Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
by scoopertrooper on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:15AM
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Primary policing duties are conducted by the Capitol Police, which are controlled by the Congress. However, they aren't really equipped for managing armed insurrections. So, in situations such as these they depend on the executive branch to provide support which may come from the FBI, national guard, or other agencies, which generally requires authorisation from the President.
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Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
by throwaway316943 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:27AM
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I find the weasel word insurrection is being inserted quite a lot. It was suspiciously absent when other federal buildings were breached and vandalized earlier in the year. Calling it an armed insurrection is stretching it pretty far considering none of the videos show any armed conflict between the protesters and capital security... except for the unarmed woman who was shot in the neck and killed by security. It reeks of narrative building.
Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
by scoopertrooper on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:04AM
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Find me an example of something happening on this scale at any point in 2019. We're talking about the Capitol building being taken over by a violent mob during a join session of Congress while the Vice President was presiding.
Further, the insurrectionists were definitely armed, at least five guns were seized from among those arrested.
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/13-arrested-5-weapons-reco...
Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
by alistairSH on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:39AM
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insurrection : an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
From Merriam-Webster
Armed protestors invaded the Capitol intent on disrupting the government from certifying an election. This was quite literally an insurrection.