Double standard : Biden, Black lawmakers and activists decry police response to attack on US Capitol Grace Hauck and Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY
Chaotic scene in US Capitol as pro-Trump rioters storm the building
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WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden, civil rights leaders and activists blasted law enforcement agencies for their slow response to rioters at the U.S. Capitol, noting the massive show of police force in place for Black Lives Matter demonstrations last year over police killings of unarmed Black men and women.
Biden said his granddaughter pointed out the unfair difference in images that showed the violence wielded against Black Lives Matter protesters versus the seemingly muted response against those who attacked the U.S. government.
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is resigning effective Monday, becoming the highest ranking member of President Donald Trump’s administration to resign in protest after the pro-Trump insurrection at Capitol.
In a statement Thursday, Chao, who is married to Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, said the violent attack on the Capitol “has deeply troubled me in a way that I simply cannot set aside.”
She said her department will continue to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden’s designated nominee to head the department, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
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Unfathomable : Capitol Police security breakdown prompts chief s resignation Kevin Johnson, Tom Vanden Brook and Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY
DC Mayor Bowser explains why she couldn t call on federal help during Capitol riot
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Among the most striking images of law enforcement futility, on a day when chaos convulsed the U.S. Capitol, was of a lone, shirt-sleeved officer in retreat waving a baton at an advancing mob that had breached the Senate side of the building.
Flag-waving rioters appeared to stalk the officer who bounded up one stairway after another – with no immediate back-up to be found.
Mob attack showcases Capitol security failures By Associated Press | January 7, 2021 at 10:48 AM EST - Updated January 7 at 8:31 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has accepted the resignation of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger a day after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol.
The Kentucky Republican said Thursday in a statement that he had earlier requested the resignation and later received it. He says Stengerâs resignation is effective immediately.
McConnell says Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Jennifer Hemingway will now be acting sergeant-at-arms.