Washington
Lawmakers are vowing an investigation into how law enforcement handled Wednesday’s violent breach at the United States Capitol, questioning whether a lack of preparedness allowed a mob to occupy and vandalize the building.
U.S. Capitol Police, who are charged with protecting Congress, turned to other law enforcement for help with the mob that overwhelmed the complex and sent lawmakers into hiding. Both law enforcement and Trump supporters deployed chemical irritants during the hours-long occupation of the complex before it was cleared Wednesday evening.
Four people died, one of them a woman who was shot and killed by police inside the Capitol. Three other people died after suffering “medical emergencies” related to the breach, said Robert Contee, chief of the city’s Metropolitan Police Department.
U S Capitol breach prompts urgent questions about security failures
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Pro-Trump protesters entered the US Capitol and ransacked congressional offices with apparent ease on Wednesday.
Capitol Police officers, whose jobs are to protect the building, were outnumbered and ill equipped, former law-enforcement officials told news outlets.
Videos posted to social media showed officers removing a fence that was preventing rioters from advancing to the Capitol, and taking selfies with a protester.
Members of Congress have called for an inquiry into how the heart of the US government was compromised with such ease.
On Wednesday, thousands of President Donald Trump s supporters stormed and occupied the US Capitol, ransacking congressional offices and damaging government property, while chanting for the 2020 presidential election result to be overturned.
like night at the roxbury? me it sound like he was being forced into this. he s a great guy. this from the national journal, capitol hill police chief criminal dine told kim dine says her new officers will receive safety training that includes properly handling firearms in problematic places such as the bathroom. change comes after at the least two officers accidently left their guns in public restrooms. oh, my gosh. while on duty. that s not good. of course at least they left it at a place that doesn t need to be secured. the u.s. capitol. this photo is of a gun left in the stall inside the capital visitors center back in january. the other incident, a small child found a loaded weapon in speaker john boehner s oh, my god. is this like a saloon wild
life threatening. we hey heard anymore on the female driver? yeah. cording to terry gainer, when the police chase ensued across town, started at the white house, raced up to capitol hill. a couple of traffic circles in front of the capitol. garfield le is one of them, and apparently they made a couple circuits around the circle before coming up constitution avenue, and at that it point terry gainer says they re not clear whether or not the female suspect was in fact armed she was wounded to taken to the hospital, but they re not sure on that. it takes a while to figure this out. and kim dine, the u.s. capitol police chief, is supposed to have a press conference. neil: i imagine it s a high-security area, shutdown or no, regular personnel on hand
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