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24. Numbers, maybe. There were thousands of them and many fewer law enforcement. n/t

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Why were Capitol rioters allowed to leave a murder crime scene? [View all] soothsayer Mar 2021 OP

tRUMP and all the reTHUG fascists set up this systemic failure. I think we're seeing that abqtommy Mar 2021 #1

I was horrified to watch them UpInArms Mar 2021 #2

Yeah, and then immediately cleaning up all the evidence soothsayer Mar 2021 #4

Me too! I was stunned at the time. Big Blue Marble Mar 2021 #8

And who was in charge at the time? 2naSalit Mar 2021 #3

Think it through! Lars39 Mar 2021 #5

Well, afterwards. No police tape, no preserving the scene soothsayer Mar 2021 #6

Yeah, he really shouldn't have done that. Lars39 Mar 2021 #7

I fear not soothsayer Mar 2021 #10

I watched hundreds of protesters arrested and bussed to headquarters Big Blue Marble Mar 2021 #9

Because Palast wasn't there to take custody so the arresting officers Hortensis Mar 2021 #11

No, afterwards. Police tape, yadda yadda soothsayer Mar 2021 #12

After, the Trump admin was still in power. We know there Hortensis Mar 2021 #13

Idk, maybe get to the bottom of who gave orders? soothsayer Mar 2021 #14

THAT, for sure. Four house congressional committees controlled by us Hortensis Mar 2021 #17

Bit of a gadfly. But he's right to wonder why was it not a crime scene? soothsayer Mar 2021 #18

And FBI won't answer why BLM protesters were treated so agressively uponit7771 Mar 2021 #15

Yep soothsayer Mar 2021 #16

DUers have asked that since January 6 malaise Mar 2021 #19

Me among them soothsayer Mar 2021 #20

Serious answer: to allow Congress, and the confirmation of a President, to resume... brooklynite Mar 2021 #21

Best answer, but were they required to do it there? soothsayer Mar 2021 #22

Like the National Guard, FBI ordered to stand down. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #23

Numbers, maybe. There were thousands of them and many fewer law enforcement. n/t pnwmom Mar 2021 #24

Ok but after, when it's empty. No police tape, no evidence preserved soothsayer Mar 2021 #27

Ummmm? This a serious question? stopdiggin Mar 2021 #25

He's saying it ought to be asked soothsayer Mar 2021 #28

Not by me. stopdiggin Mar 2021 #30

It's a Columbo question. "One more thing..." soothsayer Mar 2021 #31

Well, like I said, definitely not by me stopdiggin Mar 2021 #32

But the second question is the one that should be asked. soothsayer Mar 2021 #33

They were white JI7 Mar 2021 #26

We couldn't see it even in real time, at the time, but police were exhausted and outnumbered. ancianita Mar 2021 #29

Why not treat it as a crime scene? A question that's bugged me from day 1 soothsayer Mar 2021 #34

I hear you. It's a lesson that needs incorporating into security as soon as trespassing starts. ancianita Mar 2021 #35

Yep. But the crime scene thing -- that's standard FBI practice soothsayer Mar 2021 #37

I think the FBI hasn't the Capitol Building jurisdiction to call it a crime scene, ancianita Mar 2021 #38

Ok, jurisdiction - I like this angle. Though the fbi are doing all the investigations soothsayer Mar 2021 #40

And, even if they did declare it a crime scene, there's no special reason the public should know. ancianita Mar 2021 #42

Even as a crime scene at that time, The People's House had to finish its constitutional business. ancianita Mar 2021 #36

So next time they need to blow up the Capitol to stop the proceedings? Cuz I don't believe it would soothsayer Mar 2021 #39

Haha, yeah, though we really don't know what happened after Congress left that night, do we. ancianita Mar 2021 #41

Simple Answer. It wasn't a murder scene when they were pushed out. WarGamer Mar 2021 #43

FBI says it warned about possible violence ahead of U.S. Capitol riot Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #44

Capitol police were either in on it or someone directed it from above. triron Mar 2021 #45