D.C. police requested backup at least 17 times in 78 minutes during Capitol riot, Post exam finds

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D.C. police requested backup at least 17 times in 78 minutes during Capitol riot, Post examination finds

17 requests for backup in 78 minutes

A reconstruction shows how failures of planning and preparation
left police at the Capitol severely disadvantaged on Jan. 6

By Dalton Bennett, Shawn Boburg, Sarah Cahlan, Peter Hermann, Meg Kelly, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Elyse Samuels and Brian Monroe

April 15, 2021

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.

​​​​​Glover and a team of D.C. police officers had rushed to the besieged complex moments earlier at the behest of Capitol Police. By the time they arrived, the Capitol grounds were already being overrun by a mob intent on overturning President Donald Trump’s electoral defeat.

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 response.

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

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1. Duplicate post.

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2. So? This is the general Discussions Forum, not the Latest Breaking News Forum.