How Police Tried — and Failed — To Stop Capitol Attackers | Visual Investigations

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Each and every terrorist there that day is a piece of shit that deserves everything that the reddit ToS restricts me from typing out.

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/m_y 📅︎︎ Mar 22 2021 🗫︎ replies

Thanks for the link, OP.

👍︎︎ 1 👤︎︎ u/Steak_and_Champipple 📅︎︎ Mar 22 2021 🗫︎ replies

More people need to watch this. A lot of perspective.

👍︎︎ 1 👤︎︎ u/SidFinch99 📅︎︎ Mar 22 2021 🗫︎ replies
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“Can you move east to about Third Street at the crossover? And —” It’s Jan. 6, 12:50 p.m. In a little over an hour, Trump supporters will be roaming the halls of the U.S. Capitol. “Just be visible in that area, ready to respond.” What you’re hearing are recordings of internal police radio traffic obtained by The New York Times that give a rare window into the real-time tactics, decisions and fears of front-line police officers thrust into a battle they weren’t expecting. “Having just a couple minor issues in that area with small crowds — or with the large crowd.” [shouting] The crowd gathered outside the Capitol lawn gets more aggressive and pushes through barricades guarded by Capitol Police officers. [shouting] “We’re not here for you. We’re here for America.” The Capitol Police force requests backup. “Can you advise if anyone —” These internal radio communications are from the reinforcements, officers from D.C.’s municipal police force, or M.P.D., who were called in to help the Capitol Police. “Cruiser 50, 64, 54, mount up.” Cruiser 50 is the call sign for the leader of the M.P.D. response, Inspector Robert Glover, a high-ranking M.P.D. veteran who specializes in crowd control and high-stakes confrontations. As President Trump is speaking at the other end of the Mall, Glover is leading an M.P.D. team to reinforce the west front of the Capitol. The main stairways are currently covered with scaffolding and bleachers. If the crowd pushes past police anywhere along here, they’ll have easier access to the building. When Glover’s M.P.D. team arrives, most dressed in bright yellow, this is the brawl they’re walking into. [shouting] Glover, seen here, immediately sees that a crowd this big, this hostile, is going to require more manpower. D.S.O. are munition specialists. C.D.U. units are trained to subdue unruly crowds — “Hold back.” — but the police will quickly learn this is not a typical unruly crowd. “The patriots are the only ones who give a [expletive] about you.” Over the next 76 minutes, the M.P.D. radio communications, synchronized with footage from the scene analyzed by The New York Times, reveal the gauntlet Glover and his team face trying to hold the line at the Capitol. It’s been five minutes since Glover’s team arrived, and already he’s calling in officer injuries. He hears from other police on the radio, who warn that the situation is about to get even worse. Now that President Trump has left the stage at the other end of the National Mall, crowds of people are streaming toward the Capitol. Glover is still asking for the munitions unit. Injuries were mounting. [bang] Finally, one of the units in hard gear Glover’s been calling for arrives. “They should have [expletive] stormed them when they had the chance. Like, they got all kind of big-ass riot cops coming down.” Police escalate their response and start using more crowd-control weapons. “They’re shooting into their own people. We represent blue lives, and this is what they do to us.” “Move back. Move back.” “We’re coming, [expletive].” “They have tear gas, but we will not stop. We will not stop.” It’s been almost an hour since Glover and his team were called to the scene. “Blue lives matter. Every life matters.” “We don’t want to be here right now.” “We don’t want to have to be here.” “It’s not personal, man.” The help they need isn’t arriving. But the crowd keeps coming. [shouting] “Let’s go. Let’s go.” The crowd penetrates the scaffolding, a critical position that gives them access to stairs to the upper terraces where there are several key doors into the building. Things are so dire that Glover himself takes up crowd-control arms, but it’s not enough. “Let’s go.” Within minutes, throngs snake up through the scaffolding, push past more police, up the stairs, and some reach the upper level, break through windows and the door to get inside the Capitol. But for Glover and his team, this fight is not over. They’re still on the lower terrace battling to block off the sea of people from gaining access to other doors and windows. [shouting] Word comes over the radio that more forces are being sent to the scene. Glover even calls for mounted Park Police. “There is now a restricted access area, pursuant to D.C. official —” But the horses don’t arrive in time. At 2:28 p.m., sections of the police line are beginning to buckle. “Take it!” Then other parts of the line give way. “Push, push, push.” The crowd swarms the lower terrace. Some surround the police. Officers are attacked. [shouting] “God’s gonna judge every one of you all.” Glover finally has no choice but to order his officers to retreat. [shouting] “Take their helmets off. Get their helmets off.” “We own this [expletive].” 10-33 means Glover is calling for immediate emergency assistance. All hands. [shouting] [chanting]
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Channel: The New York Times
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Keywords: capitol riot, capitol riot mob updates, blue lives matter, capitol riot mobs, capitol riot news, what happened during the capitol riot, d.c. police capitol attack, where were the police during the capitol attack, trump capitol riot, capitol riot maga, capitol riot trump supporters, visual investigations, trump news, trump capitol riot attack, nytimes visual investigatons, news, new york times, nytimes video, video from the new york times, the new york times
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Length: 8min 54sec (534 seconds)
Published: Sun Mar 21 2021
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