I agree this violence should never have happened. The 42 year old officer died after being hit with a fire extinguisher as Joe pointed out. He collapsed later at his precinct and likely had a blood clot from his injury - very sad. Yes, that is tragic but no officer was killed at the scene. This march was announced long before it occurred. Where were the police and why did they allow an infiltration into the building? Where was the teargas and resistance? Did the police really open up the gates or was that photo op made by Trump supporters?
The only one killed violently at the scene was Ashley and you can clearly see this in the video, there were 4 heavily armed police with ARs nearby or on there way there. How did the mob get past them? The other 3 of the 5 deaths were heart attacks and that happens in any crowd of 100,000 plus. Surely these heavily armed police should have been deployed at doorways to buildings earlier and ground stood - not inside! The man on the other side of door, did not attempt to arrest and give warning but chose to shoot her in cold blood to make an example. Of course, it is always justified when you can say it was done to stop the onslaught of the mob. Biden should give him the medal of honor and elevate him to hero status for doing that!
Yes. They could have refrained from firing, let the mob bust into the room, and maybe get hit in the head with fire extinguishers.
The higher priority was protecting Congress. Not sparing the lives of the rioters. Or at least slowing them up enough to allow Congress to escape. Their commander put them in a very bad position. But they held the line just long enough for the Vice President and all of Congress to escape, even the ones who have been stoking the anger with false election fraud charges. Many of the officers were injured and one of them died. But they held the line that saved Democracy. Perhaps more important than the stand at Little Round Top by the 20th Maine.
They hit a policeman on the head with a fire extinguisher. What would they have done to Mike Pence if they got to him?
I would have much preferred it if one of those politicians who helped stoke the anger over that previous weeks had died instead of that officer. Or even that deluded woman.
And if this was a false flag operation, if the ones forcing their way into the Capitol and committing violence were fake Trump supporters, why the objection to them being shot?
There is no need for elections anymore. It has been a failure of a 2 party system which was not foreseen by the forefathers. Sad day when climate scaremongering, COVID crisis, contact tracing and so called terrorism dictates the need for more government control of the peasant class of the world and a further decisive division of the 2 classes of people.
There will always be a need for elections. We had a good one in 2020. We will have good ones in 2022 and 2024. And if Biden is defeated, I am confident he won’t cry widespread fraud when no evidence can be found for it.
In elections errors by the people may be made. Errors by the people have been made. But the people inevitably learn from their mistakes, unlike dictators. Some of the voters in Georgia have already shown that. And millions of Americans have learned a great deal since then. So, while you may prefer that we not have elections, we will, because the majority wants them and that’s that.
The two-party system has worked will enough for over two hundred years. I won’t say it is superior to the British system, maybe not as good, but it works. We still have Democracy.
