Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach
by tsimionescu on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:46AM
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I did not say that the police should have quashed the protest or attacked it violently.
That does not mean that they should have ever allowed protesters to attack the Capitol building while Congress was in session.
It's also important that the BLM protests were not about wanting to overturn the results of the election and install their preferred candidates. The cause that is at least proclaimed by a protest movement matters, it is not just a detail when considering a valid response to it. And even so, any police officers who fought BLM protesters to keep them from attacking democratic institutions, especially those in session, were fully justified.
That does not mean that they should have ever allowed protesters to attack the Capitol building while Congress was in session.
It's also important that the BLM protests were not about wanting to overturn the results of the election and install their preferred candidates. The cause that is at least proclaimed by a protest movement matters, it is not just a detail when considering a valid response to it. And even so, any police officers who fought BLM protesters to keep them from attacking democratic institutions, especially those in session, were fully justified.