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Also from the Associated Press - the National Guard was oddly absent from all of this, when they are normally involved [1]. Can that be a fact? Here's Congres
by ChrisLomont 6y ago
Also from the Associated Press - the National Guard was oddly absent from all of this, when they are normally involved [1]. Can that be a fact?
Here's Congress already asking the same questions, and a few more facts supporting surprisingly bad and out of character police behavior [2]. This is only 1 day after the event - give it a few to see if it takes off.
The statements by trained intelligence professional are not facts? Sometimes by looking at evidence and seeing there is likely more going one leads one to dig and find more facts, right?
Many in law enforcement have called what happened ridiculously surprising. Assuming it was all just random bad luck and not investigating it in detail is a sure way screw up again, whether it was bad luck or had some component of insider issues.
Certainly Congress has fired some people over it, some have resigned, and it looks like Congress is certainly going to investigate.
Just a few months ago capitol police certainly had multiple layers of police around the Capitol building, so it's clear they can do that. This time they didn't, despite being given ample warning many in the crowd have been posting for weeks they will storm the building.
So I don't know either way, and neither do you, but these questions are from reputable sources, not some far out left wing rag, so it's worth looking into them.
[1] https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/01/national-guard-troops-noticeably-absent-as-pro-trump-mob-swarms-capitol.html https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/01/national-guard-troops-...
[2] https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawmakers-demand-answers-outrage-explodes-us-capitol-policing/story?id=75120929 https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawmakers-demand-answers-outrage-e...
- neartheplain 6y ago>So I don't know either way You should have started and ended here. The officer who died to protect the Congress was still clinging to life when you accused him and his colleagues of treason. We will find out soon enough if the Capitol Police Chief took part in any real or imagined conspiracies. That has no bearing on the demonstrated actions and loyalty to the Constitution of the vast majority of DC police officers.
- bilbo0s 6y agoI don't think anyone is accusing the officers who were doing their jobs of failures, but military sense demands we investigate why the other security personnel were not on site. That's just security 101.
- ChrisLomont 6y ago>The officer who died to protect the Congress was still clinging to life when you accused him and his colleagues of treason. How did you possibly jump to me claiming all officers were complicit? Nowhere was I, or any source I posted, even close to that claim. And trying emotional manipulation over a dying and now dead officer I find disgusting. I'm done.
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- neartheplain 6y agoI confused your username with the OP commenter, whose remark prompted my initial reply: > This was, in fact, an insurrection, fighting between the President and the Congress. And the local police took the President's side. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25680210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25680210 Apologies, your usernames are similar and you seemed to support their point.