But I think an equally plausible theory is they were caught flatfooted because they saw the Nazis as relatively harmless, and/or they saw the rally as a conflict between two sort of equally rowdy sides.
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After J8 I stood up in a press conference before the police station and called out *specific* failures of policing. I'm a former defense contractor. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to this stuff. I publicly called out that they need to revisit their skills.
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And while the Heaphy report heaps blame on activists for not cooperating and gives the CPD an excuse that they couldn't coordinate at all with the activist community, here's the reality:
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- I spoke to Heaphy voluntarily, at length, at the request of an activist group; - I presented the threats of violence document to CCC and handed a copy to Maurice Jones; - The CPD never reached out to me once during this process.
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