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It’s hard to know where to file this story from
Politico. Does it go in the ever-expanding
Incompetent Policing file? I’ll have to work on that.
An accused Capitol rioter captured on camera repeatedly striking at police with a long pole during the Jan. 6 insurrection was arrested on the spot but released back into the crowd after officers waiting to transport him learned no transport would be arriving. The suspect, Mark Ponder who berated police during his 25-minute detention on Capitol grounds then returned to the mob and was seen on the makeshift inauguration stage hours later, prosecutors say in a newly filed case that underscores the chaos facing overwhelmed officers that day.