Posted on 12/06/2022 6:31:28 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Yeah, the “big failure” is the officers ushering in the “insurgents.”
Meanwhile, cities like Portland burned to the ground and the state and feds do nothing.
Maybe next time...when the President of the United States offers 20,000 National Guard’troops as protection...the offer isn’t turned down?
The last time I was in D.C. was for this event. Watching the way the 2020 thing has been treated has been amazing.
1971
“10,000 federal troops were moved to various locations in the Washington metropolitan area. At one point, so many soldiers and Marines were being moved into the area from bases along the East Coast that troop transports were landing at the rate of one every three minutes at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Maryland, about 15 miles east of the White House. Among these troops were 4,000 paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. Troops from the Marine Barracks lined both sides of the 14th St bridge. These troops were to back up the 5,100 officers of the D.C. Metropolitan Police, 2,000 members of the D.C. National Guard and federal agents that were already in place. Every monument, park and traffic circle in the nation’s capital had troops protecting its perimeters. Paratroopers and Marines deployed via helicopter to the grounds of the Washington Monument.”
(snip)
“During the riots, the military accidentally shot a tear gas cannister into the President’s Dining Room during a lunch between the President’s daughter Julie Nixon and her mother-in-law former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.”
“While the troops secured the major intersections and bridges, the police abandoned their usual arrest procedures, roaming through the city making sweep arrests and using tear gas. They detained anyone who looked like a demonstrator. By 8 am thousands of people had been arrested, including many who had not been breaking any law. The city’s prisons did not have the capacity to handle that many people thus several emergency detention centers were set up including the Washington Coliseum and another one surrounded by an 8-foot-high (2.4 m) fence was set up next to RFK Stadium. The prisoners massed against the fence, pushed it over, and were tear-gassed. No food, water, or sanitary facilities were made available by authorities but sympathetic local residents brought supplies. By afternoon the police had suppressed the protest and held more than 7,000 prisoners. “
(snip)
“On Tuesday, May 4, another 2,000 people were arrested at a sit-in outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, where the United States Army had deployed machine gun nests. On Wednesday, May 5, 1,200 more people were arrested at a legal rally on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, bringing the total to 12,614 people, making this the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.
May 4, 1971
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Must have been my nephew! How was he doing?
Back then the government could handle something that large without turning it into this communist like overblown political prosecution, looking like the old Red Chinese show trials and 11-year prison sentences.
Now they all know they can profit from murdering unarmed women.
Yep, he’ll just have Capital Police officer Michael Byrd shoot em
May 4 1970 ,
Kent State shootings.
Protests against Cambodia invasion.
Not sure of Washington in 1971.?
Jan 6th was a nothing burger. A lively protest is all, with police saying/waving the public right on in.
The only violence was from the cops and left wing agitators including the FBI.
Kent State, some guardsmen panicked, ugly, but short and impulsive, it was nothing like this massive operation the democrats are doing in regards to 2020.
I misunderstood your post, the Mayday demonstrations were against the war, almost 13,000 were arrested, and thousands were held without food while thousands of others were held without food, water, or bathrooms.
I was in the coliseum as a group of 3,000 and on the 3rd day without food, the National Guardsmen guarding us took up a collection among themselves to buy us each a burger which they distributed.
How large is the Capital Police force and just what are their job responsibilities??? It seems to be excessively large!!
“..to protect members in their home districts..”
Sorta reminds me of China opening up police stations in foreign countries all over the world, including the USA.
They are prepping by beating on J6 prisoners.
“Much better prepared” ~ Oh, they seemed very well prepared on January 6 if you ask me.
The very FIRST act I expect from the next Republican candidate and eventual winner to do is to issue a blanket pardon for any and all J6 gulag prisoners. IMMEDIATELY.
I don’t care if it’s Trump, DeSantis or whoever. If they don’t promise that I won’t vote for them, period.
How large is the Capital Police force and just what are their job responsibilities??? It seems to be excessively large!!
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Isn’t the Capital Police setting up offices in towns where important congress people live?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/capitol-police-new-offices-florida-california-threats-congress
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