Metaphysicist
Not Actually Brian Hunter
You guys… don’t really think that’s what happened with Paul Pelosi, right? This is like a weird bit I’ve missed out on? There is video of the guy breaking into the house.
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It's turned into a bit of a bit now. But the whole fucking thing was weird, dude.
1. A broken window not triggering a security alarm of a heavily secured home, mega powerful people, mega rich people
2. Paul describing him as a friend to the cops (could certainly have been to deescalate)
3. The attacker not attacking him for the hour or so when he had the chance, instead waiting for the cops to arrive
4. Paul sipping a cocktail while being held hostage from his attacker
If you don't think all that is weird, power to you. But I suppose it's plausible that's exactly how it went down. I'm quite confident the local SF police would gladly alter the story for the Pelosi's though
Metaphysicist
Not Actually Brian Hunter
I do criminal defense these days, and I am always looking for holes in a police narrative. While every case is weird, this one is not weird in a way that raises red flags making me think “this story doesn’t add up.”
(a) Pelosi did not tell the cops the guy was a friend—that is something the attacker said (and Pelosi denied) on the 911 call to try and get the police not to come,
(b) Crazy people often do things that defy rational explanation. Though there is an obvious explanation here: he didn’t attack Paul (until the cops were there and he thought “fuck it this is all I can do”) because it wasn’t his goal to attack Paul, he was there to get to Nancy, and he didn’t really have a coherent plan for what to do when she wasn’t there
(c) Rich, old people often do lazy/stupid things like not verifying that their security (Capitol Police handled security at the house, thus why there is video) is actually doing a good job, and law enforcement is often inept.
(a) Pelosi did not tell the cops the guy was a friend—that is something the attacker said (and Pelosi denied) on the 911 call to try and get the police not to come,
(b) Crazy people often do things that defy rational explanation. Though there is an obvious explanation here: he didn’t attack Paul (until the cops were there and he thought “fuck it this is all I can do”) because it wasn’t his goal to attack Paul, he was there to get to Nancy, and he didn’t really have a coherent plan for what to do when she wasn’t there
(c) Rich, old people often do lazy/stupid things like not verifying that their security (Capitol Police handled security at the house, thus why there is video) is actually doing a good job, and law enforcement is often inept.
sturg33
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And that may be the case.
But the story was weird to me for a such a major public figure
Obviously the videos released weeks after helped clarify a lot of things. Up until then, I dont think it was unreasonable to find the ordeal very strange