The Capitol Police....didn’t arrest them? They just....let them walk out? They managed to arrest climate protestors and disabled activists but not people literally trying to overthrow the government? https://twitter.com/mattmiller757/status/1346944869588230144
Some context: I worked in Congress for 5 1/2 years. I am familiar with all the places you saw in photos today. And I always trusted the USCP with the safety of the Capitol Complex.
Some updates this morning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-breach-security-failures/2021/01/06/e1e09b80-5061-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html
Capitol breach prompts urgent questions about security failures

Current and former law enforcement officials said it appeared the U.S. Capitol Police and other agencies failed to anticipate the size and intentions of the mob

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-breach-security-failures/2021/01/06/e1e09b80-5061-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/law-enforcement-officials-across-u-s-shocked-police-failure-stop-n1253193?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
U.S. police officials shocked by apparent police failure at Capitol

Ex-Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said police shouldn't have been surprised by the actions of pro-Trump protesters given the heated rhetoric of 2020.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/law-enforcement-officials-across-u-s-shocked-police-failure-stop-n1253193?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Number of nuns and their supporters arrested in 2019, while protesting on behalf of immigrant children: 70

Number of violent insurrections arrested storming the Capitol: 52 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/70-catholics-arrested-in-dc-protest-over-trump-immigration-policies/2019/07/18/1f3b2bd6-a973-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html
70 Catholics arrested in D.C. protest over Trump immigration policies

The demonstration was the second this week in which people of faith gathered to call for the end of migrant detentions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/70-catholics-arrested-in-dc-protest-over-trump-immigration-policies/2019/07/18/1f3b2bd6-a973-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html
Source for latter number https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-arrests/four-deaths-52-arrests-made-after-trump-supporters-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29C0GG?il=0
Four deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol

Four people died on the U.S. Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said Wednesday evening, after supporters of President...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-arrests/four-deaths-52-arrests-made-after-trump-supporters-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29C0GG?il=0
If this stands, the lesson will be that peaceful protestors get arrested, and violent insurrectionists get away with it. See this thread from @saumweber & @jbouie on the historical echoes of impunity: https://twitter.com/saumweber/status/1346973945451454464
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