Disgusting scenes in Washington

[chopps]

I think once security shot one of the intruders in the neck the rioters realised the error of their ways.

edit : confirmed dead (NBC)

 

[The Cat]

I've just watched Trump's tv statement.

Anyone defending him is as bad as him.

 

[Appleyard]

That's quite a long comment from from someone is not interested. Although I accept it depends on what you understand by "disinterested" and "uninterested".

So what?

 

[LED_ZEP]

They need to get the Republicans to declare for the US constitution or T**mp. It'll make it easier to know who to prosecute later on.

 

[Scrattajack]

The worrying part is that this wasn't entirely unexpected but security was still inadequate on the day. Apparently, the National Guard refused to turn up because it didn't want to be involved in politics and therefore if true became directly involved in politics by not being there.

 

[trueblue]

If this had happened anywhere else in the world the Americans would be criticising and calling it a failed state.

 

[LED_ZEP]

If this had happened anywhere else in the world the Americans would be criticising and calling it a failed state.

That's essentially what a lot of American reporters are saying.

 

[LED_ZEP]

Twitter have now locked T**mps account. Only years too late.

 

[MrRook]

Storm in a teacup, whipped up by the media and similar concerns. When the time comes, Mr Biden will be sworn in, and Mr Trump will congratulate him.

He will be sworn in, but don't bet your pension on trump congratulating him.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

One woman shot dead what a waste.

 

[foxy]

One woman shot dead what a waste.

I doubt there was any need for it, was she a threat to another's life? I wouldn't think so. There are those among us who would take a life, for what reason I wouldn't know. I read the diaries of Albert Pierrepoint and came to the conclusion he enjoyed his job.

 

[Covrich]

Such a shame.

The amount of rioting and death that has happened over the past 12 months

 

[An Ankoù]

I fear there's worse to come.

 

[TonyT]

I'm trying not to say the obvious about T**mp and his supporters but there are parallels in a central European country in the first half of the twentieth century.

Today in the house of congress as the T**mpists broke in:

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Haha! I see that Mr Godwin has arrived!

 

[Tanglefoot]

Entirely predictable yet national guard etc. nowhere to be seen as the mob descended on Congress.
Contrast this to the confrontation with Black lives matter protests and you have to wonder about high level complicity.

 

[Gerryjo]

Storm in a teacup, whipped up by the media and similar concerns. When the time comes, Mr Biden will be sworn in, and Mr Trump will congratulate him.

4 dead is a bit more than a storm.

 

[TonyT]

They need to get the Republicans to declare for the US constitution or T**mp. It'll make it easier to know who to prosecute later on.

You’re right, but what’s with the asterisks?

 

[chopps]

I doubt there was any need for it, was she a threat to another's life? I wouldn't think so. There are those among us who would take a life, for what reason I wouldn't know. I read the diaries of Albert Pierrepoint and came to the conclusion he enjoyed his job.

There’s video around if you can stomach it. There’s a group of protesters who have managed to get into a stairway. It’s loud, angry and threatening and the cops have been overrun. She was climbing through the smashed glass in a door into a hallway and as she’s about to get through, someone the other side decides she’s not welcome.

If I was security for people behind that door, with an angry mob trying to get access, clearly not just coming in for chat, I think I’d have shot too.

 

[marshbrewer]

If I was security for people behind that door, with an angry mob trying to get access, clearly not just coming in for chat, I think I’d have shot too.

This. If you are going to storm a government building, armed, then you should expect armed resistance, surely?

 

[Hanglow]

This sort of thing is entirely in keeping with the Trump presidency. Four dead. "Good people on both sides" etc.