After Action Report - I Was There, Were You?

https://freerepublic.com ^ | 1/7/21 | philman_36

[NonValueAdded]

FWIW, Firefox pops up articles supposedly of interest and at this hour the first one is from propublica.org:

capitol rioters planned for weeks in plain sight the police werent ready

haven't read it yet but perhaps this ties to that two page handout?

[GOP Poet]

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[Analogisbetter]

Did you see anyone wearing the arm bands, or just the camo? I’m assuming someone would be handing them out. Seems odd to me that something like that would be organized on the fly.

[markman46]

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[abigkahuna]

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[jeffers]

https://rumble.com/vcj7p7-waving-them-in.html

[jeffers]

Video there...backwards MAGA hat begins breach operation, get’s rebuffed, is cued by an older pro that looks HSLD to me, then they break thru.

[Freee-dame]

I was there from about noon at the ellipse until about 3 on the Mall, stopping about 2 blocks west of the Capitol. I saw 3 or 4 people marching with large confederate flags. Each time I commented on them, saying that they were not helpful as the media would take pictures of them and make sure they made the news. The tens or hundreds of thousands of American flags and Trump 2020 flags in the hands of freedom-loving peaceful American patriots seems to have been missed by the media.

One of the most amazing things about this demonstration is that it was never concentrated in one location. The DC police shut down the streets for 3 blocks in every direction. The streets had MAGA patriots walking on them all day. At other demonstrations that I have attended, only one street would be shut down so that the entire crowd would be on that street all together.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

It’s a good thing I wasn’t present. From a distance, I look like I could be ANTIFA (I wear a lot of black, leather, combat boots, and spikes/studs on my clothing, plus a skull bandana covering my face when it’s cold), but I’m far from it. It’s hard to tell until one gets close.

Yikes. I’m going to try to follow this thread.

[Envisioning]

Thanks for the report.

Still ‘rowing’ that come-a-long for the rest of us I see.....wish I could have been there.

Glad you got back safe. Ashli Babbit was her name, Air Force veteran based on reports.

[NonValueAdded]

and a couple of them who approached with their hands up, as in “hands up, don’t shoot.” Now where have I heard that before?

[PGalt]

I was there.

[sauropod]

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[philman_36]

Still ‘rowing’ that come-a-long for the rest of us I see.....

You know me!
It has been a while. I'm glad you still remember that day.

[philman_36]

Is it possible that the first tear gas was fired not by the Capitol Police, but by the camo guys or other provocateurs?

No! It was the cops just to the right of the left scaffold. They had the canister launcher and air guns.

[philman_36]

Did you see anyone wearing the arm bands, or just the camo?

To be honest I didn't think to look. There was so much going on I admit that I didn't notice it.
Like I said, if I had read the paper beforehand I might have paid more attention.
What the old man had on looked liked duct tape wrapped around his arm a couple of times.

[MayflowerMadam]

Sadly, the truth never will be exposed as the MSM control the narrative.

[philman_36]

Did you observe Confederate battle flags being displayed or carried about, anywhere and anytime during the day?

I personally only saw one guy with one while walking back to Capitol Hill.

I've seen the pic you are talking about. That wasn't the guy I saw.
The guy I saw was younger, no facial hair and no Khaki vest.

[philman_36]

Were you on the side with the scaffolding? That's the side I was on.
I can't speak about what happened on the other side.

[philman_36]

Sadly, the truth never will be exposed as the MSM control the narrative.

Who expects the MSM to tell them anything of value?
I don't.