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2024-07-27 Fifth Column
Park Police union says officers ‘did everything they could' during DC anti-Israel riot
[FoxNews] 'Our officer staffing crisis is at the root of our agency's mission readiness,' union chief says

Following the protests at Union Station by anti-Israel agitators defacing federal property in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, a Park Police union is pushing back against criticism that only a few arrests were made.

Thousands of Hamas-sympathizing agitators descended on Washington, D.C., Tuesday, at one point defacing federal monuments with phrases in support of the terrorist group responsible for the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, saying, "Hamas is coming."

Twenty-three people were arrested at the protests, but some have suggested that number should have been higher.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., posted on X, "How many more times are they going to allow leftist degenerates who support terrorism and hate America to vandalize property and attack police? There should have been hundreds of arrests today in D.C. not just 23."

But the U.S. Park Police Labor Committee is pushing back.

"Our officers on the ground did everything they could to protect life and property. In fact, despite having only 29 officers available to mitigate damage — 29! — with no additional help from the Department of the Interior, we processed several arrests for charges ranging from assault on a police officer to destruction of government property," Kenneth Spencer, chairman of the United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police, said in a statement.
What about that contingent from the NYPD that came specifically to help during this protest? Were they left in headquarters to take care of the extra paperwork?
"That's why it's so disheartening to hear some members of Congress and members of the media, many of whom describe themselves as ‘champions’ of law enforcement, suggesting that officers gave protesters a ‘pass’ or that insufficient arrests were made.

"Nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone who truly cares to understand the problem would see that our officer staffing crisis is at the root of our agency's mission readiness.
Whose bright idea was it that the DC police staffing crisis should be allowed to continue unresolved?
A small unit of 29 officers arrested 10 individuals while being assaulted by a mob of thousands. We simply did not have the staffing or resources to accomplish a mass arrest operation."

At least one demonstrator, whose face was covered, was spotted by Fox News carrying what appeared to be the flag of the terrorist group Hamas while others were heard shouting "Allahu Akbar."
Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11172 views ]  Top
 File under: Hamas 

#1 Did this WH offer National Guard? Trump did and Nancy turned it down. There is a pattern here of 'enabling'.
Posted by Procopius2k 2024-07-27 06:56||   2024-07-27 06:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Unlike J6, when rioters were shot.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-27 07:57||   2024-07-27 07:57|| Front Page Top

#3 ‘No way to treat an ally at war’: WSJ editorial slams protests targeting Bibi's Congress address
Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-27 08:12||   2024-07-27 08:12|| Front Page Top

#4 A perfect example of the Democrat-run Washington cesspool. 29 effectives!
Posted by IS  2024-07-27 09:30||   2024-07-27 09:30|| Front Page Top

#5 The US Capitol Police, whose headquarters is two blocks away, has over 2,000 sworn, and patrols the entire areas immediately proximate to Union Station.
I cannot fathom why mutual aid wasn't requested. The USPP and ISCP work together all the time.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-07-27 13:29||   2024-07-27 13:29|| Front Page Top

#6 ...USCP...
Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-07-27 13:29||   2024-07-27 13:29|| Front Page Top

#7 I found myself thinking "I'm glad the US isn't hosting the Olympics in this current climate--there would be almost ZERO effort in making it anything other than a security nightmare."
Posted by Crusader 2024-07-27 16:19||   2024-07-27 16:19|| Front Page Top

#8 "Come on, man! We did everything we could. It's not our fault that we are useless."
Posted by SteveS 2024-07-27 18:58||   2024-07-27 18:58|| Front Page Top

#9 What about ... NYPD

They were protesting.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-27 19:46||   2024-07-27 19:46|| Front Page Top

#10 The park service had more people on duty keeping WW II veterans away during urkles government shutdown.
Posted by Difar Dave 2024-07-27 20:00||   2024-07-27 20:00|| Front Page Top

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