Blog Post Date: Jan 10th, 2021
Blog Post Last Update: Jan 10th, 2021
Bad Cops -- allow rioters to waltz right in, take selfies with them
At least two Capitol Police officers have been SUSPENDED, per @RepTimRyan, the House appropriator who oversees Capitol Police funding.
— Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma) January 11, 2021
Of the two suspended officers, one took the now infamous selfie and the other wore a MAGA hat while directing rioters.
Footage shows police officers opening the gates of the US Capitol building for pro-Trump protesters pic.twitter.com/ANHJ6rsls4
— TRT World (@trtworld) January 7, 2021
Police departments across the U.S. open probes into whether their own members took part in the Capitol riot https://t.co/7yNkux53a6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 10, 2021
5-minutes of footage and reporting from inside the Trump mob at the Capitol.
— Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) January 9, 2021
Highly recommend...pic.twitter.com/f36GtOavnq
Wait, I donāt understand what Iām seeing... https://t.co/SKPbGeRSyJ
— Molly Jong-Fastš” (@MollyJongFast) January 9, 2021
This is the Capital police officer who took selfies with the mob yesterday. Make him famous
— Terry Kelly (@terry_kelly69) January 8, 2021
RETWEET, RETWEET, RETWEET pic.twitter.com/qrxX3yriEf
Insurrectionists at the Capitol shattered the glass windows, broke down the doors, climbed the walls, wrote murder the media on doors, destroyed press video cameras and even walked through the front door. Officers stood by and did nothing.
— Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) January 8, 2021
pic.twitter.com/MfGFMDyqS5
it's lucky for the DC rioters that they were just a lawless mob of armed white terrorists storming the Capitol building and vandalizing offices, and not, let's say, a black man selling loose cigarettes on a street corner, because there are serious consequences for that
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) January 7, 2021
Wow, this by ITV News is the best footage I have seen from inside the Capitol.
— Amy Siskind š³ļøāš (@Amy_Siskind) January 7, 2021
The journalist notes: "America's long journey as a stable democracy appears to be in doubt." pic.twitter.com/zvhsbwI1x5
As we all take in the staggering fifteen (15) arrests made for todayās attempted coup, please join me in calling for a national commission to investigate the infiltration of US law enforcement by white supremacist groups.
— David Slack (@slack2thefuture) January 7, 2021
Joy Reid speaking the truth about the police response at the Capitol today. Emotional.
— Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) January 7, 2021
Itās worth 2-mins...pic.twitter.com/fXDNMAqwrm
Steve Schmidt, Russel Honore, Scarborough call for investigation into the Capitol police
The Capitol Police is a failed and compromised Federal Law Enforcement Institution. It is a threat to National Security. The Capitol Police abetted the attack on the Capitol and the evidence of that is all on video. https://t.co/T3BnxeK0Oc
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 8, 2021
Lt. General Russel HonorĆ© told Brian Williams that the Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms in the House and Senate may have been ācomplicitā in aiding and abetting the Capitol riots.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 8, 2021
pic.twitter.com/LCFsgMD9jz
Lt. General Russel HonorĆ© just said out loud what everyone is government and the media is afraid to say out loud! That the Capitol Police and the Senate sergeant-at-arms appear to have been complicit in Trumpās insurrection!! šš
— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) January 8, 2021
Joe Scarborough went off on Capitol police live on MSNBC: āYou opened the fucking doors for em!ā pic.twitter.com/4Ydd4Au8HN
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 7, 2021
I agree with those saying that if you are a violent seditionist and you force your way into the United States Capitol with a large stock of zip ties, it's an indication that you intended to take hostages, possibly Members of Congress. This criminal plot must be investigated ASAP. pic.twitter.com/GzEugLJmCz
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 7, 2021
Cops are more likely to break up a left wing protest than a right wing riot (even when the rioters are chanting 'Hang Mike Pence')
For those who are wondering why so much attention has been focused on the response of the Capitol Police to the Trump-inspired riots, hereās a data-driven article that provides some useful frame of reference. https://t.co/MAdlWGRd23
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 8, 2021
And hereās one that is more anecdotal.https://t.co/Qzpw8mCi39
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 8, 2021
Trump supporters chanting 'HANG MIKE PENCE' at the Capitol Building pic.twitter.com/iMSOl4u3tg
— Dallas (@59dallas) January 6, 2021
Journalists were attacked and detained. Rioters not so much. In fact they pointed rioters the way to Schumer's office
Journalists were attacked, threatened, and detained during the Capitol siege. Rioters, not so muchhttps://t.co/Ao6jtbSBme
— Alfons LĆ³pez Tena (@alfonslopeztena) January 9, 2021
As a mob raided the Capitol, a Capitol Police officer gave them directions to Chuck Schumer's office, per this Times report: "But they could not find Mr. Schumerās office. He said they asked a Capitol Police officer, who tried to direct them." https://t.co/suzMuEDHU9
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 8, 2021
Cops gave rioters directions to Schumerās office but aimed a gun at a photographer and didnāt believe she was a journalist. Astonishing this is the level of security in the halls of a co-equal branch of government in the post-9/11 era. https://t.co/HRcll5w15j
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 8, 2021
Remember when Capitol Police dragged disabled protesters out of Moscow Mitchās office in 2017 for peacefully protesting against evil Medicaid cuts?
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) January 7, 2021
But they opened the gates, doors and took selfies with terrorists. pic.twitter.com/CGt8wvenC5
Something seriously wrong when rioters are allowed to walk away after looting the Capitol, but multiple journalists are being arrested for filming/covering the story.
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) January 7, 2021
Only when they were about to be put on a bus to jail were these two journalists, apparently, let go https://t.co/ckhGwpjuAn