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The videos don't show what you think they do. Capital Police leadership planned poorly and their leadership is at fault. They had to fall back to more secure ch

The videos don't show what you think they do. Capital Police leadership planned poorly and their leadership is at fault. They had to fall back to more secure chokepoints because they were outnumbered and overwhelmed. The cops didn't let anyone in. They killed someone and one of them was killed in the fighting. Please don't stir up trouble with fake conjecture over a 30 second clip that doesn't show what really happened. It is what caused a lot of these problems. You are making it worse.

imbnwa 6y ago
It's true the clip is a force multiplier, but that they were this level of unprepared when Trump had just won the most votes for a losing candidate in election history, when these elements had already demonstrated a willingness to bear arms in the lockdown protests earlier in the year, and that there'd been a conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, all contributes to the suspicion that collusion was a possibility, on top of their rejecting offers for help from the National Guard. But the BLM protests they were fully staffed, armed, and equipped? There's just no innocent reading of this situation at the least.
- mimikatz 6y ago
  It is accurate to say they didn't plan and they should have and it is likely that race and political leanings played into that poor planning. It isn't accurate to say the police on the ground abetted the the rioters. They clearly did not and it riles people up and erodes the faith in our public servants.
  - e40 6y ago
    They didn't just "not plan" ... listen to the NYT Daily podcast from this morning. There was an insane amount of discussion online about planning for this attack on the capital. Out in the open. I agree with the reporter, if they could easily find it, then LEOs could find it. Let's assume they knew about all this chatter. That leaves a single possibility: the leadership was sympathetic to what they knew would happen. It is very clear, when it comes to liberals and BLM protesters, then they severely give a fuck. The video of Senator-elect Warnock getting arrested for praying in the rotunda... the comparison of the two different groups is just stunning.

imbnwa 6y ago

It's true the clip is a force multiplier, but that they were this level of unprepared when Trump had just won the most votes for a losing candidate in election history, when these elements had already demonstrated a willingness to bear arms in the lockdown protests earlier in the year, and that there'd been a conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, all contributes to the suspicion that collusion was a possibility, on top of their rejecting offers for help from the National Guard. But the BLM protests they were fully staffed, armed, and equipped? There's just no innocent reading of this situation at the least.

mimikatz 6y ago
It is accurate to say they didn't plan and they should have and it is likely that race and political leanings played into that poor planning. It isn't accurate to say the police on the ground abetted the the rioters. They clearly did not and it riles people up and erodes the faith in our public servants.
- e40 6y ago
  They didn't just "not plan" ... listen to the NYT Daily podcast from this morning. There was an insane amount of discussion online about planning for this attack on the capital. Out in the open. I agree with the reporter, if they could easily find it, then LEOs could find it. Let's assume they knew about all this chatter. That leaves a single possibility: the leadership was sympathetic to what they knew would happen. It is very clear, when it comes to liberals and BLM protesters, then they severely give a fuck. The video of Senator-elect Warnock getting arrested for praying in the rotunda... the comparison of the two different groups is just stunning.