DC Police requested backup at least 17 times in 78 minutes during Capitol insurrection

[Nevilledog]

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

[blm]

1. Media afraid to say it's Trump's goons at Capitol Police who deliberately

weakened the force and limited their ability to fight back. They were set up to fail that day, and Trump’s Pentagon political flunkies made sure National Guard was undercut, as well.

The umbrella language being used for the most part does NOT tell the story of what happened.

[spooky3]

2. The use of passive voice needs to stop.

“They were prevented from...”

“Responses were delayed...”

BY WHOM????????

[blm]

3. FU WP. The planning by Trump's political appointees SUCCEEDED

Trump’s goons at Pentagon and head of Capitol Police succeeded in “failing” to counter the Capitol insurrectionists. Trumpee Sund sacrificed the lives of Capitol police to let Trump’s people advance their attack on Congress.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

4. Steven Sund was head of Capitol Police during the riots, appointed

by trump in June 2019. He testified before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill that:

* he didn't see a January 5th FBI warning about violence at the Capitol.
* just in the last 24 hours was informed" that the Capitol police got the report.
* emphasized that the intelligence came in the form of unverified "raw data" from social media.

among other bullshit