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> The videos from the Capitol demonstrate just how outmatched the police were Not sure if I understand the point you're trying to make. They shouldn't have be

> The videos from the Capitol demonstrate just how outmatched the police were Not sure if I understand the point you're trying to make. They shouldn't have been outmatched in the first place. The protest was planned and the information was extremely overt. Something went horribly wrong for this to happen.

sterlind 6y ago
Any one of those protestors could have brought in a bomb. They weren't exactly going through metal detectors. Given that a pipe bomb was found at the RNC, and a suspicious package of some sort at the DNC, I'm surprised someone didn't try. I wonder how worried security there was about explosive devices and weighing whether to open fire.
- zionic 6y ago
  And yet they didn’t. Consider the implications of that
  - Shared404 6y ago
    There was someone arrested with materials for Molotov cocktails. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/pipe-bomb-rnc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/pipe-bomb-rnc...
    - macawfish 6y ago
      I believe there were full on bombs found, as in IEDs with electronic parts.
  - munk-a 6y ago
    There were two IEDs discovered in the capital today - neither in the state house but still... super bad for security.
    - Natsu 6y ago
      One of those was at the RNC, I haven't heard of the other one yet.
  - morsch 6y ago
    We're at the stage where we're giving out merit awards for not bombing a seat of government after having stormed it?
- seanp2k2 6y ago
  Many of them were also carrying guns. No idea who thought it'd be a good idea to just stand down and let them in, but my guess is that making martyrs of them would push us closer to something like the beginning of a civil war.
krapp 6y ago
Nothing went wrong. The police overwhelmingly support Trump, they were complicit.
munk-a 6y ago
At least according to NYT[1] it seems like the police being outmatched was rather intentional. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests/trump-rebuffed-initial-requests-to-deploy-the-national-guard-to-the-capitol-pence-gave-the-go-ahead https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-pro...
smolder 6y ago
The police seem to have stood down because they are sympathetic. There's video circulating of the rioters being let through barricades by the officers manning them. I'll say it's plausible they were not prepared to resist the crowd, but the way it looks is like they wanted to participate.

sterlind 6y ago

Any one of those protestors could have brought in a bomb. They weren't exactly going through metal detectors. Given that a pipe bomb was found at the RNC, and a suspicious package of some sort at the DNC, I'm surprised someone didn't try. I wonder how worried security there was about explosive devices and weighing whether to open fire.

zionic 6y ago
And yet they didn’t. Consider the implications of that
- Shared404 6y ago
  There was someone arrested with materials for Molotov cocktails. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/pipe-bomb-rnc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/pipe-bomb-rnc...
  - macawfish 6y ago
    I believe there were full on bombs found, as in IEDs with electronic parts.
- munk-a 6y ago
  There were two IEDs discovered in the capital today - neither in the state house but still... super bad for security.
  - Natsu 6y ago
    One of those was at the RNC, I haven't heard of the other one yet.
- morsch 6y ago
  We're at the stage where we're giving out merit awards for not bombing a seat of government after having stormed it?
seanp2k2 6y ago
Many of them were also carrying guns. No idea who thought it'd be a good idea to just stand down and let them in, but my guess is that making martyrs of them would push us closer to something like the beginning of a civil war.

krapp 6y ago

Nothing went wrong. The police overwhelmingly support Trump, they were complicit.

munk-a 6y ago

At least according to NYT[1] it seems like the police being outmatched was rather intentional. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-protests/trump-rebuffed-initial-requests-to-deploy-the-national-guard-to-the-capitol-pence-gave-the-go-ahead https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/washington-dc-pro...

smolder 6y ago

The police seem to have stood down because they are sympathetic. There's video circulating of the rioters being let through barricades by the officers manning them. I'll say it's plausible they were not prepared to resist the crowd, but the way it looks is like they wanted to participate.