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Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob
AP ^ | Jan 7, 2021 | COLLEEN LONG, LOLITA BALDOR, MICHAEL BALSAMO, and NOMAAN MERCHANT

Posted on 01/07/2021 3:44:23 PM PST by McGruff

Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.

Despite plenty of warnings of a possible insurrection and ample resources and time to prepare, the Capitol Police planned only for a free speech demonstration.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 1621; capitolpolice; capitolriot; jan6; jointsession
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Still stinging from the uproar over the violent response by law enforcement to protests last June near the White House, officials also were intent on avoiding any appearance that the federal government was deploying active duty or National Guard troops against Americans.
1 posted on 01/07/2021 3:44:23 PM PST by McGruff
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Viral video appears to show a US Capitol Police Officer waving protesters past barricade at complex Wednesday.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1347320039490387968


2 posted on 01/07/2021 3:45:20 PM PST by McGruff
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Viral video appears to show a US Capitol Police Officer waving protesters past barricade at complex Wednesday.

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He did? Good.


3 posted on 01/07/2021 3:47:02 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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“...a possible insurrection...”

That’s quite a stretch, particularly when the operative words should have been “mostly peaceful”. So much hypocrisy is being spewed by the talking heads of the Media-Dem-China Party.


4 posted on 01/07/2021 3:48:38 PM PST by euram
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“Viral video appears to show a US Capitol Police Officer waving protesters past barricade at complex Wednesday.”

They should charge him, along with the Antifa rioters at the Capitol, with Sedition.


5 posted on 01/07/2021 3:48:44 PM PST by Meatspace
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“Mob?”

Spring and Summer riots were distinguished gentlemen.


6 posted on 01/07/2021 3:48:56 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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Got to use the WOKE police to frame bad Trump supporters and no FED witnesses.


7 posted on 01/07/2021 3:51:06 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: McGruff

Someone made a bad call.


8 posted on 01/07/2021 3:51:23 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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That clearly is something the Powers that be, and Media will censor.

Narrative crafting right now.


9 posted on 01/07/2021 3:55:05 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (‘)
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Of course they did, because their job was to make sure the incident escalated, for maximum politcal exploitability.


10 posted on 01/07/2021 3:57:03 PM PST by montag813
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Mayor (woof-woof) Bowser is the one who is the cause of that in ordering a police stand down the day before and mobilizing the DC National Guard to direct traffic. And she is also a backer of “defund the police.” Will she be held to account.

My information is from Larry O’Conner on his Washington DC radio program this afternoon on WMAL radio 105.9 FM


11 posted on 01/07/2021 4:04:17 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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one of them has now died...we will have to see how he was injured.

i think the son of the Brooklyn Judge might have fought with an officer over that shield but dont know if that is one that died


12 posted on 01/07/2021 4:08:54 PM PST by RummyChick (I do not advocate laying siege on the Capitol. Keep me off that list.)
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To: euram

We must never fold our cards and stick our tail between our legs. We must instead call the Dems and media out at every opportunity just as they did to us and Trump. They may truly have been invited in by insiders knowing the possible outcome.

Biden gave a speech today that was mostly about dividing us than uniting us. This event in Capitol may have been set up purposely by the conniving power hungry left to disparage Trump supporters and eliminate the possibility of the 10day fraudulent election exam by R legislators. Most Dems who watch other than Fox news know nothing about the election fraud iregularities.


13 posted on 01/07/2021 4:10:45 PM PST by apoliticalone (SOCIAL JUSTICE is as much about justice as PATRIOT ACT is about patriotism.)
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The Capitol Police left the complex unsecured for a reason.


14 posted on 01/07/2021 4:10:59 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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The capitol police obviously didn’t anticipate ANTIFA infiltration.


15 posted on 01/07/2021 4:12:40 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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Or...someone higher up made the exact call which would result in the outcome they desired.


16 posted on 01/07/2021 4:13:31 PM PST by Hypo2
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No wonder the chief of the Capitol Police is resigning.

This was an internally coordinated job. They WANTED the Capitol building to be breached, it benefits the evil goals of Nanzi, The Bride of Satan.

Plus the Capitol Police are a bunch of incompetent trigger-happy thugs.


17 posted on 01/07/2021 4:18:56 PM PST by RooRoobird20
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Oversight

Capitol Police Board
Michael C. Stenger, United States Senate Sergeant at Arms
Paul D. Irving, U.S. House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms (Chairman)
J. Brett Blanton, Architect of the Capitol
Steven A. Sund, Chief of Police (Ex-Officio Member)

Congressional Committees
Appropriations Committees

House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

Chairman: Tim Ryan (Ohio)
Ranking Member: Jaime Herrera Beutler (Washington)

Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

Chairman: Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi)
Ranking Member: Christopher Murphy (Connecticut)

Authorizing Committees

Committee on House Administration

Chairman: Zoe Lofgren (California)
Ranking Member: Rodney Davis (Illinois)

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Chairman: Roy Blunt (Missouri)
Ranking Member: Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota)

https://www.uscp.gov/the-department/oversight


18 posted on 01/07/2021 4:22:33 PM PST by Hypo2
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Additional help would have prevented them from deploying the Charlottesville Method. We’re all white Nazi’s now!


19 posted on 01/07/2021 4:30:50 PM PST by JonPreston
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-chief-resigning-amid-criticism-over-pro-trump-mob-n1253389


20 posted on 01/07/2021 4:39:04 PM PST by SteveH
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