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Capitol Police: Officer suspended after antisemitic reading material was discovered near his work area
The officer will remain suspended pending the outcome of an investigation by the Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility. Author: Nick Boykin (WUSA9) Updated: 12:15 AM EDT March 16, 2021
WASHINGTON A Capitol Police officer has been suspended after antisemitic reading material was discovered near his work area on Sunday, according to the department in an email statement to WUSA9.
The officer will remain suspended pending the outcome of an investigation by the Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, Capitol Police said.
“We take all allegations of inappropriate behavior seriously. Once this matter was brought to my attention, I immediately ordered the officer to be suspended until the Office of Professional Responsibility can thoroughly investigate,” said Acting Chief Pittman in the statement provided to WUSA9.
US Capitol Police officers on Wednesday afternoon, January 6, 2021.
Zach Fish, who serves as the chief of staff for New York Congresswoman Mondaire Jones (Dem-Westchester County) tweeted on Monday: “As I left my office in Longworth yesterday, I discovered something that, as a Jew, horrified me. At the United States Capitol Police security checkpoint, someone had left vile anti-Semitic propaganda in plain sight.”
Fish continued: “For those of you who donât recognize this, it is one of the foundational white supremacist texts of the 20th century. It inspired Hitler himself and served as justification for his killing of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.”