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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jan 21, 2021, 03:48 PM Jan 2021

Law enforcement's disastrous response during the deadly insurrection reveals a major gap in security

Thousands of pro-Trump protesters successfully breached the US Capitol building on January 6, forcing lawmakers to take cover as they voted on certifying the 2020 election results.

Capitol Police were overwhelmed with rioters as they pushed past barriers and into the Capitol - in part from a lack of reinforcements and an uncoordinated response to the worst breach of the building since 1814.

Some critics contrasted the police response to the Capitol siege to that of the Black Lives Matter protests, including former first lady Michelle Obama.

"There's one question I just can't shake: What if these rioters had looked like the folks who go to Ebenezer Baptist Church every Sunday? What would have been different?" Obama said in a statement in response to the violent insurrection.

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Law enforcement's disastrous response during the deadly insurrection reveals a major gap in security (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
Flynn's brother stopped the Guard from arriving sooner. Trump wanted congress members to be killed. onecaliberal Jan 2021 #1
that wasn't a disastrous response... stillcool Jan 2021 #2
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