• Dark Arc@social.packetloss.gg
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    1 year ago

    Protecting the US from itself is an issue distinctly for civilian agencies… and it wasn’t that none of them failed to foresee issues… it’s that they can’t act before a crime has been committed and the capitol police were denied reinforcements.

    … and it’s really that last part that’s the crux of the issue… if capital police had been given reinforcements, there never would’ve been a Jan 6th.

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      1 year ago

      Yup, Ttere was a lot of chatter on how trump’s protest rally could easily turn violent. We’ve been slowly getting info since then that basically trump or a lackey had to give permission to send in the national guard.

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        1 year ago

        We knew that day of. I was watching that live the day that it happened and they repeatedly said that they were waiting on approval from the Whitehouse IIRC both for the capital police and for activation of the DC national guard.