
Capitol Police Officers Are Fed Up With Their Bosses And Taking A Vote Of No Confidence
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
Emmanuel Felton is an investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
“We are the buffer, so that Congress doesn’t have to deal with the mess that they create in their respective districts.”
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
Black Lives Matter activists see a sharp contrast between the treatment they received last summer and what happened at the Capitol.
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“It used to be Southerners didn't want Blacks to vote because they're Black. Now they don’t want them to vote because they're Democrats.”
“We're fighting for fair and equal access to the polls — that has been the fight for half a century.”
Capitol Police officers are furious at how their bosses handled the Jan. 6 attack and want to see a radical overhaul of the department, not "political theater."
Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that their chief and other upper management left them totally unprepared and were nowhere to be found on the day.
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“We are the buffer, so that Congress doesn’t have to deal with the mess that they create in their respective districts.”
"I am at a loss, upset, hurt and have to speak out.”
“I don’t like the suburbs. I have found that I’m really not comfortable where there’s a lack of diversity.”
Black Lives Matter activists see a sharp contrast between the treatment they received last summer and what happened at the Capitol.
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