Major
story and headline here (CNN):
“Capitol Police Investigates 35 Officers, Suspends six for Actions
During the January 6 Capitol Riot”
This story in full follows below:
Six U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay,
and 29 others have been placed under investigation, for their actions in
the January 6 riot, a department spokesman said Thursday.
“Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman has directed that any member
of her department whose behavior is not in keeping with the Department's Rules
of Conduct will face appropriate discipline,” department spokesman John Stolnis
told CNN.
CNN reported in January that the USCP had placed at least 10
officers under investigation, and two others had been suspended.
One of the suspended officers took a selfie with someone who
was part of the mob that overtook the Capitol, according to Rep. Tim Ryan, a
Democrat from Ohio. Another wore a “Make America Great Again hat and started
directing people around the building, Ryan said.
Last month, Pittman said the department “has been actively
reviewing video and other open source materials of some USCP officers and
officials that appear to be in violation of Department regulations and
policies.”
The suspensions and investigations come at a time of internal turmoil at the department as officers
continue to grapple with the insurrection that led to the death of Officer
Brian Sicknick. Members of the Capitol Police issued a vote of no confidence in
the force's top leaders earlier this month.
At least 7 officers in 5 other departments across
the country have come under internal investigations as their presence in
Washington during the assault comes to light through social media or other
means.
One officer in NY, one in Philadelphia, two in Seattle, two
in VA, and one in TX are under investigation by their departments for potential
rules violations. Additionally, some departments have been contacted by the FBI
as part of their criminal investigation into the overrunning of the Capitol.
The number may grow as investigators and the public sift
through social media and lodge allegations that officers may have been involved
in the siege.
Related articles here
and here
on this same story, and here
on more rioters being indicted as well.
My 2 cents: This story as
outlined and apparently growing every passing day certainly warrants a 9/11
independent commission to see that the full story is… this is big and it must
become clear and accurate to the public in order for us to have faith and trust
in any law enforcement agency or group.
Hopefully the DEMS will be able to set such a commission up – but there seems to be some resistance at this point – that too must be removed.
We need a full accounting of the events on that day and more so leading up to that day plus any and all (if any) pre-planning and coordination.
Time is critical, too in order to root out any
other possible corruption within the nation’s Capitol Police, or at any other
level.
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