NBC4Washington: Capitol Police Rejected Offers of Federal Help to Quell Mob

[Wicked Blue]

By Colleen Long, Lolita Baldor, Michael Balsamo and Nomaan Merchant • Published January 7, 2021 • Updated 12 seconds ago

Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.

Despite plenty of warnings of a possible insurrection and ample resources and time to prepare, the Capitol Police planned only for a free speech demonstration.

Still stinging from the uproar over the violent response by law enforcement to protests last June near the White House, officials also were intent on avoiding any appearance that the federal government was deploying active duty or National Guard troops against Americans.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/lawmakers-vow-to-investigate-police-after-capitol-breach/2532662/

[Blue Owl]

1. We need to know if tRump or one of his goons ordered this

[dalton99a]

2. Sund must be investigated.

[Freddie]

4. Especially his bank account

[Irish_Dem]

3. Very bad call. They need to take up another line of work.

Will any other police dept hire these people?

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Seems like a good starting point for the Congressional Investigation on the Insurrection attempt.

Why did they refuse? Was it their decision or someone above them?

[brush]

14. Yep, something's fishy. It's not like they don't know how to do this.

Every year there's the State of Union Address. There are always demonstrations in DC. There's the inauguration every four years.

Something happened for the leaky security around the Capitol. No way should those insurrectionists have gotten into that building so easily.

[aquamarina]

6. Sounds like the Captain

Has some splaining to do.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Waaaaah!

Yes he does!

[njhoneybadger]

7. Un-fucking-believable

[SheltieLover]

9. Feds should have stepped in anyway

Clearly something was not right.

[maxsolomon]

10. How do they get to refuse the FBI, anyway?

[SheltieLover]

16. Not sure

[BusyBeingBest]

11. I'm skeptical about self-serving reports from parts of Trump's administration

casting all blame on the police.

[BlueIdaho]

12. The Capital Police need to be rebuilt from the ground up

With fresh troopers who have been thoroughly vetted for anti-American beliefs.

[tenderfoot]

13. Of course not, they didn't think angry racist white people could ever get out of hand.

as opposed to people that protest racial injustice, health care cuts, wars, etc...

[beachbumbob]

15. CYA moment by the Feds, let's see what investigators find out