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Maxwell Frost is a Florida dem representative.

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[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

apparently the door was locked and there were several armed pigs guarding the inside

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

apparently the door was locked

Knock, knock.

several armed pigs guarding the inside

I assume every, single DC cop is armed.

What I would have done if I was the dems...

  • Secretly get some huge number of armed National Guard soldiers (or equivalent) to accompany the pols to the building. Maybe 50? 75? 100?

  • Bring multiple non-civilians who are also armed (Nat Guards or a cops or whatever) who are locksmiths with tools to remove multiple locks as fast as possible. I have no idea - is there a tool that can remove locks in seconds?

  • Bring lots of bullhorns.

  • Give the guards an ultimatum "We are coming in... We will arrest anyone who interferes..." There has to be a fast time limit (30 minutes?) so Trump and his cronies can't prolong things.

  • Then have the phalanx of soldiers with their long gun escort the locksmiths up to the door to remove multiple locks.

  • Open the doors.

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Shock and awe, baby.

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Edit

For the "removing the lock stuff" see Thordros's comment. I didn't realize all that might be needed is a key and/or bumping.

[–] dil@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

is there a tool that can remove locks in seconds?

This is the lock picking lawyer, and today we're breaking in to the department of education

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Today on Sesame Street...

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

is there a tool that can remove locks in seconds?

Assuming we're not talking about digital-only locks, they could probably just use a key. A lot of non-critical government buildings are keyed like absolute shit by non-locksmiths, so they're cross-keyed like crazy, and use a lot of off-the-shelf solutions. I wouldn't be surprised if you could just bump the shitty locks.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they could probably just use a key

Oops. I forgot the expression "close enough for government work". I was imaging quickly removing the retire lock with one go. It didn't even occur to me there could be master keys and bumping (whatever that is). Duh.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Bumping is using a key cut specifically to fit into any keyway of its type, so that you can hit it with a rubber mallet and jiggle the pins enough to open the lock.

It's one step above "just hit it really hard and see if it opens" in terms of difficulty. Which works on an absolutely absurd number of consumer-grade locks.