Isn't it a good thing that it wasn't a group of Chinese military with assault weapons that popped into the capital that day?The capitol police are an embarrassment. Their entire career was holding doors open. They have crowds one day, and they are traumatized for life? *******, all of them. I've been shot at, broke limbs, pulled burning bodies from cars, watched babies take their last breath, investigated the deaths of friends, been to enough police officer funerals for a lifetime, but one little rumble, they shoot an innocent unarmed veteran and they are traumatized forever.. Total rehursed BS.
:RANT OVER:
This place ought to be guarded like a military base everyday. Inconspicuous, .....mostly. We don't want the White House to look like a military base but they should have dozens if not hundreds of people nearby and on standby in case something bad happens. You supposed to Chinese or the Russians have an important building like this that isn't protected. And they were one of violence or potential violence because of a lot of media chatter.
What did they do to prepare for the what ifs??? Pretty much nothing. They treated it like a typical weekday with tourist visiting.
I don't think that we have been told the true story of why the capital police are not prepared. The conspiracy theorist in me says this was intended to happen.