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Five people are killed in the Capitol storm by Trump fans in Washington. Police officers now describe their shocking experiences.
- Trailer: inside of Donald Trump storm the US Congress building in January 6th Washington.
- At a hearing in the US Senate, the ex-boss makes the Capitol Police the secret services jointly responsible.
- The security forces used drastic words to describe them Riots.
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Washington DC – For the security disaster in the attack on the US Congress building on January 6, the former head of Capitol Police, Steven Sund, blamed the secret services. Sund said on Tuesday (February 23, 2021) at a hearing in the US Senate that the information from the intelligence services had in no way predicted the events on said January day.
His team had prepared for a large demonstration with the potential for violence. Instead, a “military coordinated attack” and “violent takeover of the Kapitol-Building “had to do. Sund emphasized that the police are dependent on knowledge from the secret service apparatus. “We rely on this information to be absolutely correct.”
Riots in Washington: Donald Trump fans were “prepared for war”
The police did not expect an onslaught of thousands of “criminals”. “They had weapons, chemical ammunition, explosive devices, shields, protective vests,” said Sund. “These criminals were prepared for a war.“
“No agency, including the FBI, has provided intelligence that there would be a coordinated violent attack on the US Capitol by thousands of well-equipped, armed insurgents,” Sund said. Compared to the radical fans of the then president Donald Trump his officials were “clearly outnumbered”.
Police officers try to stop supporters of Donald Trump who storm the US Capitol building.
© Miguel Juarez Lugo / dpa
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Senior policewoman Carneysha Mendoza described the Storming the Capitol With the words: “Of the many events that I have seen during my nearly 19-year career in the department, this was by far the worst of the worst.” They attacked people from the mob with a chemical – the burn has not yet completely healed. “We could have had ten times as many people and I still believe the argument would have been just as devastating.”
Trump supporters: inside wreaked havoc in the US Capitol
Other high-ranking security officials from Congress also complained at the Senate hearing that the intelligence agencies had failed to do so. Former House Chief Security Officer Paul Irving said the events were predicted to have previous marches from supporters of the then-US president Donald Trump would resemble. He relied on that.
Supporters: inside of Donald Trump had that in early January during a session of Congress Stormed the Capitol and wreaked havoc and havoc there. Parliament’s security forces were not up to the onslaught. At least five people were killed in the riots, including a police officer.
Sund, Irving and the then senior Senate security officer, Michael Stenger, had resigned from their posts after the attack, faced with fierce criticism that the US parliamentary seat could be overrun in this way.
Security forces provide shocking details about the riot.
© Essdras M. Suarez / dpa
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Capitol storm of supporters: inside Donald Trump: Police chief “stunned” about the military
Police in the US capital Washington rushed to the aid of Congress security that day. Their boss, Robert Contee, complained at the Senate hearing that he was surprised at how reluctant the military were to respond to urgent calls for help when they shared the telephone Capitol Police reacted by sending members of the National Guard to help in view of the escalation. There was no immediate answer.
He was “stunned” about how long it had taken until the National Guards came on Kapitol arrived. His police officers “fought for their lives”. (Tim Vincent Dicke with dpa)
Picture list: © Miguel Juarez Lugo / dpa
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