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Still a question remains that why the military went there instead of just the police? Generally the military is trained in killing people and the police in dees

Still a question remains that why the military went there instead of just the police? Generally the military is trained in killing people and the police in deescalation and keeping order inside the country. I’m still very optimistic for the US. I’m not a Joe Biden fan, but the people who he selected so far look knowledgable, which is a big improvement over many other countries.

klmadfejno 6y ago
Because there were people there hoping to kill political leaders and the police did not have control of the situation.
- Amezarak 6y ago
  The DoJ is now walking back those claims. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/15/qanon-shaman-trump-kill-pardon/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/15/qanon-shama... > On Friday, however, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Allison walked back the claim of an assassination plot, saying that while it “may very well be appropriate at a trial,” raising it at this stage could “mislead the court.” [...] > We don’t have any direct evidence of kill/capture teams,” Sherwin said at a Friday news briefing. NB: It never ceases to surprise me that people take the public statements of the FBI/DoJ with its long history of overzealous and often illegal overreaches very uncritically. We're talking about an organization (the FBI) that was controlled by one of the most corrupt men in US political history for nearly half of its existence - J Edgar Hoover. Nothing much has changed. It doesn't matter which side of the political spectrum you are, they are not your friend - they both tried to blackmail MLK into killing himself and sent snipers to murder a hard-right woman holding a baby at Ruby Ridge.
mhh__ 6y ago
The military seem to be, frankly, much better trained than the police. The US military has lots of recent experience in managing situations far more dangerous involving civilians in Afghanistan and The middle East. In contrast the US police are infamously shoot-first questions-later. Biden'd day1 plan has been leaked, it's all good to my eye, although he has a gargantuan task dealing with COVID and rebuilding trust in the government.
miga 6y ago
There was military coup in 2014. In 2016, junta leader gave officers of the army were given police powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police#Army_deputized_as_police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police#Army_deputiz...
Retric 6y ago
First police failed to control the situation. But, to make a long story short Republican governor Larry Hogan sent them in. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-hogan-leaders-of-congress-pleaded-with-maryland-to-send-aid-to-the-capitol/ar-BB1cyYSE https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-hogan-leaders-of... As to why, this goes back to the constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 15, and Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard

klmadfejno 6y ago

Because there were people there hoping to kill political leaders and the police did not have control of the situation.

Amezarak 6y ago
The DoJ is now walking back those claims. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/15/qanon-shaman-trump-kill-pardon/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/15/qanon-shama... > On Friday, however, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Allison walked back the claim of an assassination plot, saying that while it “may very well be appropriate at a trial,” raising it at this stage could “mislead the court.” [...] > We don’t have any direct evidence of kill/capture teams,” Sherwin said at a Friday news briefing. NB: It never ceases to surprise me that people take the public statements of the FBI/DoJ with its long history of overzealous and often illegal overreaches very uncritically. We're talking about an organization (the FBI) that was controlled by one of the most corrupt men in US political history for nearly half of its existence - J Edgar Hoover. Nothing much has changed. It doesn't matter which side of the political spectrum you are, they are not your friend - they both tried to blackmail MLK into killing himself and sent snipers to murder a hard-right woman holding a baby at Ruby Ridge.

mhh__ 6y ago

The military seem to be, frankly, much better trained than the police. The US military has lots of recent experience in managing situations far more dangerous involving civilians in Afghanistan and The middle East. In contrast the US police are infamously shoot-first questions-later. Biden'd day1 plan has been leaked, it's all good to my eye, although he has a gargantuan task dealing with COVID and rebuilding trust in the government.

miga 6y ago

There was military coup in 2014. In 2016, junta leader gave officers of the army were given police powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police#Army_deputized_as_police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police#Army_deputiz...

Retric 6y ago

First police failed to control the situation. But, to make a long story short Republican governor Larry Hogan sent them in. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-hogan-leaders-of-congress-pleaded-with-maryland-to-send-aid-to-the-capitol/ar-BB1cyYSE https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gov-hogan-leaders-of... As to why, this goes back to the constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 15, and Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard