Apparently, there were only 20 rioters. Any city PD should be able to handle 20.
I lived and worked in the region around eight years ago, and my co-worker (long-time DC resident) often discussed how DC ‘protection’ worked. The eastern side of DC for years had prioritized and demanded teacher jobs and public housing. The western side (Georgetown area) demanded cops. So the city council had created this Frankenstein-like public system that everyone got something but it was marginal in terms of value.
The problem I see here is if the cops did respond, and it’s a limited ‘show’ in the first two minutes (say one or two cops), then they might overreact, and have to pull weapons out, and there’s some chance of a couple of dead Antifa guys. I suspect no one in the DC City council wants that, and so the cops are on some leash and told to avoid confrontations.
lOL @ “only”
what are you going to do if twenty people show up on your door ?
sounds like a life threatening situation to me.
Any retaliation against these Antifa thugs would be to break down the basement doors in their parents homes...