Thread by @MysteRayOfSun

#NotLetIn - A thread. The police were not just eagerly letting in the crowds.
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After overwhelming the police in the West Side scaffolding, Proud Boys and others, smashed through windows to get into the Capitol and let in the masses.

https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1346904244008456193

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/2 People were additionally trying to breach other doors on the West side. #NotLetIn

https://twitter.com/creek_twit/status/1391188717528915980

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As the masses swarmed through the Capitol from the West side, people had overwhelmed the stairs on the East side and were also trying to break in.

https://twitter.com/jim_newell/status/1346899789347233796

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Some police come and try to block the door, but a mob shows up and starts trying to get the doors open.

https://twitter.com/MysteRayOfSun/status/1405923536972128260?s=20

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Eventually the police are overwhelmed and the doors open, but they still try to keep the masses out. They are vastly outnumbers. #NotLetIn

https://twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/1346931119363665923?s=20

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/6 The crowd streams in. There is no way to hold them back and if they use their weapons, the angy mob would likely tear them to shreds. They just had to give up and regroup.

https://twitter.com/Shermichael_/status/1346913818262319104

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/7 While all this is happening, the over 2 hour long siege at the West side tunnel is just starting. The cops managed to hold the line, but not without many injuries, including Ofcr Fanone who you can see dragged down the stairs, tased & beaten here.

https://twitter.com/MysteRayOfSun/status/1389450248028758019

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/8 If you want to keep believing that the cops let the crowds in (#NotLetIn), that there were no guns (there were), that it was antifa/BLM/FBI that were the instigators, call your local representatives and demand a #January6thCommission #January6thCommissionNow for the truth.
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/9 Should also note for completeness - There is footage of one instance where a door opens and the crowd streams past police. It is possible these police opened the door for the mob, but it's impossible to say with certainty what happened here. Body cam footage would reveal. 9/

/10 For example, a video came out of the East gate that people insisted was the police letting the crowd in. If you only saw that video, it might look that way. More angles were needed. This video supercut of the moment provides more context. #NotLetIn

https://twitter.com/StevieG54099097/status/1403849970097164292

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/11 More footage of the gates being breached on the East side. The cop calls them in to fall back, because they can't hold the line.

https://twitter.com/K2theSky/status/1405960849655803909?s=20

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/12 Lest we forget about how this all started, the West side gates were quickly overwhelmed when a massive amount of Proud Boys and others showed up and immediately crashed the gates.

https://twitter.com/ilatif/status/1347309489612070912

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/13 If you are having any doubts that it was primarily the Proud Boys and affiliates, this WSJ video provides an excellent timeline of their movements of the day. I believe the count of PBs that were involved is now over 200.
wsj.com/video/video-in…
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/14 Here the crowd can be seen overwhelming the lines that were supposed to secure the West Plaza. This was minutes after the gate breach. All of this was happening while the president was giving his speech & removed obstacles for when the masses came.

https://twitter.com/StevieG54099097/status/1375612099355844608?s=20

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/15 After the police held the West Plaza for about an hour and stopped people from getting up the steps under the scaffolding, a wave finally overwhelmed them.
PB Milkshake that talks about storming the Capitol in the WSJ video is in the midst of it.

https://twitter.com/nine_niall/status/1351538428513562631?s=20

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/16 The police were able to hold back the crowd for a short while in the scaffolding but were also overwhelmed there. #NotLetIn

https://twitter.com/StevieG54099097/status/1387595152999419904?s=20

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/17 This longer form video includes multiple points of view showing the scaffolding breach and the West Plaza breach. #NotLetIn Once people made it through the top of the scaffolding, the West side break in that this thread started with occurred.

https://twitter.com/StevieG54099097/status/1394772280090054657?s=20

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/18 Down below as the police line crumbled, they made their way up some stairs and regrouped at the tunnel for their last stand at trying to keep the mob from over running the Capitol. *Note fire extinguisher being bounced off cops heads at 1:00ish.

https://twitter.com/MysteRayOfSun/status/1389441418066759682?s=20

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/19 It was after this that the tunnel fight occurred that went on for over 2 hours. This was some of the most brutal fighting and wave after wave of MAGA were encouraged to come in to get through the line. #NotLetIn

https://twitter.com/MysteRayOfSun/status/1389450248028758019

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/20 In the tunnel they had to endure the human battering ram, people with stun sticks, and a barrage of people beating and stabbing at them with poles, hockey sticks, crutches, table legs and any other object that could be used as a weapon. #NotLetIn

https://twitter.com/maxapotter/status/1405935186039111681

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/21 Another door that the police continued to defend.

https://twitter.com/ColumboCaptain/status/1362128243667664897?s=19