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Capitol Police leadership held back some equipment during riot-official By Richard Cowan Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police officers defending the U.S. Capitol against an attack by Donald Trump s supporters might have quelled the violence sooner had their leadership not blocked them from using weapons like sting-ball grenades, a watchdog testified on Thursday. Michael Bolton, the U.S. Capitol Police inspector general, told the House of Representatives Administration Committee that such equipment, which release dozens of small, stinging balls, would have provided a better posture to repel the attacks. But he testified that a Capitol Police assistant deputy chief decided that such non-lethal grenades and launchers, could have been deployed in an unsafe manner, causing serious injuries. Protesters during last summer s anti-racism demonstrations were injured by such weapons.

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