US Capitol police ‘betrayed’ by leadership in siege: Union

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 US Capitol police ‘betrayed’ by leadership in siege: Union

By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

January 27, 2021 | 7:25pm

US Capitol police officers were “betrayed” by their bosses, who left rank-and-file cops poorly equipped to handle the storming of the Capitol building — and weren’t told the violence was expected, the department’s union chief said Wednesday.

Nearly 140 cops were either physically injured or emotionally traumatized in the Jan. 6 assault, US Capitol Police Labor Committee Chairman Gus Papathanasiou said.

“I have officers who were not issued helmets prior to the attack who have sustained brain injuries,” he said in a statement, according to a report in The Hill.

“One officer has two cracked ribs and two smashed spinal discs,” he said. “One officer is going to lose his eye, and another was stabbed with a metal fence stake.”

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https://nypost.com/2021/01/27/us-capitol-police-betrayed-by-leadership-in-riot-union/

[thackney]

If a significant show of force was in place with the police, breaking into the Capitol Building would not likely have happened.

Then they could not have their fake impeachment trial.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

If a significant show of force was in place with the police, breaking into the Capitol Building would not likely have happened.

Then they could not have their fake impeachment trial.

Exactly. 

And they would not be able to justify the continued troops visible within DC.

[PeteS in CA]

IIRC, of the 3 persons on the board "managing" Capitol Police, 2 were political appointees (possibly OK, possibly sloughers).