> What else would you call a fully armed force not using armed force to prevent rioters (all but a handful unarmed) from entering a prohibited area? I've seen

> What else would you call a fully armed force not using armed force to prevent rioters (all but a handful unarmed) from entering a prohibited area? I've seen no evidence for that 'all but a handful unarmed' claim. I have seen interviews with Capitol Police saying they were afraid to use their firearms because they believed they were massively outgunned and would be killed if a serious gunfight broke out. Even allowing for that hypothetical though, the allegedly unarmed mob a massive tactical advantage[1]: > “We weren’t battling 50 or 60 rioters in this tunnel,” he said in the first public account from D.C. police officers who fought to protect the Capitol during last week’s siege. “We were battling 15,000 people. It looked like a medieval battle scene.” > Rioters swarmed, battering the officers with metal pipes peeled from scaffolding and a pole with an American flag attached, police said. Both were struck with stun guns. Fanone suffered a mild heart attack and drifted in and out of consciousness. > All the while, the mob was chanting “U.S.A.” over and over and over again. > “We got one! We got one!” Fanone said he heard rioters shout. “Kill him with his own gun!” [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/dc-police-capitol-riot/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/dc-police...