Were the Capitol Police told to stand down

[edhopper]

and stand by?

[DURHAM D]

1. Probably - white men must be protected. nt

[drray23]

2. certainly not by Speaker Pelosi.

She controls them, not Trump.

[edhopper]

6. Did not know that

thanks

[Vivienne235729]

3. I'm thinking that. The only way they can do what they do is that someone from the inside has allowed

it to happen. Capital PD needs to be fumigated from the top down. This is treasonous.

[quakerboy]

4. Any of them that happen to enjoy wearing

Pittsburgh pirates hats were.

[Hav]

5. It was mentioned that they are severely outnumbered

I think that should be taken into account before we start these kind of theories. I already think that I wouldn't have the courage to be a journalist surrounded by thousands of nazis there and I definitely wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the capitol police.

[edhopper]

7. Okay

did no one see this as a possibility, not just today, but in general.

Are there no precautions if a mob tries to take the Capitol?

[zooks]

9. Exactly. This is mind-boggling

[Hav]

15. It is terrifying how easy it seems to be to storm Congress

and get relatively close to its members.
It was obvious how many protestors were there for hours and now they have to clear out the whole building complex to find all of the protestors.

Journalists inside are getting evacuated right now to a safe place. This is scary.

[Doreen]

8. They need to bring in the police dogs.

A very high percentage of the time when people even in big crowd see the K9S they do not try to go forward. Dogs seem more threatening than guns sometimes.

[usajumpedtheshark]

10. Sure looks like it. If this was a BLM protests they would be cleaning up the blood right now

[deek]

14. you are absolutely correct ! nt

.

[jalan48]

11. Feels like it to me.

[Klaralven]

12. Capitol Police have about 1800 sworn officers. But they are more like a glorified guard force.

I'm not sure whether the DC police have any jurisdiction on the Capitol Grounds.

There's probably poor coordination between Capitol Police and DC police.

[edhopper]

16. So any armed group could storm the Capitol

and shoot up the Senate?

That's remarkable.

[Klaralven]

17. They have a small Containment & Emergency Response Team like a SWAT

That teams first priority is to move Congress to safety.

http://www.specwarnet.net/taclink/Police/WA_DC_Capital_Police_CERT.htm

[edhopper]

18. So in other words

completely unprepared for this.

[Klaralven]

19. Congresspeople have apparently never read Mao

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_power_grows_out_of_the_barrel_of_a_gun

[usajumpedtheshark]

13. And where are their fancy crowd control heat rays and sound weapons?