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Park Police Officers Worried Chronic Understaffing Could Endanger The Public. Then The Capitol Riot
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Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold
"Pure chaos": US Park Police officers barricaded themselves inside the visitor center at the Washington Monument on Jan 6 to escape a mob of 150 protesters who furiously beat on the plate glass windows.
@bri_sacks & @RosalindZAdams w/the scoop & video
Park Police Officers Worried Chronic Understaffing Could Endanger The Public. Then The Capitol Riot...
“People were screaming for help on the radio. It was pure chaos. It sounded like officers were constantly asking for help in certain areas and things were totally out of control,” one officer said.
buzzfeednews.com
7:01 PM · Jan 17, 2021
Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold
"Pure chaos": US Park Police officers barricaded themselves inside the visitor center at the Washington Monument on Jan 6 to escape a mob of 150 protesters who furiously beat on the plate glass windows.
@bri_sacks & @RosalindZAdams w/the scoop & video
Park Police Officers Worried Chronic Understaffing Could Endanger The Public. Then The Capitol Riot...
“People were screaming for help on the radio. It was pure chaos. It sounded like officers were constantly asking for help in certain areas and things were totally out of control,” one officer said.
buzzfeednews.com
7:01 PM · Jan 17, 2021
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/us-park-police-capitol-riot-understaffed