Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by dragonwriter on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:20PM (#25689883)

> I don't want the capitol to be a fortress, but they need to prevent stuff like this.

And they would have, had the Trump Administration not denied the D.C Mayor's request the day before for the D.C. National Guard to be deployed.

The Administration also delayed approval of requests by Virginia and Maryland to send Guard units to the Capitol in response to urgent calls for aid from Congressional leaders when it became clear the MPD and Capitol Police were overwhelmed.

Of course, it's a problem when the person inciting the insurrection has authority over important components of the security against it.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by tomp on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:57PM (#25691614)

Do you have a source for this? I read that it was actually the other way around:

> A new report Thursday revealed that Sund turned down an offer from the FBI and the National Guard to help cops in the event of unrest.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/capitol-police-chief-steven-su...

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by cmrdporcupine on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:25PM (#25689955)

They (the people inciting it) were literally dancing and having a party and watching the start of the chaos on livestream while it went down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZQDgBSSYjI

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