How security failures enabled mob to storm US Capitol
Updated / Thursday, 7 Jan 2021
19:53
Protesters storm their way into the US Capitol
The chaos inside the US Capitol came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare.
The siege of the Capitol, home to both the US Senate and the House of Representatives, represents one of the gravest security lapses in recent US history, current and former law enforcement officials said, turning one of the most recognisable symbols of US power into a locus of political violence.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser penned a letter to federal officials Tuesday urging transparency in plans to deploy "unidentifiable personnel" at pro-Trump rallies, a day after having requested the D.C. National Guard be activated this week.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser penned a letter to federal officials Tuesday urging transparency in plans to deploy "unidentifiable personnel" at pro-Trump rallies, a day after having requested the D.C. National Guard be activated this week.
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