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Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:38 pm
by CharlesPhipps
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/2 ... ots-517478

Interesting new documentation.

The mindset of the police on January 5th shows a huge blind spot to Right Wing terrorism. I'd like to think it was a wakeup call but I'm not convinced that it was the lesson that they managed to take from the experience.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:38 am
by Draco Dracul
CharlesPhipps wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:38 pm https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/2 ... ots-517478

Interesting new documentation.

The mindset of the police on January 5th shows a huge blind spot to Right Wing terrorism. I'd like to think it was a wakeup call but I'm not convinced that it was the lesson that they managed to take from the experience.
They don't have a blindspot so much as they are actively in favor of right wing terrorists because right wing terrorists and the police ultimately serve the same cause.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:20 am
by McAvoy
Draco Dracul wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:38 am
CharlesPhipps wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:38 pm https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/2 ... ots-517478

Interesting new documentation.

The mindset of the police on January 5th shows a huge blind spot to Right Wing terrorism. I'd like to think it was a wakeup call but I'm not convinced that it was the lesson that they managed to take from the experience.
They don't have a blindspot so much as they are actively in favor of right wing terrorists because right wing terrorists and the police ultimately serve the same cause.
What cause is that?

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:31 am
by Draco Dracul
McAvoy wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:20 am
Draco Dracul wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:38 am
CharlesPhipps wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 11:38 pm https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/2 ... ots-517478

Interesting new documentation.

The mindset of the police on January 5th shows a huge blind spot to Right Wing terrorism. I'd like to think it was a wakeup call but I'm not convinced that it was the lesson that they managed to take from the experience.
They don't have a blindspot so much as they are actively in favor of right wing terrorists because right wing terrorists and the police ultimately serve the same cause.
What cause is that?
Maintaining a rigid social hierarchy.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:43 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
Also there's like...a pretty big overlap in the "Police" and "Right Wing Terrorist" venn diagram, to the extent that police unions actively refuse to investigate white supremacy within their ranks.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:58 pm
by CharlesPhipps
The irony being January 6th was the biggest net gain for the police's reputation they could have got because the police did prevent a massacre and suffered casualties in the process of doing so.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:10 am
by McAvoy
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:43 am Also there's like...a pretty big overlap in the "Police" and "Right Wing Terrorist" venn diagram, to the extent that police unions actively refuse to investigate white supremacy within their ranks.
One thing I have wondered about for the years about cops and 'social heirarchy' is the location of the cops and where the cops themselves came from.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:06 am
by clearspira
CharlesPhipps wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 12:58 pm The irony being January 6th was the biggest net gain for the police's reputation they could have got because the police did prevent a massacre and suffered casualties in the process of doing so.
Still continuing with this idea that there would have been a massacre huh? I guess you have to. Trump hasn't said he won't run in 2024 yet ;)

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:03 am
by Fuzzy Necromancer
What do you get out of pretending the armed mob with intent to kill wasn't an armed mob with intent to kill? It's not like they can do anything to help Boris Johnson.

Re: Police prepared for January 6th attack-- they prepared for Anti-Trump protestors

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:13 pm
by CharlesPhipps
clearspira wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:06 am
Still continuing with this idea that there would have been a massacre huh? I guess you have to. Trump hasn't said he won't run in 2024 yet ;)
The dead cops and chasing down politicians in a riot kind of point to it.

What did you THINK would happen if a mob storms a place?