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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Honest question, someone committing terrorism and/or vandalizing and entering a government building like today would be allowed to leave after a couple hours? I really don't know, but I'd like to think they'd be held indefinitely. Even Trump said anyone doing something like what happened to the Capitol today would be a 10 year jail sentence.
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There's a weird fine line in here that puts these people somewhere between terrorism and simple trespass. Especially as we saw, these people were willing to peacefully leave. Did the individual break into the building or did the individual just walk through an open door? Did they attack an officer or were the no police even around? Did they fight to stay or did they leave once told to?
I wouldn't hold my breath on someone simply walking into a building and leaving when specifically told to not be allowed to post bail if it even got that far.
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
I do understand your points, but to me today was just a lot different. These people weren't looting a Starbucks or throwing bricks through a window at McDonald's this was next level. To me letting them walk out is just kinda insane.
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Yes it is different, but how much weight do you put on getting everyone home safely? You lock those doors and start confronting each individual when you're out numbered by 10, and you're just going to get more violence, more people storming back in. There's no "if you don't arrest me in 15 minutes I'm innocent" rule, you got each one of their faces (since they don't wear masks...), you can charge them for the crimes that they did whether or not you arrested them at the time.
Yes, some will get home without being identified, but I mean is it worth risking more lives and officers? Also keep in mind they did find actual bombs. Locking people in and fighting with them if they are willing to walk away peacefully is last priority here, there's people with guns and bombs that you need to worry about right now.