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-Lurid Crime Tales-
D.C police chief: Officers blocked from Capitol in riot, 'surprised' Guard wasn't called in sooner
2021-02-24
[Just the News] Robert J. Contee, the acting Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, told Congress on Tuesday that his officers weren't allowed to enter the U.S. Capitol as rioters breached the building Jan. 6 and that he was surprised the National Guard wasn't called in sooner.

Contee spoke during joint hearing in Senate chambers about the security and law-enforcement preparation before the siege and the response to the deadly riot. (A police officer died from an injury sustained in the incident. A rioter was fatally shot, and three other officers later took their own life.)

"First, MPD is prohibited by federal law from entering the Capitol or its grounds to patrol, make arrests, or serve warrants without the consent or request from the Capitol police board," Contee told the congressional lawmakers.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10   the inquest or autopsy report could help, were it available Key statements like these will of course either be hidden or lost forever, leaving the preferred Narrative to be composed and hooted from the rooftops.
Posted by: Thineger Sproing6704   2021-02-24 19:58  

#9  A police officer died from an injury sustained in the incident

Not according to his brother. Of course, the inquest or autopsy report could help, were it available.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-02-24 18:14  

#8  So “three” officers suicided? You mean like Epstein? One wonders what they knew.
Posted by: KBK   2021-02-24 16:15  

#7  ^ Shhh!
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-02-24 12:37  

#6  Those pedestrian fences Blamtifa repurposed as ladders, aren't they usually chained to each other to make a rampart of sorts?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-02-24 12:05  

#5  They should really talk about the two busloads of protesters dropped off at the capital just before entry was gained inside

Yeah, but they won't.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-02-24 11:43  

#4  CYA, CYA, above all else CYA.
Posted by: Tom   2021-02-24 10:45  

#3  They should really talk about the two busloads of protesters dropped off at the capital just before entry was gained inside. Roads were closed for just about everyone else.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735   2021-02-24 09:42  

#2  ...Reading between the lines of the testimony leads me to conclude that the Capitol Police Department is pretty much a Potemkin unit who's primary guiding theory is that we're so diverse no one will ever attack the place.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-02-24 06:30  

#1  Reviewing the script really is essential when filming 'live' without rehearsal.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-24 05:29  

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