Where the hell is Homeland Security? Why wasn't there any preparation?

[scarletwoman]

Why weren't there any cops in riot gear?

This is just utterly unacceptable. Heads must roll...

[regnaD kciN]

1. Homeland Security is part of the executive branch...

Need I say more?

[Ananda62]

2. On Twitter

UPDATE: "Trump ordered the DoJ to deny the request by DC officials to deploy the National Guard."

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[scarletwoman]

9. That doesn't make any sense. The DOJ is not in charge of the National Guard, the DOD is.

[Ananda62]

10. It was on Twitter

FWIW. Probably was the DOD was told by Trump not to activate.
The question is, WHY hasn’t the National Guard been called in? I thought they were on alert?

[Mike 03]

3. Yeah, we've only known this was coming for two weeks, and we knew

they were talking on Parler about trying to sneak in weapons.

[TygrBright]

5. This:

They are letting the criminals supply incontrovertible evidence of their crimes, IN PUBLIC, ON RECORD, ON REPRODUCIBLE RECORDED MEDIA.

It is that quality of evidence that is needed for them to be able to effectively go after the offenders.

This has been made necessary by decades of GOP claims that crimes haven't happened, that there's no real evidence, that it wasn't that bad, etc., and actually selling that bullshit to 74 million Americans.

wearily,
Bright

[imanamerican63]

6. In Portland, Oregon?

[RockRaven]

7. Purposeful neglect is complicity.

[Cobalt Violet]

8. they let this happen it seems

They knew from a less than a month ago how violent they are.