17 requests for backup in 78 minutes (at Capitol)

[sinkingfeeling]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/dc-police-records-capitol-riot/?itid=hp_alert

At 1:13 p.m. on Jan. 6, a D.C. police commander facing a swelling crowd of protesters on the west side of the U.S. Capitol made an urgent call for more officers in riot gear. “Hard gear at the Capitol! Hard gear at the Capitol!” Cmdr. Robert Glover shouted into his radio.

Over the next 78 minutes, Glover requested backup at least 17 times, according to a Washington Post analysis of the events, and the mob on the west side eventually grew to at least 9,400 people, outnumbering officers by more than 58 to one.

The Post reviewed police radio communications, synchronized them with hours of footage and drew on testimony and interviews with police supervisors to understand how failures of preparation and planning played out that day. The examination reveals how police were hampered by an insufficient number of officers and shortages of less-lethal weapons and protective equipment and also provides a glimpse into communications breakdowns within the police

[Lovie777]

1. I read somewhere that people responsible for the request thought it was . .

more important that they send the National Guards to protect their property than the Capitol Building and the lives therein.

[UpInArms]

2. Link to video

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/investigations/visual-forensics/dc-police-requested-backup-at-least-17-times-in-78-minutes-during-capitol-riot/2021/04/15/a6be0bb0-4815-4e49-be5f-b0fba2375901_video.html

[demmiblue]

3. ...

[malaise]

4. Lock up the insurrectionist in chief and his goons

They are responsible - that is all.