More than 1,100 District police officers would ultimately respond to the attack, Contee said, and 65 of them were injured. A 66th would take his own life a few days later.
"These resources were barely enough to counter an event that had never happened in the history of the United States," he said. "A mob of thousands of American citizens launching a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol ... in an attempt to halt the counting of the electoral ballots."
"These resources were barely enough to counter an event that had never happened in the history of the United States," he said. "A mob of thousands of American citizens launching a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol ... in an attempt to halt the counting of the electoral ballots."
DC police chief stunned by ‘reluctance’ to deploy Guard during Jan. 6 attack
The head of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told senators Tuesday that there was an initial “reluctance” to send the National Guard during the Jan. …
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