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Bucky

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9. I understand your anger, but the Capitol Police handled the mob right

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Original post)

Thu Jun 9, 2022, 08:13 PM

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The Police Should Have Started Shooting [View all] SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 OP

Agree Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #1

Absolutely. If they were not white it would have been a blood bath. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #2

without a doubt Diablo del sol Jun 2022 #3

Didn't The Cops Have The Right To Defend Themselves??? nt SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #4

"Stand your ground" makes sense for a fascist state, but we're a nation of laws Bucky Jun 2022 #12

Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #5

I can't believe I'm reading this on DU. enough Jun 2022 #19

I'm a troll so.... Jake97 Jun 2022 #22

Hush! UnderThisLaw Jun 2022 #26

Evidently Authoitariansim is now A-OK when directed at GOP'ers. (for some) WarGamer Jun 2022 #44

I have zero issue with my statement Diablo del sol Jun 2022 #49

Emotionally, yeah, but in the grand scheme of things it probably wouldn't have helped... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #6

Yep. dalton99a Jun 2022 #7

Most other nations (included the "soft" ones) would have shot them all dead. Dawson Leery Jun 2022 #8

I understand your anger, but the Capitol Police handled the mob right Bucky Jun 2022 #9

I just told wifey that I cannot believe more shots were not fired.... Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #10

The Proud Boys had armed men on stand-by. Bucky Jun 2022 #15

+1 crickets Jun 2022 #54

I couldn't believe they were not shooting! Emile Jun 2022 #11

Next time (if that orange putler servant is not jailed...) Justice matters. Jun 2022 #40

They were not armed dweller Jun 2022 #13

...except for the ones who were armed Bucky Jun 2022 #17

I'm talking about metro pd dweller Jun 2022 #21

Nope atreides1 Jun 2022 #29

You are probably right dweller Jun 2022 #30

Google "Oath Keepers Quick Reaction Force" for info on their fire arms Bucky Jun 2022 #24

Again, I'm talking about the metro pd dweller Jun 2022 #25

The video shows cops with sidearms Bobstandard Jun 2022 #14

No enough Jun 2022 #16

No enough Jun 2022 #18

On the winning side. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2022 #58

Yes, ellie Jun 2022 #20

Once the first hundred bodies started piling up, the rest would have run away MichMan Jun 2022 #32

Indeed. The only tragedy in Ashli Babbitt's demise was that it stopped there Tarc Jun 2022 #23

They'd have been killed. nolabear Jun 2022 #27

No. It would have been much worse than it was. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #28

The big problem is that.. mvd Jun 2022 #39

This is another good point. crickets Jun 2022 #55

Nothing but respect for the Capital Police Red Mountain Jun 2022 #31

That was my thought as well. They did the right thing JanMichael Jun 2022 #36

I wonder what people would say if the seditionists had Meowmee Jun 2022 #33

I posted it that day and it got removed. Crunchy Frog Jun 2022 #34

If the police escalated the violence by opening fire on a crowd that big, it would have been suicide Chainfire Jun 2022 #35

Suicide for the protesters MichMan Jun 2022 #43

Half of whom are super ungrateful ecstatic Jun 2022 #53

No. That might have gotten the millions of heavily armed MAGAHATs out in the streets Kaleva Jun 2022 #37

+1 Celerity Jun 2022 #50

Goddamn right! DemocraticPatriot Jun 2022 #38

Probably the point. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #41

Is that now the standard protocol if anyone enters the Capital without proper authority? MichMan Jun 2022 #42

I think TFG actually was hoping for that to happen Pyryck Jun 2022 #45

Yes, he was looking for a reason to take over and restore order. jalan48 Jun 2022 #47

If bullets flew pfitz59 Jun 2022 #57

I posted that as an OP on the 1/6 as I left for work Maru Kitteh Jun 2022 #46

'not until fired upon" Shellback Squid Jun 2022 #48

There's merit to both views on this BannonsLiver Jun 2022 #51

I think they would have if the insurrectionists were black ecstatic Jun 2022 #52

Again and again we hear that the police are justified to use lethal force if they feel endangered usajumpedtheshark Jun 2022 #56