Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach
by alkonaut on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:40AM
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I hope it's investigated thuroughly. That said, I don't think that being apparently "nice" to protestors is necessarily a convincing proof that you are somehoe "letting it happen". If you are outnumbered and the situation isn't directly threatening, then it may be better to keep the situation from becoming threatening while you call for reinforcemens. Then the problem was that they were outnumbered to begin with, which could shift blame upwards. It's going to be obvious from investigating communications, whether reinforcements were called in, how quickly they were sent.
Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach
by Mauricebranagh on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:11AM
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Sickening when you consider the sacrifice of PC Keith Palmer who "un armed" stopped a knife wielding attacker attempting to breach the Houses of parliament.
Oh no, the police let them through, there's clips showing they literally opened the gates, pictures of them taking selfies, etc. It's the "blue lives matter" subculture within those groups, where the police think they're on their side and the protestors think the police is on their side. The policemen involved should be fired and charged with dereliction of duty and conspiracy or something like that. Of course, there should have been a lot more (riot) police active as well, since it was known in advance it was going to be a bad protest.