Capitol rioters came prepared for war, ex-police chief says | First Thing

The former chief of the Capitol police told a Senate hearing that rioters who stormed the building were ready for war' and that Pentagon backup was slow to arrive. Plus, officers involved in the death of Daniel Prude won't face charges

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The chief of the Capitol police, who resigned over the 6 January attack, said the pro-Trump mob came prepared for war", at the first congressional hearing about law enforcement's response to the siege. Steven Sund said he was astonished at delays from the Pentagon after police appealed for reinforcements at the Capitol and the deployment of the National Guard. Washington's metropolitan police chief said he remembered Sund literally pleading" for backup.