Law enforcement involvement in the U.S. Capitol terror attack

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It is painful and discomfiting to type these words:

White supremacist and domestic terror groups have infiltrated law enforcement across this nation.

And as much as we see the evidence right in front of our eyes, it still feels wrong and "disrespectful" to interrogate this phenomenon.

As a Black woman, I have known or strongly suspected this might be the case for many years. Black people occasionally discuss amongst themselves - in a gallows humor fashion - that, of course, police departments are sloppy with white supremacists.

The deeply entrenched, normalized racism of law enforcement is obvious to anyone who has followed the history of extrajudicial executions in the United States.

To say the the brunt of this human rights abuse falls disproportionately on young Black men is a grotesque understatement.

Black people are up to 6 times more likely to be killed by police, Harvard study says - MarketWatch

Getting shot by police is a leading cause of death for U.S. black men - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

But I never in my wildest imaginings did I conjure the image of current and retired law enforcement personnel "storming" the Capitol and violently attacking their comrades, bludgeoning one of them to death and coming close to murdering 50 others.

"...military and law enforcement agencies have long known that active-duty recruitment by the far right was an issue....There's no doubt in my mind that we have a problem of white supremacy and extremism in law enforcement and the military,"  - Elizabeth Neumann (assistant secretary for threat prevention and security policy at the Department of Homeland Security until she resigned last April [Law enforcement and the military probing whether their members took part in Capitol riot (aol.com)]

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I am trying to make sure there are no duplicates reports here, meaning each one stands for a separate individual or group of individuals being investigated for participation in the Capitol riot.

In chronological order of article publication:

1/7/21: After Rioters Overwhelm Police, Lawmakers Demand Answers | Time

1/9/21: 2 Seattle police officers being investigated for involvement in Capitol attack | From the Trenches World Report

1/9/21:'She was deep into it': Ashli Babbitt, killed in Capitol riot, was devoted conspiracy theorist | US Capitol breach | The Guardian

1/11/21: a retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel from Texas: FBI Arrests Grapevine Man Photographed in Tactical Gear on US Senate Floor – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com) 

1/11/21: Army investigating officer for attending pro-Trump rally in D.C. (nbcnews.com) - Capt. Emily Rainey, 30, a psychological operations officer stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - resigned, still in service until April, under investigation

1/11/21: Anne Arundel police officer suspended while department investigates possible involvement in Capitol insurrection - Baltimore Sun

1/12/21: Capitol rioter, Air Force veteran, arrested after ex-wife calls FBI | Fox News

1/12/21; Law enforcement and the military probing whether their members took part in Capitol riot (aol.com)

1/13/21: 2 Virginia police officers face federal charges in Capitol riots - CBS News

1/13/21: I No Longer Trust Law Enforcement to Keep Biden and Harris Safe on Inauguration Day | The Nation

1/14/21: Police Forces Dealing With Officers Involved in Capitol Riots | Time

1/15/21: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/capitol-capture-assassinate-elected-officials/index.html

“Texas court alleged that a retired Air Force reservist who carried plastic zip tie-like restraints on the Senate floor may have intended to restrain lawmakers.”