Apparently several sources are revealing that a small group of people were allowed by U.S. Capitol Police to rush the Capitol building during Saturday's Rally and even allowed to pose for photos after spray painting graffitti.
From the article in The Hill :
Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of the west front steps of the United States Capitol building after police were ordered to break their security line by their leadership, two sources told The Hill.
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More from the article:
"According to the sources, police officers were livid when they were told to fall back by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Phillip Morse andDeputy Chief Daniel Nichols. "They were the commanders on the scene," one source said, who requested anonymity. "It was disgusting."
And Chief Morse of the U.S. Capitol Police who gave the orders to fall back:
"It is the USCP's duty and responsibility to protect the Capitol complex, staff and public while allowing the public to exercise their First Amendment rights ... at the end of the day, both occurred without injury to protestors or officers."
Other sources are quoted stating that the Police were ordered not to make any arrests and that the police present actually had to stand by and watch as protesters posed for photo-ops in front of the graffitti.
What's wrong with this picture?
And with todays story of nine people being arrested for peaceful assembly on Capitol Hill something doesn't seem right:
Nine anti-war protesters were arrested Monday when they gathered in a House office building to read off the names of American and Iraqi war dead.
U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the nine were charged with unlawful assembly. Several dozen protesters congregated around a courtyard pool at the Rayburn House office building, throwing yellow roses onto the ice as they recited the names of Iraq War victims.
Oh my! Throwing yellow roses were they? Better put an end to that -- and quick.