Capitol Police rejected federal help to quell mob
AP, 08 Jan 2021
WARNING: Video contains violent content.
Three days before the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. The police turned them down both times, according to a defense official and two people familiar with the matter. (Jan. 7)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS LEARNED TOP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS OFFERED TO SEND THE FBI IN AS BACKUP -- BUT POLICE SAID THEY COULD HANDLE IT.
NOW.. LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THE POLICE FAILED TO STOP THE BREACH.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Murphy; (D) Connecticut:
"Clearly, we need to make serious changes to the way that our capital is defended and we need to start implementing those changes now,
THERE WERE PLENTY OF WARNINGS.
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ENCOURAGED SUPPORTERS TO SHOW UP--
PLANS WERE BEING MADE ON FAR-RIGHT MESSAGE BOARDS AND IN PRO-TRUMP CIRCLES.. TO DESCEND AND PROTEST AS CONGRESS MET TO CERTIFY JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN.
SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. President Donald Trump:
"So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue and we're going to the Capitol
BUT THE CAPITOL POLICE HAD SET UP NO HARD PERIMETER AROUND THE BUILDING.
OFFICERS MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL WHERE LAWMAKERS WERE ENTERING.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS JUST HOW OUTNUMBERED POLICE WERE AS THOUSANDS OF RIOTERS SWARMED — PUSHING THROUGH A BARRICADE —
EVENTUALLY CLIMBING TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND ENTERING THE CAPITOL.
THE IMAGES STAND IN CONTRAST TO SCENES FROM PORTLAND OREGON EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHERE A MASSIVE DISPLAY OF FORCE WAS USED AGAINST BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS AT A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE…
RAISING QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER RACIAL BIAS PLAYED A ROLE IN HOW THEY PREPARED FOR THE OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE CROWD.
IN THE END… A WOMAN WAS FATALLY SHOT BY POLICE.. AND AT LEAST 80 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.
IT TOOK FOUR HOURS TO GET THE MOB OUT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
POLICE SAY THEY'LL BE STUDYING VIDEOS LIKE THESE AIMING TO ARREST MORE OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
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Three days before the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. The police turned them down both times, according to a defense official and two people familiar with the matter. (Jan. 7)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS LEARNED TOP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS OFFERED TO SEND THE FBI IN AS BACKUP -- BUT POLICE SAID THEY COULD HANDLE IT.
NOW.. LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THE POLICE FAILED TO STOP THE BREACH.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Murphy; (D) Connecticut:
"Clearly, we need to make serious changes to the way that our capital is defended and we need to start implementing those changes now,
THERE WERE PLENTY OF WARNINGS.
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ENCOURAGED SUPPORTERS TO SHOW UP--
PLANS WERE BEING MADE ON FAR-RIGHT MESSAGE BOARDS AND IN PRO-TRUMP CIRCLES.. TO DESCEND AND PROTEST AS CONGRESS MET TO CERTIFY JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE WIN.
SOUNDBITE (English) U.S. President Donald Trump:
"So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue and we're going to the Capitol
BUT THE CAPITOL POLICE HAD SET UP NO HARD PERIMETER AROUND THE BUILDING.
OFFICERS MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL WHERE LAWMAKERS WERE ENTERING.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS JUST HOW OUTNUMBERED POLICE WERE AS THOUSANDS OF RIOTERS SWARMED — PUSHING THROUGH A BARRICADE —
EVENTUALLY CLIMBING TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND ENTERING THE CAPITOL.
THE IMAGES STAND IN CONTRAST TO SCENES FROM PORTLAND OREGON EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHERE A MASSIVE DISPLAY OF FORCE WAS USED AGAINST BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS AT A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE…
RAISING QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER RACIAL BIAS PLAYED A ROLE IN HOW THEY PREPARED FOR THE OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE CROWD.
IN THE END… A WOMAN WAS FATALLY SHOT BY POLICE.. AND AT LEAST 80 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED.
IT TOOK FOUR HOURS TO GET THE MOB OUT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
POLICE SAY THEY'LL BE STUDYING VIDEOS LIKE THESE AIMING TO ARREST MORE OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
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