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> The DC Mayor was powerless to stop the riot. My understanding is that the Mayor specifically asked other law enforcement agencies to stay away. Draw your ow

> The DC Mayor was powerless to stop the riot. My understanding is that the Mayor specifically asked other law enforcement agencies to stay away. Draw your own conspiracies from this. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-07/dc-riots-capitol-police-reject-federal-help https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-07/dc-riots-c...

dragontamer 6y ago
The DC Mayor does NOT control the Capitol Police. I know its a confusing situation. But your story has nothing to do with the DC Mayor. EDIT: For yall who are downvoting me. The Mayor controls the DC Metropolitan Police Department. A COMPLETELY different set of officers than the Capitol Police. Furthermore, the DC Mayor has no access to a National Guard militia for backup, and relies upon the President for that. That's just the facts in this matter.
- starik36 6y ago
  There is literally a letter in which she states: "To be clear, the District of Columbia is not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway." From her twitter: https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1346530358674792466%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fnews%2Fd-c-mayor-says-capitol-needed-more-robust-police-presence-after-rejecting-federal-assistance-pre-riot%2F https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?r...
  - dragontamer 6y ago
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-between-agencies-hampered-forceful-response-11610242709 https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-... Bowser was part of the group calling for reinforcements at 1:30pm. As we all know, National Guard (under orders from Pence) didn't arrive until 5:40pm. The National Guard's superiors are the DoD and the President, not the Mayor. Approval of DC National Guard reinforcements was ultimately a job that was squarely in the Trump Administration's responsibility. ------ It is clear that everyone underestimated the scope of the threat on 1/5th. But virtually everyone who was "near" the Capitol was going full-on panic mode by 2:30 (when the building was fully breached). Well, everyone except the DoD / DC National Guard for some reason. Hopefully that issue gets further investigated and we figure out what the hell happened there.

dragontamer 6y ago

The DC Mayor does NOT control the Capitol Police. I know its a confusing situation. But your story has nothing to do with the DC Mayor. EDIT: For yall who are downvoting me. The Mayor controls the DC Metropolitan Police Department. A COMPLETELY different set of officers than the Capitol Police. Furthermore, the DC Mayor has no access to a National Guard militia for backup, and relies upon the President for that. That's just the facts in this matter.

starik36 6y ago
There is literally a letter in which she states: "To be clear, the District of Columbia is not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway." From her twitter: https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1346530358674792466%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fnews%2Fd-c-mayor-says-capitol-needed-more-robust-police-presence-after-rejecting-federal-assistance-pre-riot%2F https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?r...
- dragontamer 6y ago
  https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-between-agencies-hampered-forceful-response-11610242709 https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-... Bowser was part of the group calling for reinforcements at 1:30pm. As we all know, National Guard (under orders from Pence) didn't arrive until 5:40pm. The National Guard's superiors are the DoD and the President, not the Mayor. Approval of DC National Guard reinforcements was ultimately a job that was squarely in the Trump Administration's responsibility. ------ It is clear that everyone underestimated the scope of the threat on 1/5th. But virtually everyone who was "near" the Capitol was going full-on panic mode by 2:30 (when the building was fully breached). Well, everyone except the DoD / DC National Guard for some reason. Hopefully that issue gets further investigated and we figure out what the hell happened there.