How did the Capitol Police stop the violent insurrection on Jan 6th?
Fortunately, a lot of those insurrectionists were just along for the ride. It was a mindless mob with no real strategy or technique. Their numbers were enough that they could plow through barricades and trample officers, but they didn’t have a goal. Sure, there were some people there who did have specific goals to accomplish, and those people used the mob to their advantage, but as a whole, it was just a LOT of people trying to get into someplace they shouldn’t be.
Had each of them been armed with a single plan of action, we might be in a pretty scary place right now.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
The Wikipedia article for the attack has a pretty thorough summary of the events, most aspects of it are pretty well documented as far as I can tell. Essentially, the police were able to slow them down while congress members were evacuated to more secure areas. After Ashli Babitt was shot, much of the attack seemed to dissipate, and not long after further reinforcements were able to help clear the rest of the building. Trump then told his supporters to go home, knowing they had been routed.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you referring to insurrectionist Ashli “Traitor” Babbitt?
While some have attempted to turn her into a martyr the truth is she, and the others around her, were doing something very illegal. And if they had all been non-white individuals they would have met with far more persuasive force than a few capitol police officers as was demonstrated with the BLM marches.
tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
It’s funny when supporters of the attack try to say that they were unfairly brutalized by police, like we didn’t watch endless clips of people pummeled by the police for weeks for substantially less.