{"id":148878,"date":"2021-01-07T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-nation-asks-where-were-the-u-s-capitol-police\/"},"modified":"2021-01-07T05:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T02:10:00","slug":"a-nation-asks-where-were-the-u-s-capitol-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-nation-asks-where-were-the-u-s-capitol-police\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  A nation asks, \u2018Where were the U.S. Capitol Police?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be7b5ab985\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be7b5ab985\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-nation-asks-where-were-the-u-s-capitol-police\/#Answers_are_few_and_far_between_but_there_are_some_clues\" >Answers are few and far between, but there are some clues<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-nation-asks-where-were-the-u-s-capitol-police\/#Greg_Robb\" >Greg Robb<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  A nation asks, \u2018Where were the U.S. Capitol Police?\u2019<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Answers_are_few_and_far_between_but_there_are_some_clues\"><\/span>\n  Answers are few and far between, but there are some clues<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000121079\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The previously unimaginable scenes of rioters cavorting about the House and Senate chambers, and even the speaker\u2019s office, at the U.S. Capitol have raised one major question: Where were the U.S. Capitol Police?<\/p>\n<p> Answers to the question were few and far between. But there were clues to be gleaned from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       One potentially illuminating video taken from the steps of the Capitol facing the National Mall showed a mass of protesters pressing a thin police line. Then a loud pop is heard. A social-media post indicated that the protesters had used a chemical irritant to break through police lines.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaBennatan\/status\/1346958228639379457\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The large crowd had walked down the Mall after listening to President Donald Trump speak outside the White House. <\/p>\n<p>Ari Natter, a reporter for Bloomberg who was an eyewitness to the events on the west side of the Capitol, said it was \u201cbedlam,\u201d with \u201ca huge mob, thousands of people pressing against the police barricade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were violent skirmishes with members of the mob using flagpoles to assault outnumbered police, who countered with batons, he said. Both sides seemed to use mace, he said. \u201cEventually the police had to retreat, and that is how people got in,\u201d Natter said, in an interview on Bloomberg Radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of amazing to me,\u201d he said. \u201cThe police did seem unprepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another video from Joshua Potash <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to show police giving up on a barricade, with rioters rushing in through a widening aperture.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaPotash\/status\/1346931235176783873\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Inside the Capitol, officers were apparently caught flat-footed. There is a lengthy video of a lone policeman attempting, unsuccessfully, to stem the tide of protesters. He told by the intruders, \u201cThis is our America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the time the officer had retreated to where he could find allies, the mob was flowing freely through the building.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>In the chaos, one unidentified woman, said to be a protester, was shot and killed, according to several reports, quoting law-enforcement officials. <\/p>\n<p>Robert Gordon, a professor of criminology and an expert on policing at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, who watched the events unfold on television, said it was clear the Capitol police were \u201csignificantly short-handed on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously there was a great deal of restraint being applied on the part of police. They seemed to be subject to provocations of different kinds,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter for ITV <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> posted a remarkable video as he accompanied protestors into the Capitol.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlNasman\/status\/1346959321402388480\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       As the afternoon wore on, many protesters drifted away and more and more police arrived, followed by buses of National Guard troops. <\/p>\n<p>As night fell, police secured the perimeter of the Capitol, and the House sergeant-at-arms said the building was secure. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alizaslav\/status\/1346954413731061761\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       <strong>See:<\/strong>  Congress looks to resume confirmation of Biden\u2019s victory after protesters storm Capitol <\/p>\n<p>National Guardsmen were later seen arriving in front of the Capitol as a 6 p.m. curfew in the city was coming into effect. <\/p>\n<p>Several lawmakers vowed to continue with the congressional certification of Biden\u2019s victory in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Former Democratic senator Claire McCaskill said in an MSNBC appearance that lawmakers from both parties with whom she\u2019d spoken expected to return to the task Wednesday evening with the hope of completing it by morning.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Greg Robb\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greg_Robb\"><\/span>Greg Robb<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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