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Three undercover Metropolitan Police Department officers joined the march of protesters up the northwest side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021—including one who climbed over a barricade and pushed others toward the Capitol, and another who walked behind Ashli Babbitt and predicted that “someone will get shot,” according to newly disclosed court documents. New court motions filed by Jan. 6 defendant William Pope of Topeka, Kansas, also show MPD bicycle officers stopping four armed men in plainclothes on Jan. 6. The men turned out to be federal agents. Video included with Pope’s filings also shows uniformed MPD officers saying,...

A colleague had a chance to hear the new Chief of Staff of the Army (GEN Schoomaker, Shinseki's replacement) speak (I'm not sure of the forum). He summarized the talk into a memo, which was distributed to the chain. Sorry about some of the jargon. I don't know it all myself. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the review, other than to say the source is credible. So inaccuracies, if any, are mistranscriptions, and not fabrications. Here is what it said: Subject: New CSA's Comments Some of the highlights of what the CSA said: 1. He had no idea...

GAS ATTACK AT THEME PARK Three people have been injured after a type of incapacitating gas was released at an amusement park. Police were called to the Chessington World of Adventures park in Surrey. Ambulance workers said three people had inhaled an unidentified gas and were suffering some discomfort. "We think it could possibly be CS gas but are awaiting confirmation," said a spokeswoman. Incapacitant The injured were being treated at the scene but their condition was not life-threatening. She said the gas was believed to have been set off by someone waiting in a queue for one of the...

LONDON (Reuters) - Three people were injured after a type of incapacitating gas was released at a British amusement park on Thursday, police said. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said police were called to the Chessington World of Adventures park, southwest of London, by ambulance workers who said three people had inhaled an unidentified gas and were suffering some discomfort. ``We think it could possibly be CS gas but are awaiting confirmation,'' she said. The injured were being treated at the scene but their condition was not life-threatening. She said the gas was believed to have been set off by someone...