Rioters broke into the US Capitol by at least 8 separate points, more than previously known, NYT inv

[diehardblue]

Capitol rioters entered the building at points previously unknown, a new investigation found.
They used at least eight different places, concluded a six-month project by The New York Times.
In some places, the police barely challenged the crowds.


Rioters broke into the Capitol in at least eight different places during the January 6 riot, an investigation by The New York Times found.

The six-month investigation - which analyzed video, including police bodycam footage - found points of entry used by rioters that were not previously known about.

These included windows and doors that were scarcely guarded by police. This is what the Times said about those entrances:

Rioters smashed through two windows and a door in one place.
Beside it, a rioter with a crowbar smashed a second door and opened it "to hundreds of people."
Other rioters smashed a window next to the inauguration door and climbed inside.

Rioters also used another entrance, where police are seen "stand aside and allow rioters to stream in, unchallenged," according to the Times.

Police in riot gear were seen to "yield and let the crowd in" on the north side of the Capitol building.
There were another three breaches are on the east side of the Capitol, "two by the central doors into the Rotunda, and this southeast door leading into the House Chamber."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rioters-broke-into-the-us-capitol-by-at-least-8-separate-points-more-than-previously-known-nyt-investigation-finds/ar-AALEGh1?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

[padah513]

1. Sounds like a lot of planning went into it.

Those private tours I bet.

[Efilroft Sul]

6. And how much information did Dana Rohrabacher provide? He worked there for years.

[Botany]

2. And the D.C. National Guard which could have been there in minutes was given a stand down order*

... from the acting head of the D. o. D. Christopher Miller who Trump installed after he
lost the election in Nov. of 2020. Trump wanted even more violence so he could have
declared martial law as a means of stopping the Constitutionally directed peaceful transfer
of power. This was a full on and well planned out coup by Trump and his henchmen.

Generations of hate talk radio/tv/computer web sites/Russian propaganda had so conditioned
those rioters that they really thought they were fighting for America and "their freedoms."


* Now how did Miller know there was going to be a riot on January 4th?

[bucolic_frolic]

3. I fear they will be too lenient with these perps

How would they fare by breaking into local establishments in their hometowns? With a crowbar.

[stopdiggin]

4. and we REALLY need to find out

about the LE that 'yielded' (while fellow officers were putting their lives on the line). And perhaps, in some incidents, abetted? Were there communications and orders involved in these decisions/actions? And was there subsequent review, discipline, consequence?

I really want to know if certain people still have jobs with the Capital police. And why?

[RobertDevereaux]

5. Not rioters, dammit. Insurrectionists.

[gab13by13]

7. This is why it is extremely important

to televise the select committee hearings or the MSM will put a spin on the insurrection.

[KS Toronado]

8. All Capitol Police who were seen to "yield and let the crowd in"

Better start getting ready to answer questions from the House Committee looking into Jan 6th.
Some of these guys are probably MAGA idiots.

[niyad]

9. IINSURRECTIONISTS, not rioters.

[Hekate]

10. KnR

[Butterflylady]

11. Why would you bring a crowbar to a

Peaceful protest?

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I'm liking the way the insurrection continues to resurface

and July 27 is the 5 year anniversary .... "Russia, if you're listening ...."

I'd bet the 27th will be an active day