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Probe launched over claim that elite Capitol Police unit blocked from Navy Yard massacre
FoxNews.com ^ | 09/18/2013

Posted on 09/18/2013 4:31:58 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police has opened an investigation into whether a tactical team of officers that was one of the first on the scene during the Washington Navy Yard shooting was ordered to stand down.

Several sources confirmed the probe to Fox News. The investigation follows reports that a highly trained and specialized Capitol Police team arrived soon after the shooting started, but was told by a supervisor to leave the scene.

The BBC, which first reported on the allegation, quoted a Capitol Police "source" as claiming "lives may have been saved" if the team could have intervened.

Aaron Alexis killed 12 people at the Washington Navy yard before he, too, was killed. The emerging allegations raise questions as to whether the tactical team could have stepped in earlier to stop the violence.

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine said the force "offered and provided mutual support and assistance" on Monday, and that there is a "preliminary investigation into the allegations presented."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: aaronalexis; alexis; navyyard; standdown; washingtonnavyyard
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The order must have come directly from Valerie "Stand Down" Jarrett!
1 posted on 09/18/2013 4:31:58 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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That's Valerie "Stand Down" Jarrett...not Barack "Pants Down" Obama.

Oops, excuse me...there's a knock at my door (probably the NSA or the SS again).

2 posted on 09/18/2013 4:34:20 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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And this report won’t be done until OCT. 28th!!!! WTF??? Good Freaking Grief...how long does it take to get answers?? Benghazi has gone on a RIDICULOUS amount of time!!


3 posted on 09/18/2013 4:35:41 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Barry controls the government...he controls all things in that if anything defies him, he brings the full force of the gov't down on it.

Until someone or some group decides to defy him...he will continue to exert this unbearable influence.

It will come...but apparently not just yet.

4 posted on 09/18/2013 4:38:50 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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Curious minds want to know, what kind of “Supervisor”?

Police? Navy? White House? Eric Holder?

It would be nice if the article gave some indication what outfit this Supervisor was supervising.


5 posted on 09/18/2013 4:40:28 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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“Stand Down!”

That’s exactly what happened during the first few minutes of the last THREE big fires in this area of CO, all the way back to the Hayman fire of 2002? That fire was the size of a large house when the local fire department was turned away by the Feds.

They could have stopped it in less than 10 minutes. Instead it burnt for seeks destroying around 200,000 acres. The area is still suffering, and will for another 20 or 30 years.


6 posted on 09/18/2013 4:41:13 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (SWAT stands for Storing Weapons for patriots to Attack Tyranny.)
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Where was NCIS in all this?


7 posted on 09/18/2013 4:44:42 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: RoosterRedux
Oops, excuse me...there's a knock at my door (probably the NSA or the SS again).


8 posted on 09/18/2013 4:44:54 PM PDT by WVKayaker ("The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda..." -Sarah Palin)
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“And this report won’t be done until OCT. 28th!!!! WTF??? Good Freaking Grief...how long does it take to get answers??”

It takes a while for everyone to get their stories straight.


9 posted on 09/18/2013 4:45:57 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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And this report won’t be done until OCT. 28th!!!!

This year?

10 posted on 09/18/2013 4:50:44 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: Rebelbase

Our enemies now know that they can stage a Mumbai type raid in DC and bring the city to it’s knees with confusion and chaos. Six men divided between three sites and the city would be deadlock for hours and hundreds dead.


11 posted on 09/18/2013 4:50:59 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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I would think that maybe since at that moment they didn’t know if this was a terrorist attack of some kind and since they were putting the US Capitol on lockdown, maybe a unit of the US Capitol Police might be needed at home.

A better question is why the Marines at the Navy Yard didn’t have any ammo for their weapons. They could have neutralized the threat in minutes.


12 posted on 09/18/2013 4:55:55 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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It will be interesting if this gets legs.

Remember though, cops are trained NOT to go in to an active shooter situation until the scene is secure. Remember Columbine.


13 posted on 09/18/2013 4:57:35 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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The Obama cronies ordering a “Stand down” is nothing new..they did the same thing with Benghazi


14 posted on 09/18/2013 4:58:06 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Six men divided between three sites and the city would be deadlock for hours and hundreds dead.

How many weeks did one man and a teenager have the city in confusion and chaos?

15 posted on 09/18/2013 5:01:51 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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"Remember though, cops are trained NOT to go in to an active shooter situation until the scene is secure. Remember Columbine."

What about SWAT Teams or snipers - aren't they trained to go in even as the situation is active?

16 posted on 09/18/2013 5:03:18 PM PDT by hummingbird (Don't be afraid of the big words.)
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That’s very dated. Columbine was a dismal failure. Look up Albuquerque police and the response at the Emcore shooting. They charged straight in, no waiting for swat. That’s the modern thinking.


17 posted on 09/18/2013 5:11:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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...this report won’t be done until OCT. 28th!!!! WTF??? Good Freaking Grief...how long does it take to get answers?

The report will be made public on the seventy-twelveteenth of November.

18 posted on 09/18/2013 5:14:11 PM PDT by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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*SNORT!*

Is this the same “elite” Capitol Police that spends the day threatening and screaming at people who step off of sidewalks in D.C.?


19 posted on 09/18/2013 5:16:48 PM PDT by EricT. (Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Big brother is watching you.)
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To: RoosterRedux

We Stand Down in:

Iraq
Benghazi
Afghanistan
Syria
Navy Yard
War on Drugs
Black Panthers

Etc.

Just call it the Lazy Administration.


20 posted on 09/18/2013 5:18:12 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Why haven't we heard from the 30 Benghazi survivors?)
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