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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by vorpalhex on Thursday January 07, 2021 @10:59AM (#25672477)
Sorry, were the protestors who burned down a police station or occupied a block of Seattle unarmed? I'm pretty sure they had rifles, compared to our insurrectionists which had.. flagpoles?

Or is trespassing on federal property worth a death sentence now?

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by TheCoelacanth on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:22PM (#25677686)
She was literally charging at the people the police were protecting.

You could not come up with a more justified police shooting.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by zaroth on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:50PM (#25678055)
It’s always a tragedy when police have to kill a assailant instead of apprehending them. Particularly when the assailant is unarmed.

There have been countless situations more dangerous to the lives of police or bystanders than this, where the assailant was not killed. But perhaps none with so many “important” people in the same room.

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Re:Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach by zaroth on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:27PM (#25681507)
Edit: Graphic video of the police shooting. [1]

They could have easily arrested her. They shot and killed her instead. She had no weapon and had made no physical contact with any officer. Just shot as she came through the door.

At the same time, there are a half dozen well armed officers on the same side of the door as the protestors who are not being attacked and freely arrive at the scene within seconds of the shooting.

[1] - https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1347076676342185984?...

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