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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 10:05 AM Jan 2021

Former NYPD head calls for 9/11-style commission to investigate Capitol riot


BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO - 01/10/21 07:01 AM EST

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Sunday urged for the creation of a commission similar to the one that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to investigate Wednesday’s pro-Trump riot at the Capitol.

The world watched Wednesday as Trump supporters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and ransacking offices, as well as destroying artifacts and other structures.

Five people died amid the chaos, including a woman who was shot by a Capitol Police officer and an officer who died after sustaining injuries while responding to the riot. Three others died after experiencing “medical emergencies” near the Capitol grounds.

During an interview with John Catsimatidis on his radio show on WABC 770 AM, Bratton said “it is quite clear” that law enforcement agencies were not prepared for the events that took place following a Trump rally on the National Mall.

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Former NYPD head calls for 9/11-style commission to investigate Capitol riot (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2021 OP
You mean the one that did everything to absolve the Saudi Royal family exboyfil Jan 2021 #1
+1. We need televised hearings. dalton99a Jan 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #4
So we won't see official findings until three years from now dalton99a Jan 2021 #3

exboyfil

(18,372 posts)
1. You mean the one that did everything to absolve the Saudi Royal family
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 10:09 AM
Jan 2021

I don't really think so. I am thinking something more along the lines of Benghazi where every federal office holder and supporter around Trump and Trump himself gets to spend up to 12 hours in the witness chair.

Also Senators like Tuberville who was supposed to receive a call from Rudy G. That call was very suspicious. It almost sounds like somebody in the mob attempting to set a timetable for a hit. Rudy G. also gets to answer lots of questions.

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dalton99a

(95,269 posts)
3. So we won't see official findings until three years from now
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 10:13 AM
Jan 2021

But there will be a nice and well written book, with lots and lots of footnotes in the back that nobody reads


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