Jan 15, 2021
In this Jan. 6 image from video provided by Robyn Stevens Brody, a line of men wearing helmets and olive drab body armor walk up the marble stairs outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington in an orderly single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the man ahead. The formation, known as Ranger File, is standard operating procedure for a combat team stacking up to breach a building. (Robyn Stevens Brody via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead.
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Bexar County Courthouse
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar briefed county commissioners this week on his long-term plans to reduce huge overtime costs for staffing the jail.
The county spent $10 million on overtime in 2020, according to the county manager’s office.
Salazar on Tuesday pitched perhaps the biggest proposal of all to reduce the jail population and associated overtime for the jail staff the creation of a mental health facility to house and treat eligible inmates.
“Use that as a means of taking care of them other than trying to rely on our jail as a long-term solution to our ongoing mental health and growing mental health crisis,” he said.
Houston police officer under investigation after participating in U.S. Capitol riot
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Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune
An 18-year veteran of the Houston Police Department is under federal investigation for his participation in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
On Sunday, a community member sent Acevedo a picture of the patrol officer carrying a Trump flag outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 rally, Acevedo said. The officer had also posted a photo of himself at the Capitol on Facebook. Acevedo then contacted the FBI to launch a joint investigation into the officer’s role in the riot.
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Who was behind the invasion of the Capitol? January 13, 2021 12:48 PM CDT By Michael Biesecker And Michael Kunzelman
The well-funded Q Anon outfit of neofascists was actively involved in the invasion. They have at least one member sitting in the U.S. Congress. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Editor’s note: The AP report that follows shows that it was well-off businessmen, longtime GOP donors, and people with money who formed the backbone of the fascist invasion of the Capitol last week. They worked hand in hand with the white supremacists and far-right militants attacking democracy that day.