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What a perfect example of a government response to a problem. Never waste one (even better, create one). They had the resources, the Capitol Police, they had the notice, and they mishandled the situation. Whether that was intentional or not, they created the issue and now the response is not to address the issues that would fix the problem, the answer is to grow the government and spread this shitshow of federal power into other states.
Prior intel was not the problem. What they did with that intel was the, which was practically nothing.
This is such bullshit and a worrisome expansion of yet another federal police force. They are all for defunding police, except the ones they say are needed to protect them.
Six months after a mob of supporters of President Donald J. Trump stormed the Capitol, the United States Capitol Police is planning to expand operations outside Washington in an effort to better protect lawmakers, beginning with the opening of field offices in California and Florida.
Tim Barber, a spokesman, said the plan was to open several additional regional offices as the department charged with protecting Congress transforms itself in the aftermath of the attack, which exposed serious deficiencies in the Capitol Police’s gathering and dissemination of intelligence, preparedness and training.
Much like the Secret Service, which has field offices in multiple states and countries, the Capitol Police need to be able to monitor and quickly investigate threats against lawmakers wherever they occur, Mr. Barber said.
Yogananda D. Pittman, the acting chief of force, has testified before Congress that total threats against lawmakers have doubled since 2017, with an “overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside” the capital region.
The announcement came as Capitol Police presented a number of steps the agency has taken since the attack, which left dozens of officers from the department and the District of Columbia police force bloodied and injured. Lawmakers evacuated the Capitol and some cowered inside as the rioters, incensed by Mr. Trump’s lie of a stolen election, tried to stop Congress from formalizing President Biden’s victory.
Prior intel was not the problem. What they did with that intel was the, which was practically nothing.
This is such bullshit and a worrisome expansion of yet another federal police force. They are all for defunding police, except the ones they say are needed to protect them.
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