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Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot

by Colleen LongNomaan Merchant
| January 19, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership.

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