Inside the fight for the Capitol: US Capitol Police officers recount being unprepared and 'betrayed'

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New details provided by five US Capitol Police officers give a deeper look at how department leadership left its officers unprepared and how the police force charged with protecting Congress was overrun, leading to the assault on the Capitol.

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The day before the US Capitol was attacked, Capitol Police officers were ordered to report to the department's equipment depot to pick up helmets, an officer who was there that day told CNN. They didn't know why they were needed, but when they arrived, they were told to return later. The helmets had yet to be scanned into inventory.

When officers finally secured helmets that Wednesday morning following roll call, they weren't given direction for use or storage. The helmets are heavy, and it wasn't clear they'd need them for the morning's protest. Some put them in their lockers, others kept them near their fixed posts. By afternoon, the officers in the Capitol were in a fight for their lives and for the seat of American government.

"There was no planning. No pre-planning. I just don't understand. For the life of me, why not have the same precautions as we did with other demonstrations?" one officer said."Our management was completely ... nobody knew what the hell to do. Nobody was giving direction on what to do." "I feel betrayed," another officer said."They didn't even put us in a position to be successful.

Some DC Metropolitan Police officers were already at the Capitol trying to hold a perimeter outside the building. They had been monitoring the group from the Ellipse, where Trump had spoken earlier. "We were outnumbered as it was, but if MPD hadn't been there, they would have come right in," an officer said."They slowed the advance." The officers described the violence as methodical and escalating.

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They were not overrun they simply waved the trouble makers in this bullshit was all planned

I thought the Democratic party’s strategy against rioters was to stand down?!

This is not America ... ➡️

SethAbramson I've never served, so I hesitate to say this. I think the defenders should ha Ce made a bloody mess. Lost of the rioters never saw a head explode, so maybe show them. Up close.

It seems the plan was for them to not succeed.

The day after Trump First - punishment Second - prison Third - ....

SethAbramson Blue needs to wake up , they should have backed Joe instead of TraitorDon. Never forget trump did nothing about Russian bounties on our soldiers In Afghanistan. RepublicansDontCare MAGATerrorist

Why didn’t they open fire?

I have to say, YOU SUCK

They let some of them in

The election was stolen, Biden will not be the President no matter how many times the swear in the fucker.

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