Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
by vel0city on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:45AM
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Washington, D.C. is very much a commuter and tourist town. Its population might be 705k, but the average number of people in the city on a given day is much higher. Tons of people who work in D.C. live in Virginia and Maryland and commute. I don't think I need to really get into why its kind of a major tourist destination. It does not surprise me they have a much higher people per officer than the average town.
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Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours
by michaelt on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:15AM
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True - what I'm trying to say is: Although DC cops can easily be outnumbered by protesters, in pure numbers DC isn't under-staffed by national standards.
Even the most self-sufficient of cities would find their cops outnumbered in such a situation.