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Wawannabe

(5,674 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 12:06 AM Jan 2021

How many here think the FBI and other law enforcement...

Ought to issue a warning (as in consequences) to those who would attack Federal and State Capitols in the coming days?

Do you wonder, as I do, why there is only a warning for all of these places to be ready for it?

Why not tell the insurgents what they face in committing similar acts to Wednesday, January 6, 2021? It seems imperative to be out in front of this since there has been VERY LITTLE reparations so far.



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How many here think the FBI and other law enforcement... (Original Post) Wawannabe Jan 2021 OP
I think when they show up and see the sheer Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #1
I absolutely think they should issue a warning MontanaMama Jan 2021 #2
I expect search warrants and arrests to be the only "warning" insurgents get from FBI hvn_nbr_2 Jan 2021 #3
They have a right to gather peacefully. NoRoadUntravelled Jan 2021 #4
Yup SheltieLover Jan 2021 #5
Definately a warning occupant Jan 2021 #6
After only 1 person showed up to the protest in San Francisco, I am wondering if the protests Quixote1818 Jan 2021 #7

Phoenix61

(17,009 posts)
1. I think when they show up and see the sheer
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 12:21 AM
Jan 2021

numbers of police, National Guard etc in full riot gear they’ll get the picture.

MontanaMama

(23,333 posts)
2. I absolutely think they should issue a warning
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 12:38 AM
Jan 2021

that states lethal force will be used for anyone breaching a security line with no credentials. I am highly skeptical that Traitor45 supporters haven’t infiltrated FBI, Secret Service and National Guard, however. I am really nervous about it.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,486 posts)
3. I expect search warrants and arrests to be the only "warning" insurgents get from FBI
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:18 AM
Jan 2021

I think it's becoming clear that a lot more people were involved in the insurrection than the actual participants, and I think the FBI is on it. The plans for Jan. 17 and onward make it urgent. I expect arrests and searches of militia types not directly related to Jan. 6 ("American Guy Fawkes Day"?) before Jan. 17.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
4. They have a right to gather peacefully.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 01:21 AM
Jan 2021

They know that an attack on the United States Government carries heavy consequences.

They make the choice of whether to commit insurrection or abide by the Rule of Law that defines our Democracy.

If they believe they're right then no reasoning will stop them from attacking.

The warnings to be ready are to assure any potential attack against the government of the United States will be met in sufficient measure to assure Democracy stands solid and Rule of Law prevails.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
5. Yup
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:30 AM
Jan 2021

Be advised: lethal force fully authorized.

Or

You will be treated like people with more skin pigment.

Since coddling seems to be the order of the day for these traitors.

 

occupant

(166 posts)
6. Definately a warning
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:34 AM
Jan 2021

There should be a warning to these criminals! Stand DOWN ! We don't need these assholes traveling at all.

Quixote1818

(28,955 posts)
7. After only 1 person showed up to the protest in San Francisco, I am wondering if the protests
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:37 AM
Jan 2021

are going to be duds? This week was pretty brutal for them and many may not want to show their faces now. I could be completely wrong though. Will be interesting to see what unfolds.

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