actually left several other spaces open for command decisions on the ground there as barbara was just mentioning. so perhaps more has been gone on than the military leaders have left us to believe. but for the president s point of view, one goal i ve been told by white house officials was to try and get off his heels, if you will, to try and get on offense and show that they are indeed in control of this. but he also said at the outset that this is still a very dangerous operation. he made that very clear, and with an uncertain ending. so, without question, this is a president that we ve really not seen for the last several days. he s refused a couple different times to take questions on this, so again, trying to at least reset the conversation, and he did say, there will be time for second guessing later. and of course, there will be. but by standing there in the east room with, of course, his vice president, but as well his top pentagon commander, secretary lloyd austin, as well as t
but from across the force, which is something obviously we can do. i ll be looking at that, mobilising resources, command decisions. and decisions as to when, where and how resources were deployed to the scene. seven police officers suffered minor injuries as they tried to confront the mob, with reports of up to 200 people at the scene. while the police were forced back by the crowd, some locals took the matter into their own hands. as the police withdrew a number of local men, including a former boxing professional walked down the street and confronted the mob. those local residents who are well respected in the community told us that the crowd ran away in all directions.
and over what period of time we responded. but that will become apparent in due course. of course one of the allegations made against the police is that the police response that night was wholly inadequate. and that for the space of two or three hours there wasn t a sufficient police response. do you accept people have reason to be disappointed? i ll look at all aspects of it. so, mobilising resources, notjust from the immediate area but from across the force, which is something obviously we can do. i ll be looking at command decisions. and decisions as to when, where and how resources were deployed to the scene. seven police officers suffered minor injuries as they tried to confront the mob with reports of up to 200 people at the scene. while the police were forced back by the crowd, some
what calls were made to us and over what period of time we responded. but that will become apparent in due course. of course one of the allegations made against the police is that the police response that night was wholly inadequate. and that for the space of two or three hours there wasn t a sufficient police response. do you accept people have reason to be disappointed? i ll look at all aspects of it. so, mobilising resources, notjust from the immediate area but from across the force, which is something obviously we can do. command decisions. and decisions as to when, where and how resources were deployed to the scene. seven police officers suffered minor injuries as they tried to confront the mob with reports of up to 200 people at the scene. while the police were forced back by the crowd, some locals took the matter