I don't get this. Where are the people being led out in handcuffs? Why is no one being arrested?
To play Devils advocate, they had barricaded the doors inside a Government building against a crowd that could possibly be armed and had guns directed at them and no doubt ordered them to stand down to no avail. We don't know how deep they were into the building except that it was a tight corridor, if this was the last line of defence and they were defending civilians/officials then they have no option.
A lot of this boils down to the pent up rage that there was a black man who was President.
I had the same thinking when I saw someone else make that suggestion. And to be clear, he discharged his firearm, that alone should start an investigation, questions need to be asked about the communication between units because he could have injured other police officers who were climbing the stairs. But this situation shouldn't be likened to normal protests.
Yeah, I definitely agree with this. But that's also what I mean when I say this could have been avoided with a more competent police force.
Well the police didn't, they seem to have tried to stagger the crazies but not really stop them getting through. They were outnumbered and under equipped so what else could they do.
50 something but they’re all suspected Antifa spies who infiltrated a peaceful demonstration.
You could argue that the BLM protests started in other cities and grew in momentum, by the time they were barricading the Capitol, it was due to the seemingly growing and inevitable tide that was heading that way.
I don't like unarmed civilians being shot.
No mate, the excuse was that this was the US capitol building.
Particularly when they were allegedly finding pipe bombs at the same time.
True.
Never a fan of people being shot, but what exactly did she expect to happen?
They were definitely late getting involved and that does seem to have been politically motivated. What I was referring to was the level of violence in that video, when they finally did turn up.
I think most people watching yesterday's madness unfold would agree that the police used the least amount of force that they reasonably could. And then some. It was embarrassing how easy it was for those rioters/terrorists to storm the fecking Capitol.
I’ve subsequently clarified my point. There was a serious delay in dealing with this. They left them unchallenged for far too long. Once they belatedly got the go ahead to start cracking heads they seemed to do this no less enthusiastically than usual. As per the video shared by @Eboue above.
"It's just a flashbang."
I'd agree but the situation is different. Unarmed black people getting shot has usually been on the street. This is a mob that broke into the US Capitol and continue to push further inside. With doors barricaded and guns aimed at them to deter them, they still persisted. Who's to say if that woman got through, it wouldn't just continue to snowball (as it seemed to do from the get go).
This date and protests had been planned for over two weeks. Every Proud Boy and Trumpist had vowed to be there. The internet was flooded with pictures of deplorables with their guns threatening to storm DC. WTF did the police and security services think was going to happen...Trump would placate the crowd?
That he knows full well, but is trying to play smart.
So the people with guns have barricaded the door and have drawn guns clearly trying to hold the line at the door.
Stick to licking boots when they are killing the right people for you.
Excellent point, all in fancy dress having a laugh, especially when they’re apparently there for a reason?
Exactly right. Domestic terrorism is what this was.
Yep. It's the entitlement. They don't even think they are doing anything wrong.
I thought this last night...it's basically an attack on democracy which in the past is the line that is used when terrorism happens. "It's an attack on our democracy".
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