Washington Post: D.C. police removed crowds after Capitol police were overwhelmed

[Wicked Blue]

D.C. police removed crowds after Capitol police were overwhelmed, according to people familiar with the response
By Peter Hermann and Carol D. Leonnig

After the first group of protesters breached the Capitol on Wednesday, D.C. Metropolitan Police took over handling the removal of crowds from the U.S. Capitol grounds, according to two people familiar with the response.

Two District officials familiar with the deployment said D.C. police Inspector Robert Glover, who heads the special event branch in the department’s Homeland Security Bureau, took over coordinating the response from various agencies and directing staff and resources to execute the plan for their removal.

The Capitol police officers, overwhelmed by the crowds who broke into the Capitol building, took responsibility for leading lawmakers to safety and ejecting the relatively small groups of protesters who had gotten inside, the two people said. Once those protesters were forced outside, D.C. police oversaw their removal from the external stairs, porticos and balconies of the Capitol.

Very few people who breached the Capitol were arrested, and one law enforcement official said the reason was simply limited manpower. Officers didn’t have enough backup to take the time to arrest and detain those who had broken in to what lawmakers Wednesday called “The People’s House.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/

[cilla4progress]

1. I'm very interested to hear from Mayor Bowser -

I'm sure she has a story.

Odd that there is nothing out of her office. Has she been seen?

[Wicked Blue]

3. She said some things earlier in the day

but I think she's been busy dealing with all this

[StarfishSaver]

4. She's been speaking - just had a briefing and has been doing interviews

From what I'm hearing, she is pretty ticked off. She had the DC police ready and standing by to assist Capitol Police but they said they didn't need help.

Something stinks.

[underpants]

2. Several US Attorneys have said they'd prosecute

If it’s determined people from their jurisdictions broke laws. It’s Charlottesville all over again with people being ID’ed on the internet

[Wicked Blue]

5. And I hope they throw the book at them all nt

[Kittycow]

7. Twitter's really good at sussing out Karens.

I'm hoping the bad guys' IDs will quickly come to light that way. Sometimes they're faster than law enforcement.

[musette_sf]

6. "Overwhelmed"

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