Ashli Babbitt’s journey to the Capitol, where the Trump and QAnon supporter was fatally shot by police - The Washington Post
This video shows the scene as it develops. Note at first, three USCP officers are standing in front of barricaded doors to the speaker's lobby as a hothead approaches and starts punching the glass. The officers are cool with him breaking the panes and moments after the crowd starts yelling 'F the Blue!', the three officers move out of the way and stand in the hall as the doors get bashed in. Inside the speaker's lobby, an officer has his firearm presented as Ashli Babbitt attempts to climb through the barricaded door. We all know what happens next.
The video captures the absolute mayhem and I have no doubt those officers were scared s**tless as they faced the violent mob. But- this is what I don't get- they made no attempt to stop any of it. In fact, they moved out of the way.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories (such as the USCP intentionally created a 'reverse trojan horse' to allow for the chaos) but I do question what the operational mindset was. Where they instructed at shift briefings not to make arrests that day? Or was the scene so chaotic they were too intimidated to take action, as it may further turn the mob on them?
I'm sure more information will be forthcoming but at this moment, this looks to be a failure of leadership, training, and expectations. And lack of preparation and inadequate physical security.
I'm not dogging on those officers. I'm dogging on the G for putting them in a bad situation.
This video shows the scene as it develops. Note at first, three USCP officers are standing in front of barricaded doors to the speaker's lobby as a hothead approaches and starts punching the glass. The officers are cool with him breaking the panes and moments after the crowd starts yelling 'F the Blue!', the three officers move out of the way and stand in the hall as the doors get bashed in. Inside the speaker's lobby, an officer has his firearm presented as Ashli Babbitt attempts to climb through the barricaded door. We all know what happens next.
The video captures the absolute mayhem and I have no doubt those officers were scared s**tless as they faced the violent mob. But- this is what I don't get- they made no attempt to stop any of it. In fact, they moved out of the way.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories (such as the USCP intentionally created a 'reverse trojan horse' to allow for the chaos) but I do question what the operational mindset was. Where they instructed at shift briefings not to make arrests that day? Or was the scene so chaotic they were too intimidated to take action, as it may further turn the mob on them?
I'm sure more information will be forthcoming but at this moment, this looks to be a failure of leadership, training, and expectations. And lack of preparation and inadequate physical security.
I'm not dogging on those officers. I'm dogging on the G for putting them in a bad situation.
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