been compared to the response to BLM protests over the summer.
by shadowfacts 6y ago
It is despicable how tepid the police response to armed rioters storming the Capitol has been compared to the response to BLM protests over the summer.
- commandlinefan 6y agoOther than political viewpoints, I don't really see much difference.
- ShakataGaNai 6y agoBLM they had military out in full force, even though BLM was non-violent protests. Flip side this terrorism event was known to be coming and they did very little to prepare for it. Nor are they stopping it with any great haste.
- entropicdrifter 6y agoWell, now the National Guard has been deployed, so I suspect we'll soon see a sharp change in atmosphere
- cltby 6y agoThe BLM riots cost about $1-2 billion dollars of property damage [1]. Taking as given the standard gov't value of life of $9M, this works out to 110-220 life equivalents. This would qualify the BLM riots as one of the deadliest terror attacks to ever happen on US soil. [1] https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a4...
- _-david-_ 6y agoHundreds of the BLM protests were violent (7%).
- meragrin_ 6y ago> BLM they had military out in full force, even though BLM was non-violent protests. The military only became involved after local governments gave "protesters" space over multiple days and emboldened the idiots to the point local police were overwhelmed.
- jMyles 6y ago> It is despicable how tepid the police response Having been gassed and flashbanged all summer in Portland while protesting for Black Lives, the last word I can imagine using to describe police restraint is "despicable." I don't wish that shit on anybody.
- adsche 6y agoYeah. I understand the unfortunate symbolism of right-wing intruders taking the chambers but I still think in terms of injuries/ fatalities while staff and lawmakers were evacuated, this was a successful de-escalation. (This [well, 'taking' the parliament] happened in Germany, too, and no-one was talking about it anymore days later because nothing really happened.) It is unfortunate though, that this strategy is only seemingly applied to white people.
- alikim 6y ago> It is unfortunate though, that this strategy is only seemingly applied to white people. It is much more than unfortunate.
- xauronx 6y agoI think the double standards are despicable.
- shadowfacts 6y agoYou're right, practicing restraint is very important. What I meant is that the difference itself is what's despicable. An actively hostile, antagonistic response to protestors who were almost entirely peaceful versus doing almost nothing to impede armed rioters breaking into the Capitol.
- cltby 6y agoIt seems widely agreed that 93% of BLM protests were peaceful [1]. That remaining 7% slice was responsible for $1-2 billion of property damage [2], on par with a serious natural disaster. I don't know how someone can continue to use the "mostly peaceful" line with a straight face. [1] https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/ https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/ [2] https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a4...
- awnird 6y agoThe police specifically allowed the terrorists into the building. They are on the same side. https://twitter.com/i/status/1346924307692318723 https://twitter.com/i/status/1346924307692318723
- pat2man 6y agoOr perhaps they were more focused on getting the people inside to safety than they were about the actual physical building.
- IgorPartola 6y agohttps://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=09 https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520?s=0... And, you know, taking selfies with them.
- nsilvestri 6y agoThe point stands: the summer BLM protests in DC were marching in the closed-off streets around the White House and were met with even stronger resistance from the police.
- RIMR 6y agoWhy would capital police escort armed rioters into the Senate building for "safety" if their job is to ensure the safety of the Senate building, Senators, and staff? This is a backwards argument. The police didn't do their jobs. They were even seen taking selfies with the trespassers: https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520 https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1346920198461419520
- rattray 6y agoWow, that's unbelievable. What possible explanation could there be for this?
- bradlys 6y ago84% of police are Trump voters. That's the explanation.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoWhat evidence do you have that they are armed? In every piece of media I've seen, no one has anything in their hands.
- kgog 6y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests#police-in-washington-seize-5-guns-and-arrest-at-least-13-during-violent-capitol-protest https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-pro...
- meragrin_ 6y agoOnly 5 guns? Then why didn't "BLM protesters" qualify for "armed rioters"? They were armed with far more than the Trump supporters I have seen.
- adjkant 6y agoNYT is reporting at least 5 guns seized so far, 13 arrested. Early numbers and not hard to extrapolate that many who got out when it was open season could also be armed. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests#police-in-washington-seize-5-guns-and-arrest-at-least-13-during-violent-capitol-protest https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-pro...
- Rapzid 6y agoDon't forget the explosive devices neutralized by the police.
- OCASM 6y agoWere they destroying property and throwing molotov cocktails at them like Antifa/BLM did over the summer?
- ASinclair 6y agoYes. They were smashing windows and doors in the Capitol. They destroyed press cameras and other recording equipment. I didn't see any reports of molotov cocktails explicitly but they were using pepper spray and other similar sprays against the police.
- OCASM 6y agoObstacles to get in, as opposed to BLM's/Antifa's indiscriminate violence and destruction against anything and anybody nearby.
- LeifCarrotson 6y agoI think they've responded well. All the congresspeople were evacuated safely, I expect that if they had any chance of causing harm there the police response would have skyrocketed. What you had after the evacuation was complete was just a few fools breaking some windows, posing on the dias for Twitter likes, and wandering the hallways. I'm surprised they haven't spray painted their message on the walls yet. Government property gets vandalized all the time, and can be replaced. The last thing you want to do is to kill these people who have been trapped in a cult of disinformation and turn them into martyrs, possibly building into a civil war. Currently, the response makes them look weak, but at the end of the day they'll all just leave, hopefully without loss of life. That civil war must be avoided at all costs, and if a tepid-looking response, a few of them getting away without being arrested, a few panes of glass, and some carpet cleaning are what that costs, then I'm more than happy to pay it. I'm less enthusiastic about the criminals at the top escaping prison time, as Joe Biden seems intent on allowing per his messaging, but again, if prosecuting everyone complicit in the previous administration's crimes has a 1% chance of inciting civil war, well, it's just not worth it.
- meragrin_ 6y agoDo you have any evidence of armed rioters storming anything? The only video I have seen is people "armed" with flags, signs, banners, phones, and cameras. Has anyone been beaten to a pulp? Have buildings been looted, vandalized, or burned down yet? "BLM protests" gained a well deserved reputation before the police responses became aggressive. I don't recall the police doing much of anything until after they allowed "peaceful protesters" to storm and burn down the police precinct and the rioting/looting began.
- _coveredInBees 6y agoSeveral instances where they vandalized and destroyed tens of thousands of dollars of camera equipment belonging to reporters https://twitter.com/shomaristone/status/1346941715895250949 https://twitter.com/shomaristone/status/1346941715895250949 https://twitter.com/Journo_Christal/status/1346945835368501249 https://twitter.com/Journo_Christal/status/13469458353685012... Also, WTF do you mean by any evidence of buildings being looted or vandalized? Have you stuck your head in sand or not seen the rioters destroying shit in the Capitol? Just look up any legitimate media source or anything on twitter from today. They also fucking placed pipe bombs and explosives in several locations.