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Re:Senators issued satellite phones, offered demos on upgrad... by Retric on Saturday May 27, 2023 @08:38PM (#36099957)
I think you’re understating what happened.

Several people were seriously injured in the January 6 incident/riot/insurrection. 138 police officers were officially injured in the line of duty on that day and they caused 2.7 million dollars in damages.

There are multiple death’s associated with the event though only the single death of a rioter by gunshot wound is a direct result of physical conflict. Still that’s far more than just some broken windows.

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Re:Senators issued satellite phones, offered demos on upgrad... by LinuxBender on Saturday May 27, 2023 @08:41PM (#36099978)
I agree with all of that and would add that it could have all been avoided if they had not redirected the on-site national guard members to go hang out and eventually sleep for a month in a parking garage. The initial wave of 7000 troops would have been more than enough to keep everyone 500 feet from the building.
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