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I 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 consiste
by rootusrootus 6y ago
I 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.