Still stinging from the uproar over the violent response by law enforcement to protests last June near the White House, officials also were intent on avoiding any appearance that the federal government was deploying active duty or National Guard troops against Americans.Good intentions. Wrong call. Maybe bad intel, too.
The result is the U.S. Capitol was overrun Wednesday and officers in a law enforcement agency with a large operating budget and experience in high-security events protecting lawmakers were overwhelmed for the world to see....
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was planning to resign, as was the House sergeant-at-arms, the chief security officer for the House of Representatives. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the incoming majority leader, said he will fire the Senate sergeant-at-arms.There were ample warnings that intel should have picked up on and communicated. If this happened, the intel was not acted on.
“There was a failure of leadership at the top,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said....
This is a pretty detailed piece. Massive failure of law enforcement.
Associated Press
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob
Colleen Long, Lolita Baldor, Michael Balsamo, And Nomaan Merchant
The police avoided a Kent State type event, and somehow its a massive failure. What is wrong with people?
ReplyDeleteSome allies of ours are briefing their governments that Trump attempted a coup with possible help from federal law enforcement. It does look suspiciously like the police let it happen. When you see how violent and viscous they were this summer vs them opening the gates and taking selfies with rioters this time.. a lot of people will need to be fired at a minimum and maybe prosecuted.
ReplyDeleteIts not just racial, its right wing privilege. Right wingers can get away with all sorts of stuff. We've seen it before with y'allqaeda. We saw how lefties, who were actually being peaceful, were viciously beaten in the capitol this summer, but when you're a right winger, the cops don't even plan for if you get violent despite political violence in the US overwhelmingly coming from the right.
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