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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by bcrosby95 on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:39PM (#25690848)
They should beef up security. And keep it open. And not so obvious.

The simple fact of the matter is that a violent riot stormed the capitol building and nearly overwhelmed local forces. Congress asked for extra help and it wasn't provided. Governors asked if they could send in the guard to help and the man whom stoked the riot gave no permission.

It's a fucking miracle that January 6th wasn't one of the worst days in the history of the US.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by JoeAltmaier on Friday January 08, 2021 @04:44PM (#25690920)
Um, the police waved them through. It was in cooperation with Capitol police. No 'overwhelming' necessary. Which is worrisome in a whole nother way. https://twitter.com/bumbera_steven/status/134727096998817382... <edit> video
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by bcrosby95 on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:24PM (#25691326)
8 second videos don't tell much of a story. That is them falling back because they didn't have enough people to hold the perimeter.

Here is a longer video of them at one of the entrances of the building: https://youtu.be/cJOgGsC0G9U?t=140

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by JoeAltmaier on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:50PM (#25691548)
My mistake. It was a chaotic, violent situation. I shouldn't make snap judgements from cherry-picked shots. Sorry.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by O_H_E on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:30PM (#25694712)
One gotta love a reply like that these days. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for being an awesome human being.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by pc86 on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:18PM (#25691261)
You've seen different footage than I have, then.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by dxdm on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:10PM (#25691179)
Look at the videos, no waving through going on, quite the opposite. One woman was shot by police and died.
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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by kube-system on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:12PM (#25691207)
They should have appropriate security when large events are going on outside. But I sure hope we do not see barricades between representatives and their constituents on a normal day. Democracies rely on trust in both directions.
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