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Escurumbele

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16. You are 100% correct, they needed to get them out, as angry as many of us may feel about it

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 26, 2022, 06:23 PM

Jun 2022

that they were not immediately taken to jail, they had to get out of the Capitol for the proceeding to continue. Trying to get the thugs to jail would have created more violence, and at the time I don't think there was enough police/military force to subdued the thugs.

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After being out all day I turn on the TV and see [View all] doc03 Jun 2022 OP

I hate this analogy... brooklynite Jun 2022 #1

An attempted coup is not civil disabediance? How many doc03 Jun 2022 #2

+++ JohnSJ Jun 2022 #3

So you would have delayed the resumption of the Electoral Count process until after Jan 6? brooklynite Jun 2022 #9

You're telling me they couldn't have led them out of the capitol and arrested them outside doc03 Jun 2022 #20

No, they couldn't have led them out and arrested them brooklynite Jun 2022 #21

Agree. I tend to see it as the same prism of grievance Hortensis Jun 2022 #8

I think it's a good analogy. It highlight the selective nature of police decisions. They are Martin68 Jun 2022 #12

You are 100% correct, they needed to get them out, as angry as many of us may feel about it Escurumbele Jun 2022 #16

It's pretty alarming that white supremacist traitors get a pass and protesters exercising Alpeduez21 Jun 2022 #17

Peaceful protests have been framed as riots by intheflow Jun 2022 #4

No no no snowybirdie Jun 2022 #5

From the arrests you'd think they were a mob yelling "hang the Gang Of Perverts of Justice!" ancianita Jun 2022 #6

I'll see your hacks and raise you one Inquisition. usonian Jun 2022 #13

LOL Good one, thanks! I'd call that a House of Cards! ancianita Jun 2022 #15

It's hot as hell, I woke up with a headache, I'm cleaning the damn house usonian Jun 2022 #19

Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #7

Protestors will be arrested until women accept and comply with being subjugated. Irish_Dem Jun 2022 #10

They didn't have the resources on site to detain everyone at the time. TwilightZone Jun 2022 #11

People died on Jan 6th IronLionZion Jun 2022 #14

They did bdamomma Jun 2022 #18