Posted on 03/08/2022 4:00:18 PM PST by algore
(CNN) —
Roughly 114 US Capitol Police officers reported injuries as a result of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, a government watchdog said in a new report Monday, well above the previously widely reported estimate of around 80 injured officers.
The Government Accountability Office surveyed Capitol Police officers who responded to the riot. The report says of roughly 1,782 officers employed by the Capitol Police between June and September 2021, around 315 responded – the largest response group of any investigation thus far into the department.
Members of law enforcement testified about the attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump on the U.S. Capitol. According to authorities, about 140 police officers were injured when they were trampled, had objects thrown at them, and sprayed with chemical irritants during the insurrection.
The report also notes 150 Capitol Police officers reported using force 293 times during the day. Some officers who responded told the GAO they had hesitated to use force because they worried the department wouldn’t support their decision, and that a perceived concern about optics by members of Congress influenced decision making.
“Of these, 57 respondents indicated that they felt that the leadership culture of the Capitol Police generally discouraged them from using force or that officers were hesitant to use force because of a fear of disciplinary actions,” the report said.
“Several respondents stated that the concern with optics was related to leadership’s perception of the desires of Members of Congress,” GAO added.
The report adds that when Capitol Police reviewed the GAO findings in October 2021, the department said it neither encourages or discourages using force
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They must have great workers’ comp benefits.
And then, the siege began.
Thousands of Democrats starved to death or were killed by the constant shelling.
Yeah - BS.
That would’ve already been reported. They just need to turn up the kangaroo court circus so they can steal the Republic outright and destroy it.
That’s almost as bad as the numbers hurt at the White House when BLM attacked them.
You should divide any numbers from the MSM by 12 to get in the real ball park. That’s my experience. I have seen that exact level of numbers inflation on local events here that went on national news. For example a radio news report that 45 homes were evacuated in Delta, Utah in 1982 became 100 homes that evening on Salt Lake channel 2 and then became 600 Homes an hour later on Dan Rather. Assume that all news stories are similar. Divide by 12.
PURE BS!!!
I feel their pain. My cat scratched me so bad I almost bled. I know what it’s like to suffer in silent pain.
No doubt that the FBI/ANTIFA infiltrators were on a roll. Had to make it look good for Pence/Pelosi/Schumer.
Did they advertise for volunteers?
CommunistNewsNetwork. Nuff said.
Capitol Police = Gazpacho
This includes hangnails.
Totalitarian Bullshit !
What b.s. All for fake claims, after the fact.
Oh, pub-leeze. That happened EVERY NIGHT for a year in Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis. Did anybody care about officers in those cities. Cry me a River.
A lot of them must have sprained their elbow or shoulder while beating that one unconspious woman to death.
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