The uncomfortable questions facing Capitol Police over the security breach by MAGA mob

[IsItJustMe]

Source: The Conversation

When die-hard Trump supporters are able to storm the U.S. Capitol and forcefully occupy offices in the House and the Senate, questions over security are going to be asked.

I am an academic criminologist who in an earlier life served as a senior policy adviser at the Department of Homeland Security. Moreover, as a 27-year veteran of the Boston Police Department, I have firsthand experience of major policing operations.

Something clearly didn’t go to plan on Wednesday. The man in charge of policing that day, U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, has since announced he is resigning. But even with him gone, what will remain are serious questions that will need to be answered about how an angry mob was able to circumvent security and enter the Capitol building.

Was there a failure of intelligence?
Washington, D.C., is one of the most heavily policed cities in the world. The U.S. Capitol Police is a force that numbers around 2,000 officers and operates with an annual budget of US$460 million. Their job is to protect the U.S. Congress. There is every reason to believe that they should have known that Trump supporters intended to descend upon the Capitol with the intention of thwarting the peaceful transfer of power to President-elect Joe Biden.

After all, Trump has been signaling his followers on Twitter for weeks, promising on Dec. 19 that the day would “be wild.” Meanwhile some of his supporters in the MAGA world have made no secret of their intention to disrupt the ratification of the Electoral College votes by the Congress. And on the day itself, Trump urged a crowd to march on the Capitol...CONTINUED....

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/uncomfortable-questions-facing-capitol-police-133050227.html
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Some of those officers looked like they were facilitating the rioters while others were try to stop them. This was an obvious epic fail at so many levels of law enforcement.

[soothsayer]

1. I hope the complicit -- right on up the chain to DoD -- face harsh consequences

[Salviati]

3. Right, and not just being fired, or being allowed to resign.

But sentenced to actual jail time for aiding and abetting in the commission of felonies.

[Sneederbunk]

2. No failure of intelligence. Purposeful conduct by Cap Police.

[appalachiablue]

4. Capitol Police Officer lets Trump protesters thru gates at Capitol

*WATCH*

Link to tweet

[IsItJustMe]

6. HOLY SHIT!!!

Didn't see this one. You should make a thread out of this. Scary!!!

Edit to add: Do you have a link for this?

[appalachiablue]

8. Put your cursor over the photo, right click on

'copy address' and viola, paste the twitter link.

Link to tweet

[IsItJustMe]

9. LOL. I guess I am not a sponge brain when it comes to posting. I'm learning. THX

[Guilded Lilly]

5. Inside help seemed rather obvious in hindsight. A perfect storm of corrupt character. N/T

[dalton99a]

7. Sund clearly played a crucial role in the insurrection.