{"id":67891,"date":"2021-01-07T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=67891"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:01:23","slug":"officials-calling-for-investigation-into-capitol-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-calling-for-investigation-into-capitol-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials calling for investigation into Capitol protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-calling-for-investigation-into-capitol-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=67891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1295053000-315x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2354797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 665px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2354797 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1295053000-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2354797\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2354797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of U.S. Capitol Police inspect a damaged entrance of the U.S. Capitol January 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 1:10 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, January 7, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said the Capitol police\u2019s response to Wednesday\u2019s protest at the U.S. Capitol was a \u201ccolossal failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/former-nypd-police-commissioner-capitol-security-during-riot-was-colossal-failure-99027525672\">interview<\/a> on Thursday, Bratton said a lack of coordination between law enforcement agencies contributed to the chaos, which suggests there needs to be an investigation into \u201cwhat happened and what did not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many lawmakers across the country have also called for an investigation, with some saying the Capitol Police \u201cweren\u2019t prepared\u201d and \u201ctook way too long\u201d to respond to the scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The storming of the Capitol Building requires a phenomenal amount of after-action review. A commission is something I would encourage the new administration coming in to create to clearly understand what happened \u2014 and what did not happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o2JOoCNM6J\">pic.twitter.com\/o2JOoCNM6J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Bratton (@CommissBratton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommissBratton\/status\/1347171714925424640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis was an awful day for America and one of the worst days for American law enforcement,\u201d Bratton said. \u201cAnd going forward one of the good things coming out of this [is] there\u2019s so much video, so much [to] analyze on social media. What was the organization in this crowd, in this mob, with the many factions that are working here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United States Capitol Police Department is reeling following the protests that broke out in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Capitol Police Chief Steven A. Sund released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/u-s-capitol-police-issue-statement-on-pro-trump-riots\">statement<\/a> on the demonstrations Thursday morning. He said more than 50 USCP and Metropolitan Police officers were injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On January 7, 2021:<\/p>\n<p>MPD made 68 arrests<br \/>\n56 officers injured \u2013 2 hospitalized<br \/>\n6 firearms recovered<br \/>\n2 pipe bombs recovered<\/p>\n<p>Unrest-Arrest Data updated daily @ 9 am: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tO3TQDt5hv\">https:\/\/t.co\/tO3TQDt5hv<\/a><br \/>\nPersons of Interest: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Exd9oZxVoQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Exd9oZxVoQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCPoliceDept\/status\/1347254914993549312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Officers were overpowered by the mob that pushed past barricades, doors and even windows to make their way into the Capitol. While lawmakers were in session working to certify the presidential election results, Sund said law enforcement scrambled to quickly get them into safety and to fend off the mob.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the chaos, dozens of police officers were injured. The chief of police reports that while the mob was storming the Capitol, police were also responding to reports of suspicious packages delivered on Capitol grounds and more.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN \u2013 Protesters are fighting with Secret Service and Capitol Police within the U.S. capitol.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ziveA5kBJ8\">pic.twitter.com\/ziveA5kBJ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Disclose.tv \ud83d\udea8 (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1346903150947655685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, two pipe bombs have been recovered, one pipe bomb from the DNC, another pipe bomb from the RNC,\u201d Bratton noted. \u201c[And] a cooler from a vehicle with a long gun in it that also included Molotov cocktails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both explosives were located by police and safely detonated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/watch-live-d-c-mayor-muriel-bowser-gives-update-the-day-after-u-s-capitol-insurrection\">Police Chief Sund<\/a> said the violent attack on the Capitol was \u201cunlike any\u201d he had ever experienced in his career and condemned it as \u201ccriminal riotous behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also touted his department\u2019s response by saying the actions of USCP officers were heroic. Several others rallied in support of the police, including Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who said officers practiced great restraint throughout the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just can\u2019t say enough of these men and women in uniform\u2013these police officers that were willing to put their life on the line and be greatly outnumbered by the protesters,\u201d Mullin said. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t many law enforcement in the chambers with us and they were willing to hold the line as long as they could to make sure the members could get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, lawmakers have vowed to conduct an investigation into the actions by Capitol Police. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city plans to look into improving security on Capitol Hill to prevent incidents such as this in the future.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates\/2021\/01\/07\/954333542\/four-dead-police-injured-dozens-arrested-after-siege-at-the-u-s-capitol\">reports<\/a>, approximately 70 arrests were made from Wednesday through early Thursday morning, largely for violating the 6 p.m. curfew set by Mayor Bowser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have a significant amount of work ahead of us to identify and hold each and every one of the violent mob accountable for their actions,\u201d D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee stated. \u201cWe have collected numerous images of persons of interests that we are asking the community to help us identify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI has confirmed they are involved in ongoing investigations into the demonstrations. They are setting up a tip-line website for information and to help to identify those who entered the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<h4>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-capitol\/\">Ken Cuccinelli: Fence Being Built Around U.S. Capitol<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said the Capitol police\u2019s response to Wednesday\u2019s protest at the U.S. Capitol was a \u201ccolossal failure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2180624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1295053000-315x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Officials calling for investigation into Capitol protest","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1295053000-315x210.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Officials calling for investigation into Capitol protest","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}