Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.:

It is very surprising that they were not better prepared from a security point to deal with it.

Exactly. They were prepared during the primaries, during the other riots that occurred in DC.

Why was this different?

[jon-nyc]

I'm sure it'll come out.

[Copper]

One difference is that the protesters actually pay for this building

[Loki]

As a said before this was entirely foreseeable and preventable. Like a stampede in a stadium. It’s almost criminal for who is responsible. It’s so bad it needs to be investigated to see if direction was given from above to stand down, low profile, compromise standard procedures. I am not saying that is what happened but yesterday should have never ever happened the way it did.

And the pictures are ridiculous. I guess they fit the category of domestic terorists but they look as much like selfies in high places as anything else.

[Jolly]

@george-k said in Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.:

@taiwan_girl said in Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.:

It is very surprising that they were not better prepared from a security point to deal with it.

Exactly. They were prepared during the primaries, during the other riots that occurred in DC.

Why was this different?

Because they needed the optics?

[Copper]

Yes, obviously, Ivar the Boneless was inside the Capitol just waiting for them to enter

[taiwan_girl]

@jolly said in Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.:

@george-k said in Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.:

@taiwan_girl said in Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready.:

It is very surprising that they were not better prepared from a security point to deal with it.

Exactly. They were prepared during the primaries, during the other riots that occurred in DC.

Why was this different?

Because they needed the optics?

You think President Trump minimized security so that the US would see how frustrated people were about the vote?

I am not a fan of President Trump but I seriously doubt that.

I think it was just poor planning and underestimate of what would happen.

[Copper]

I think he meant that the anti-Trump forces wanted the Trump people to look bad

So, they made it easy to look bad

[jon-nyc]

He means that no matter how badly his side behaves it's the other side's fault.

[Loki]

It’s either a total breakdown of security or orders from on high. Both need to be investigated and the truth will come out. We can speculate all day long and we will but we will absolutely find out and regardless people will be fired.

What happened yesterday was gross, shameful and needless.