Capitol Police blew an easy call

Somebody let the crazy out ... and we know who.

 

I'm beginning to formulate some political thoughts about yesterday's Trumpist assault on the Capitol, but I want to let them marinate a little.

Meanwhile, I'm much frustrated by this from an otherwise unremarkable Washington Post oped by David van Drehle: 

There will be a lot of second-guessing of the Capitol Police and of public safety officials generally in the District of Columbia. How could they let this happen? Let’s be clear: Such questions are completely off-base. No official should be blamed for failing to anticipate that the president of the United States would incite a mob to overwhelm the Capitol. We cannot accommodate ourselves to the idea that this should be foreseeable; that we should plan against it; that law enforcement in Washington must go to battle stations in anticipation of an attack by one branch of government against another.

Bullshit! Second guessing is entirely proper. Trump has been attacking parts of the government he pretended to lead since long before the national democratic shipwreck of November 2016. Anyone remember Judge Curiel? He's attacked his own Secretary of State, two of his own Attorneys General, Senators who didn't bow before him, multiple Congresswomen whose gender, religion, skin color and national origin offend his thin sensibilities ... pretty much all he has done in public life is incite mob violence.

More to the point, F.B.I. director Christopher Wray, whose job is to know, has been calling out the danger of domestic terrorism from white supremacists and right wing conspiracy nuts. You'll never convince me that the F.B.I. didn't know these dangerous thugs were on their way; unless the federal agency has badly fallen down on its game, probably many of the "members" of these Trump-supporting right wing groups are actually infiltrators. 

Law enforcement knew what was coming unless heads were willfully buried in sand. And some cop heads should roll in the aftermath.