At a hearing held Tuesday to examine the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson pushed false claims that the mob that stormed the building was made up of “plainclothes militants, agents provocateurs, fake Trump protesters, and disciplined, uniform, column of attackers.”
Permanent fencing coming to Capitol as acting police chief vows to bolster security By Grace Segers DHS warns against domestic terrorism
Washington The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police called for vast improvements to security around the Capitol in the wake of the January 6 attack on the complex, including the installation of permanent fencing and stationing of nearby backup security forces.
Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman said that Capitol Police has hardened the physical security across the Capitol Complex in order to further protect the Congress in the weeks since a mob of former President Donald Trump s supporters overran the Capitol. One Capitol Police officer was killed during the attack, and another died by suicide shortly thereafter.
English By Masood Farivar Share on Facebook Print this page WASHINGTON - The January 6 deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol has renewed attention to what has long been an open secret in police departments across the country right wing extremists populating their ranks.
For years, even as experts warned about the growing dangers of extremism in police departments, many police chiefs brushed the concern aside as a social media nuisance.
Now, in the wake of revelations that dozens of current and former law enforcement officers, firefighters and military personnel may have taken part in the January 6 riot, police leaders are being forced to own up to the problem.