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I agree, that was an insane thing to do for those protests. It still bothers me. But I think we should all be in favor of the police response being more restra
by californical 6y ago
I agree, that was an insane thing to do for those protests. It still bothers me.
But I think we should all be in favor of the police response being more restrained and minimizing force, like we saw this week. We should be advocating for more of this in general.
- rootusrootus 6y agoI am in favor for the police having a more intelligent response and careful use of force. But I think it is significantly more important that they are consistent; playing favorites seriously undermines their credibility and by extension the safety of all of us. I am also in favor of protecting our legislative process with absurd levels of security when there is a known risk and tensions are so high. The police really screwed this up royally. I would like to know why. And not conspiracy theories, but actual root cause.
- dragontamer 6y agoA big source of confusion was authority. While the Congressmen were hiding in the bunker for an hour, they sent out many phone calls pleading for help. * Pentagon / DoD didn't want to get involved. * Maryland's Governor didn't want to get involved without DoD approval. * Eventually, they got to Mike Pence who authorized the DoD to help out. Once the DoD deployed the National Guard, Maryland / Virginia was willing to help out too. * The Mayor didn't have power to deploy the Guard. Only the President had that power.