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demmiblue

(36,917 posts)
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 05:30 PM Apr 2021

Scathing watchdog report reveals Capitol Police had expired ammo and ineffective shields during riot

(CNN)A scathing report by the US Capitol Police watchdog obtained by CNN reveals that there were even more law enforcement failures prior to January 6 than previously known, including new details about expired ammunition, ineffective shields and a previously unreported warning more than two weeks ahead of the insurrection about a map of the Capitol's underground tunnels that was posted on a pro-Donald Trump website.

These findings from the USCP Inspector General are included in the second preliminary report about the events surrounding the Capitol riot and suggest there were several longstanding issues that the department "either knew and did not address in time or did not address in a routine manner to prevent," according to the summary obtained by CNN.

Specifically, the inspector general highlights significant problems in the department's approach to equipment maintenance, policies for the civil disturbance unit and handling of intelligence prior to the attack. Most notably, the failure of intelligence assessment is evidenced by a warning Capitol Police received from the Department of Homeland Security on December 21, but did not appear to fully utilize.

On that day, "the Department of Homeland Security notified the Department of a blog referencing tunnels on U.S. Capitol grounds used by Members of Congress and research of the website identified four 'threads/blog topics containing comments of concern,'" the summary states.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/08/politics/capitol-riot-inspector-general/index.html
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Scathing watchdog report reveals Capitol Police had expired ammo and ineffective shields during riot (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2021 OP
I wish I had the gift of writing how I feel about the events Boomerproud Apr 2021 #1
Just write it as if you were telling someone you know and trust. Grasswire2 Apr 2021 #2
Dang! A map! Wonder if they can tell who put it there! Karadeniz Apr 2021 #3

Boomerproud

(7,985 posts)
1. I wish I had the gift of writing how I feel about the events
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 05:43 PM
Apr 2021

of January 6th. I watched it in real time and was terrified and a jumble of emotions. Each new video or published piece that comes out just puts a knife through my heart.

Grasswire2

(13,575 posts)
2. Just write it as if you were telling someone you know and trust.
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 07:08 PM
Apr 2021

It would be valuable to put your thoughts down --

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