Minimal Barriers and Timing at the US Capitol, 6 January, 2021

AmmoLand ^ | 19 January, 2021 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Widely Spaced Capitol Police. Picture taken about 11:14 a.m. on 6 January, 2021. Courtesy Dean Weingarten

The barriers put up to keep the crowds of protestors away from the Capitol building on 6 January 2021, were minimal and easily overcome. They were primarily psychological. An ordinary 10-year-old child could push their way through them, with minimal effort.

Physical barriers must be backed up by manpower if they are to be effective. This is especially true for such minimalist barriers as were placed between the massive crowds which came to the Capitol on 6 January 2021.

In the photograph, there are three widely spaced Capitol police officers in the broad grounds between the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial and the Capitol. The distance between the two is about 250 yards.

It is a significant distance. Being at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial does not feel as if you are at the Capitol. You are hundreds of yards away from the Capitol building.

11:20 a.m. 6 January 2021, south end of the west side of the Capitol grounds Courtesy Dean Weingarten

The first barrier encountered consisted of a line of the freestanding metal fencing pictured above. It is about three feet tall. Most of the individual sections were not connected with each other. A section can easily be lifted with one hand.

Second barrier showing signs and green plastic mesh fencing. 11:15 a.m. 6 January 2021, courtesy Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The barriers separating the protestors from the Capitol were flimsy and over 200 yards from the building.

[MAGAthon]

18 Jan updated 19 Jan: SI Live: Staten Island man, 20, arrested in U.S. Capitol riots; allegedly live-streamed self
By Maura Grunlund and Annalise Knudson
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FBI raided the home of a 20-year-old Bay Terrace man who they allege live-streamed himself while taking part in the riots at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.
Nicolas Moncada was arrested before dawn on Monday morning at his home on Taunton Street, according to neighbors and a law enforcement source...

On Jan. 8, the FBI received information from the Office of Public Safety at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan that Moncada was identified by several students and faculty members who saw the suspect’s social-media posts of himself allegedly participating in the riots, according to the complaint from the FBI.
At the time of his arrest, Moncada was not a student at FIT...
A horde of media members gathered on Taunton Street on Monday afternoon — hours after the FBI, NYPD and other law enforcement officials arrested Moncada. Neighbors described to the media the ordeal, in which Moncada was led out in handcuffs and law enforcement stayed to search the home.
“I saw a multitude of police force coming and I sort of surmised what it was,” said neighbor Vin Cigna. “It was like a scene out of a police rampage. I saw FBI, ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives], U.S. Marshals, NYPD. It looked like they were looking for a terrorist. It was very alarming.”

Another neighbor, Jay Sachs, explained he went to get his car at 6:30 a.m. to drive his daughter to work when he saw, from a distance, Moncada being led out of his home in handcuffs. Law enforcement remained at the home, before wrapping up around 9:30 a.m., he added.
“He’s a good kid… His mom is upset, he’s an only child. His grandma is upset too. They didn’t expect this,” Sachs said.
Cigna said he’s known Moncada since he was born and was “very surprised” to hear the news he was arrested.
“It was a publicity stunt to show the world that, ‘This is what we’re doing,’” Cigna said. “This is an innocent kid. It was overkill. I don’t think he’s doing very well at all. I think he’s scared. I think he’s alarmed and he’s not doing well.”...
https://www.silive.com/news/2021/01/report-bay-terrace-man-arrested-in-connection-with-capitol-riots.html

18 Jan: Conan Daily: Nicholas Moncada biography: 13 things about fashion student from Staten Island, New York City
By Marky O’Brien
1. He lives in Bay Terrace, Staten Island, New York City, New York. (a)
2. He described himself as an indie journalist, commentator, artist and liberty loving liberal libertarian on his social media pages. (b)
3. He was described as a good kid by his Bay Terrace neighbor Jay Sachs, who has known him since he was born. (b)
4. He studied illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan, New York City. He has not been enrolled since May 2020. (a)

5. In December 2020, he attended at least one of the protests organized at Mac’s Public House in Staten Island, which was closed after violating several social distancing rules implemented due to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (b)...

8. On January 16, 2021, he appeared in a livestream video of a YouTuber account named Luis Rosales...
https://conandaily.com/2021/01/18/nicholas-moncada-biography-13-things-about-fashion-student-from-staten-island-new-york-city/

Moncada’s friend says he is a libertarian:

Youtube: 13m55s: 19 Jan: Nicholas Moncada | Fashion Institute of Technology Faculty and Students Smear The_Ideological_Way!
posted by Luis Rosales
Multiple students and faculty have conspired together to report our good friend, Nicholas (The_Ideological_Way), to the FBI as an “insurrectionist”. They smeared him and worked together to alert the authorities...
Here are my thoughts and my message to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Hft-mQcBE

[bray]

Pelosi wanted the Capitol invaded and was part of the Antifa plan.

[sergeantdave]

The fences and barriers and the unarmed NG were a bold statement to American citizens by the weenie deep state that citizens were not welcome in DC. It was also a message that the deep state was seceding from the United States, physically, psychologically and spiritually.

As a result of these unmistakable pronouncements, Fort Custer is under construction in DC as the idiot deep state sees hostile Indian territory everywhere.