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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by 35fbe7d3d5b9 on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:10PM (#25688747)
American history[1] shows this probably isn't a requirement - beyond a foreign military attacking, which is clearly out of scope of policing, the other attacks were acts carried out by isolated people. "Storming the gates" hasn't happened before now.

I suspect the main reason that this hasn't happened before is that very large protests/gatherings are often met with a large show of police force to ensure the protestors know this isn't an option. Why that didn't happen today will be interesting to investigate. We all probably have a theory, but what comes out of the inevitable hearings on this will be interesting to see.

[1]: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/us/us-capitol-violence-histor...

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by rayiner on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:54PM (#25689464)
They’re often not met with a show of police force. Here’s a picture of the Million Man March in the 1990s: https://images.app.goo.gl/WSvMYDK4asyav5HX7

There are hundreds of thousands of people behind the camera, going all the way to the Lincoln Memorial. You can see some security milling around, but no large show of police force.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by mumblemumble on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:14PM (#25689801)
The Million Man March's attendance didn't include people with an established history of bringing weapons and wearing body armor at ostensibly peaceful demonstrations.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by chroem- on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:06PM (#25691684)
That couldn't be further from the truth. A large group of Black Panthers armed with assault weapons stormed the CA capitol in 1967 as part of a protest.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/history/article148667224.h...

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by mumblemumble on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:53PM (#25692666)
That was almost 3 decades before the Million Man March, and a completely different organization.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by selimthegrim on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:35PM (#25696408)
The Fruit of Islam weren’t there?
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:53PM (#25690354)
The Bonus Army protests weren't entirely without conflict.
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