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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by rayiner on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:58PM (#25689540)
The Capitol Police generally don’t (and aren’t equipped to) repel a mob entering the building. That wasn’t just for this event. It’s always like this.

Trump’s “show of force” during the BLM protests (where he brought in the national guard) was an aberration for that reason.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by chrisco255 on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:19PM (#25690658)
This isn't the first mass protest in DC. Why is this the first time they were able to get into the Capitol while in session?
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by rhino369 on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:29PM (#25690762)
Typically they don't try to. But people have gotten into the capitol to interrupt things before.

Five Congressmen were shot by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the house in the 50s.

Protestors interrupt things fairly often. Happened during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and again during the vote.

This is probably the most overwhelmed the Capitol has been since the British captured it.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by s1artibartfast on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:14PM (#25691755)
Here is a great link from downtrend: https://twitter.com/EgSophie/status/1048634940169048064

It would be interesting to see exactly how often the capitol police have been overwhelmed and civilians have entered the building or chosen not to.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by Gibbon1 on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:22PM (#25690685)
Wasn't a protest, it was an attempt at a coup. And the president set the game to easy level.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by djsumdog on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:39PM (#25690856)
> attempt at a coup

You have a very very low bar for what you think an attempted coup was.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by Gibbon1 on Friday January 08, 2021 @10:53PM (#25696628)
Chased congress out their chambers while they were preparing to certify the next president. Murdered a police officer in the process.

Your definition of a low bar different than mine.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by rhino369 on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:13PM (#25691211)
Who knows what Trump was attempting. He should definitely be investigated.

But the riot was a riot. There was no organization and no attempt to take the government and rule it. It was vandalism.

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